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Posh coffee shop chain WatchHouse – with brews that cost £25 – is opening a new cafe in north London

Photograph: WatchHouseIf you’re on the hunt for seriously swanky coffee, WatchHouse is the place. The chain’s rare range of brews can set you back by as much as £25 a pop – yep, those are some bougie beans. And its […]

The world’s best airport for shopping is in London

Photograph: ShutterstockCan you guess how often someone buys a bottle of perfume at London Heathrow? Ok, we’ll tell you – it’s every 20 seconds. That’s a lot of eau de toilette. It’s no wonder, then, that the west London aviation […]

London’s 26 most ‘iconic’ restaurants have been named by OpenTable

Image: Matthew HagueWhen you think about London icons, the things that come to mind are probably Big Ben, the late Queen Liz, David Bowie or the London Eye – people and landmarks that had a huge part to play in […]

The massively underrated ‘Venice of England’ that is the best weekend trip from London in 2026

Photograph: ShutterstockLondon offers pretty much everything you could possibly want. Incredible restaurants, top-notch boozers, world-leading theatres, galleries and museums, acres of gorgeous green space, loads of places to swim and even a bunch of adorable city farms. So, we wouldn’t blame you if you told us […]

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Free pints! Here’s how you can get free booze at pubs in London this week

September 18, 2023

There’s not much more that brings music to our ears than the offer of a crisp, refreshing and totally free pint of lager. Especially now that they cost nigh-on £8. And this week there’s the chance to get a free […]

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Hooray! Brixton Academy will be allowed to reopen

September 18, 2023

After closing down in January 2023 following a crowd crush and two deaths, the O2 Academy Brixton will soon be allowed to reopen. At a hearing last week Lambeth Council agreed that the Brixton Academy could have its licence reinstated […]

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Bond Street has been renamed – and the internet isn’t happy about it

September 15, 2023

London Fashion Week is just around the corner (September 15-19), and some brands are pulling out all the stops to make their mark – or tube stops, in some cases. Bond Street has officially transformed into Burberry Street, as part of the […]

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You could get on the London property ladder for just £215,000 – but there’s a catch

September 15, 2023

Getting on the property ladder is tough anywhere, but in London the situation is particularly dire. Last year London house prices were at their highest ever, and while there’s a fair bit of variation between boroughs, property prices in the […]

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A Victorian theatre in Notting Hill is reopening for the first time in decades

September 15, 2023

Planning permission has been submitted to restore a historically significant but long-dormant Grade II-listed theatre in Notting Hill. The 20th Century Theatre was actually built in the nineteenth century: when it opened in 1863 it was simply the unnamed theatre component of a small […]

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This Grade II-listed nineteenth-century London ballroom is getting some much-needed TLC

September 15, 2023

A 200-year-old Grade II-listed rotunda on Woolwich Common that is in need of ‘emergency’ work to avoid it crumbling into disrepair is finally being restored. Greenwich Council has revealed plans for a series of repairs intended to prevent the building’s […]

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F. Cooke is bringing its legendary pie and mash back to Broadway Market – for one day only

September 15, 2023

An iconic east London pie and mash shop that closed down in 2019 is reopening its doors for one day only this September. F Cooke will return to its Broadway Market home on September 23. Selling jellied eels, pies and […]