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Recent days in London may have seemed gloomy, but let’s not forget just how beautiful this city really is. And that’s especially the case in golden hour – with so many sunset-gazing spots on offer, there’s nowhere quite as special to […]
Given that the last time they were refurbished was around the new millennium and that many originally date from the 1970s, an upgrade of London’s underground trains is long overdue. And the Piccadilly Line is getting just that: back in 2021 […]
Since their conception, the Commonwealth Games have only been cancelled once, during the World War II. But last week the Games were threatened again, thanks to the Australian state of Victoria suddenly withdrawing from hosting the 2026 edition. Victoria pulled out of […]
Proposals have been put forward for a statue of World War II codebreaker Alan Turing on Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth. Outgoing Defence Secretary Ben Wallace made the proposal last week, following the outcome of an independent review into the treatment of LGBTQ […]
American candy shops became so ubiquitous on Oxford Street over the past couple of years they were practically living in our heads rent-free. But now, it’s small businesses that will get to thrive on Oxford Street rent-free, literally. A new […]
The intoxicating, pink-and-grey phenomenon that is ‘Barbenheimer’ has taken London’s cinemas by storm. Between them, ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ pulled in £30 million at the UK box office, the biggest moviegoing weekend since 2019. Picturehouse reports its biggest ever weekend for […]
Naming London’s finest pizza is, naturally, pretty hotly contested stuff. And it isn’t often that one of the capital’s big-name chains gets a shout-out – until now, that is. In a TikTok that went viral last week, celebrity chef and restauranteur Marcus […]