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This legendary 1930s leisure centre in central London is getting a £44 million makeover

Image: Westminster City CouncilWestminster locals, avid Time Out readers and racket sport enthusiasts may remember when, in 2024, we revealed the local council’s proposals for a £42 million glow up of Marylebone’s Seymour Centre. Plans to do up the 1930s […]

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This hyped American cookie chain with more than 200 shops around the world is coming to London

Photograph: Alan Budman / Shutterstock.comLate-night cravings keeping you up? A world-renowned cookie chain is here to deliver a promising new midnight snack ritual. A hyped American cookie company is set to open its first London outpost. Founded in a dorm room […]

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This famously posh restaurant company is opening its first ever London hotel – the five-star establishment will take over an old bank in the West End

Image: The Wolseley Hospitality GroupYou may have thought it impossible, but Mayfair is about to get even posher thanks to a new project by swanky restaurant The Wolseley. That’s right, darling, the celeb dining spot is turning a former bank […]

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Michael Sheen will return to London’s West End to star in ‘Amadeus’

Photograph: lev radin/ShutterstockWay back in 1998, a young Michael Sheen took to the Old Vic stage to play the title role of Peter Shaffer’s brilliant 1979 drama Amadeus, a masterpiece that followed the catastrophic, one-sided rivalry between the young, brilliant composer Wolfgang […]

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London travel disruption this weekend: full list of tube and train closures for April 25-26 2026

Photograph: Sergii Figurnyi / Shutterstock.comThis week London has seen two 24-hour strikes spread over four days, with RMT tube drivers walking out and causing major disruption across the network. Over the weekend (April 25-26) those strikes will come to an end […]

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The most famous celebrities running the 2026 London Marathon – and where to spot them

Photograph: Michaelpuche / Shutterstock.comPicture this: there you are, powering across Tower Bridge, surrounded by cheering crowds, with thousands of other runners plodding alongside you. Suddenly, you spot a familiar face out of the corner of your eye. It’s Cynthia Erivo […]

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One of London’s most historic train stations is being rebuilt with bold new features

Image: BPR ArchitectsSix years after it was first proposed, the 186-year-old Lea Bridge station is finally getting a much-needed upgrade.  The station sits on the Greater Anglia line between Tottenham Hale and Stratford, and it reopened after 31 years out of action […]