(L)ondon (I)nteresting (A)ctivities
One of the longest-standing and largest queer film festivals, BFI Flare celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2026. The springtime film bonanza at the BFI’s South Bank home is a major calendar fixture for London’s queer communities and cinephiles alike, and with exactly one month to […]
The chance to buy a slice of musical history has opened up in London, if you’ve got some very deep pockets. The Fiddler’s Elbow in Kentish Town has gone on the market. The 150-capacity venue has been hosting live gigs seven […]
London cycling enthusiasts (and there seem to be more and more of you out there with every passing year) we come bearing very sad news indeed. RideLondon, the city’s biggest cycling event, has been cancelled for 2026 – and perhaps even […]
Calling all audiophiles! Listening bars have been slowly popping up around the capital in the last few years with venues like Jumbi in Peckham – which celebrates the sounds of the Afro-Caribbean diaspora – and Spiritland in King’s Cross. And […]
The Year of the Fire Horse has arrived. And there are few better ways to celebrate it than at the biggest Lunar New Year celebration outside of Asia, which just so happens to be right here in London. This time every year, London’s Chinatown erupts […]
The V&A is stuffed with a truly magnificent array of weird and wonderful things from centuries of human existence. Under one roof, you can find the sixteenth century Raphael Cartoons, Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks, an Iranian carpet thought to be the oldest in […]
★★★ In theory, Kip Williams’ Dracula is the perfect homecoming vehicle for Cynthia Erivo. Having spent her twenties making a name for herself on the London stage, she hasn’t trodden our boards since a Menier Chocolate Factory production of The Color […]