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Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall is being turned into a big maze this summer

Photograph: Courtesy of Tate ModernWe love it when the Tate Modern is taken over by massive participatory artworks. In the past two decades, the gallery has hosted Carsten Höller’s snaking silver slides, the enormous crack by Doris Salcedo and Yayoi Kusama’s colourful ‘Obliteration […]

One of London’s most underrated art galleries is closing next week

Science Gallery London has a formidable roster of art galleries of all shapes and sizes. Next week, however, the capital’s gallery ranks will lose one of its great unsung venues – London Bridge’s Science Gallery is set to close. Since it opened in […]

This five-star east London bar was just crowned the best cocktail bar in the world

Photograph: Steven JoyceThere isn’t much a good cocktail can’t fix. East London is filled with excellent places to grab a martini or two, but one bar is clearly a cut above the rest: a Bethnal Green institution has been crowned the […]

When will it next rain in London?

Photograph: Nuria PhotoStock / Shutterstock.comThis summer the capital has roasted in three heatwaves, while very little rain has led to Thames Water implementing a hosepipe ban. By now, parched yellow grass in parks has become the norm. London – along with parts of southern, central and […]

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All the best new London restaurant openings in December

November 30, 2023

It’s (finally) Christmas! You can now put up that tree, play Wham!, and go on a wreath-making workshop. The London restaurant scene is also in celebration mode, lining up an advent calendar of exciting new eateries, including a Shoreditch High […]

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Ynyshir, the UK’s best restaurant, is coming to London

November 30, 2023

This summer Ynyshir scored the title of the UK’s best restaurant at the National Restaurant Awards 2023. Which is great for them, but not so good for us people in London – because it’s in Wales. Excellent news now reaches […]

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The stars of ‘Femme’: ‘This is a wee beast of an indie film’

November 29, 2023

Filming sex scenes is a deeply awkward business. The lights, the directors hissing instructions about where to stick your hands, the veteran gaffers looking bored in the background. Even with an intimacy coordinator at hand – a fixture on set […]

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London’s old City Hall could be getting a massive green makeover

November 29, 2023

Perched in the shadow of Tower Bridge is the old City Hall building. Referred once by Boris Johnson as a ‘glass gonad’, its rounded glassiness is just as integral a part of the London skyline as the Gherkin or the […]

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The Shard will be lit up with a massive animated snowman this Christmas

November 29, 2023

Twinkly fairy lights, glistening wreaths and absolute whopper trees are just some of the classic Christmas decorations flung all over London come December, but the Shard is doing things a bit differently this year. While Christmas 2022 saw the tip of […]

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You’ll soon be able to order an iconic London black cab on Uber

November 29, 2023

London’s black cabs are iconic (as much so as New York’s yellow taxis, that’s for sure) and one of the city’s most famous sights, but they’ve always operated separately from ride-hailing app Uber. Well, until now, that is. Black cabs […]

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London’s first ‘ultra-rapid’ electric vehicle charging stations have been revealed

November 29, 2023

Are you an EV driver? Lucky you. As the capital makes moves towards greener transport, five more ‘ultra-rapid’ charging hubs are set to be built across the city – making it easier, and a hell of a lost faster, to […]