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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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London is hosting Traitors finale watch parties this Friday – here are the 12 best

January 22, 2026

Dun, dun-dun-dun dun, dun-dun-dun dun! If there’s one thing that’s gotten us through the dark, cold nights of January 2026, it’s been tuning into BBC 1 three nights a week to hear that melodramatic theme music. With traitor-on-traitor violence, multiple […]

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Legendary London LGBTQ+ club night Duckie is returning

January 22, 2026

Finally, some good news for London nightlife. The capital’s legendary queer party Duckie is making a grand return in 2026, but it’s going to look slightly different from its past iteration. The iconic LGBTQ knees-up took place at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern […]

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An Olympic-sized lido with saunas is opening in east London this summer

January 22, 2026

In recent years Londoners have embraced rather a few Scandi wellness trends. Cold water plunges, outdoor lidos and communal saunas have been enjoying a major boom across the city, from Stratford’s outdoor community saunas to last year’s Summer Splash pop up at the […]

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The Barbican has announced a nightlife programme with parties until 3am

January 22, 2026

Who hasn’t dreamed of turning brutalist icon the Barbican into a nightclub? Even the least architecture-nerdy among us must surely have imagined how the labyrinthine space would look like as a club, with earth-rumbling beats and flashy strobes among its […]

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This legendary Michelin starred Chinatown family restaurant has returned after over 20 years – but is it any good?

January 22, 2026

The very first Poon’s Restaurant opened in 1973, bringing Cantonese food to the streets south of Soho and helping forge London’s second Chinatown (the first was in Limehouse). Founded by Bill and Cecilia Poon, it was followed by the celeb-magnet […]

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The 6 best free things to do in London this weekend [January 23-25 2026]

January 22, 2026

Congratulations, you’ve almost made it through what feels like the 7,586th week of January. It’s been a long old month – one mostly characterised by horrendous weather, back to work blues, failed attempts at self-discipline and scraping by with the few funds you have left […]

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London officially has the worst traffic of any capital city in the world

January 21, 2026

Speed demons, boy racers and perpetually late people will be disappointed to hear that London officially has the slowest traffic in Europe according to the annual TomTom traffic index. Despite being a famously impatient city, Londoners spent the equivalent of […]