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The 10 best new London theatre openings in May 2026

Photograph: Michelle Grace HunderIt’s May on the London stage and we’re now entering that period of the year where things start seriously hotting up in the West End, as the biggest shows of 2026 – the ones that are hoping to […]

Olivia Dean at London’s O2 Arena: timings, set list, last-minute tickets and everything you need to know

Photograph: Jess Hand / Time Out One of the O2 Arena’s biggest residencies of the year kicks off this week: Olivia Dean is in town for six nights at the city’s biggest indoor music venue. The Londoner (and former Time […]

One of London’s best bakeries is opening a second location

Photograph: Teo Della TorreThe word ‘cult’ gets bandied around a lot when it comes to London food spots. So much so that it’s lost some of its potency. But there are some places which are deserving of hyperbolic status, and among them […]

The best pub in London is getting a new pizza kitchen

Photograph: Slice CircleApril 25 was a sad day for south London pizza lovers. Dough Hands waved goodbye to its residency at the Old Nun’s Head pub in Nunhead, meaning you can no longer grab a slice of these heartily topped […]

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A career-defining Tracey Emin exhibition opens in London this month – here’s why it will be one of 2026’s greatest art shows

February 3, 2026

The largest ever Tracey Emin retrospective is landing in London at the end of the month – and we’ve named it one of the city’s most unmissable exhibitions of 2026. Tracey Emin: A Second Life will kick off Tate Modern’s 2026 programme […]

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The 15 best London gigs and concerts in February 2026 that you can still get tickets for – with Deftones, RAYE, Two Shell, Die Spitz and more

February 3, 2026

London’s culture scene has well and truly got up off its arse and out of hibernation. Whether you’re weeping over the Charli xcx-soundtracked Wuthering Heights or examining the used condoms strung along Tracey Emin’s ‘My Bed’ this Feb, on top of all that […]

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When a new Fourth Plinth artwork will come to Trafalgar Square in 2026

February 2, 2026

Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth has been home to many an eye-catching installation. There was the huge ship in a bottle in 2010, a big blue cockerel in 2013, an unsettling horse skeleton in 2015 and that swirl of whipped cream topped with a cherry, […]

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The world’s oldest gasholder is being restored and opened to the public

February 2, 2026

Did you know that the oldest surviving gasholder in the entire world can be found in Fulham? The imaginatively named Gasholder No.2 is nearing 200-years-old. It was designed by Samuel Clegg (a man widely recognised as the world’s first gas engineer) alongside a […]

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London’s Tate Modern is launching a Michelin-starred menu inspired by Frida Kahlo this summer

February 2, 2026

Tate Modern’s upcoming Frida Kahlo exhibition is one of the most highly anticipated London art shows of 2026. In fact, here at Time Out we said that the mammoth summer exhibition is the gallery show we’re most excited about in the […]

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‘Like McDonald’s for oligarchs’: Time Out’s review of Mayfair’s coolest new diner

February 2, 2026

In Mayfair and looking for the perfect burger? May we point you in the direction of Dover Street Counter, one of our new favourite restaurants in London. We’ve just reviewed this slick new diner, which comes from the same team […]

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Blockbuster musical ‘Miss Saigon’ will return to London’s West End in 2027

February 2, 2026

Cameron Mackintosh’s bombastic Vietnam musical Miss Saigon was one of the last of the proper blockbuster ’80s musicals, running at the massive Theatre Drury Lane for a decade, a genuinely unthinkable feat today. Nicholas Hytner’s original production closed in 1999. […]