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London’s best airport is opening its first ever luxury lounge

Image: Infinite 3D Ltd / London City AirportFiguring out why London City Airport ranks among the best in the country is easy. For starters, its central location makes journeying to and from the aviation hub pretty much faff-free. Once inside, […]

‘The Bear’ is opening an exclusive kitchen in east London this weekend – and it’s giving away 2000 tasty subs

Photograph: Courtesy FXThe Bear is coming to London. Not the sleek, Michelin star-pursuing restaurant of the soon-to-arrive final season, but the beloved sub-serving hatch-in-the-wall diner of season 1. Oh, and everyone’s invited. On Sunday and Monday, June 28-29, Disney is […]

A Chinese pub is opening in Shoreditch – and it’s backed by two very famous London restaurateurs

Photograph: Courtesy of British LandAn exciting new dynamic duo is about to take London’s restaurant scene by storm. Andrew Wong, the chef behind the exceptional two Michelin-starred dim sum restaurant A Wong, is linking up with Dishoom’s co-founder Amar Radia to create a […]

Lily Allen at London’s O2 2026: start time, last-minute tickets, setlist and what you need to know

Photograph: Lily AllenIt’s been eight months since Lily Allen dropped her searing and heartfelt album of the year West End Girl. After taking it to theatres across the UK and some festivals, due to unprecedented demand she’s now bringing her show to […]

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First look: images of Lewisham’s beloved Model Market, which will be brought back to life this summer

June 17, 2026

Image: Model Market Before it shut up shop in 2021, Lewisham’s Model Market was one of London’s go-to street food destinations. But foodies have been rejoicing since the end of last year, when it was announced Model Market will reopen […]

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This legendary north London pub has had a grand makeover – and it reopens this week

June 16, 2026

Photograph: Wikimedia Commons The Queens in Crouch End is one of the grandest pubs north of the river. Built as a companion piece to Green Lanes’ iconic The Salisbury between 1899 and 1902, CAMRA describes the Grade II-list venue as a ‘superb […]

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A ‘The Traitors’ stage play is coming to the West End next year – and it will have five different plots

June 16, 2026

Photograph: Euan Cherry/BBCUpdate: we now know a lot more about the stage play of The Traitors. Called The Traitors – Acts of Betrayal, it will run at the enormous Gillian Lynne Theatre from May 11 next year. Its big USP […]

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A major London West End theatre is being renamed after Judi Dench

June 16, 2026

Photograph: Shutterstock/Robert WilsonThe good thing about the West End’s large stock of relatively blandly named theatres is that there’s always something to rename after our greatest stage legends. Following in the recent footsteps of the Harold Pinter Theatre (née the Comedy […]

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A new live map shows every London tube, train, bus and plane in real time

June 16, 2026

Image: James PotterLondon’s tube map is a design classic because its interwar creator, Harry Beck, took the then-radical step of taking the messy, wibbly-wobbly intricacies of real-life train routes and turning them into something streamlined and neat. And since he […]

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Sertaç Dirik, one of London’s most acclaimed chefs, is finally opening a new restaurant in Soho this September

June 16, 2026

Photograph: KidWe’ve been waiting for this news for a while and frankly, we’re thrilled to announce that former Mangal II chef Sertaç Dirik is opening a brand new restaurant in Soho. Dirik is joining forces with restaurateur David Carter of Oma, […]

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Six Frida Kahlo-inspired murals have popped up around London’s South Bank

June 16, 2026

Photograph: Kevin LakeWhen the artist Frida Kahlo was a teenager in 1920s Mexico, she was inspired by the huge, colourful new murals that were lighting up the streets. They were the post-revolutionary government’s strategy to bring the country together, by […]