Your guide to London's culture and transport news and events taking place across the city.
Your guide to London's culture and transport news and events taking place across the city.
c2c bans e-scooters, e-unicycles, and e-hoverboards from its trains
Essex to London train operator, c2c has announced a ban on people bringing e-scooters, e-unicycles, and e-hoverboards on its trains and stations, effective from Monday 4th September 2023.
Britain’s fastest passenger train gets a makeover
The first of the refurbished HS1 Javelin trains has entered service, showing off their new interior layout.
New cast announced for Les Misérables
New casting for the London showing of Les Misérables at the Sondheim Theatre has been announced from Monday 25th September 2023.
Black on the Trafalgar Square day announced
The first ever Black on the Square will take place in Trafalgar Square next month to showcase the breadth of London’s Black cultural and creative talent with art and fashion appearing alongside musical performers.
HS2 Old Oak Common station recognised as ‘outstanding’ for environmental designs
The new ‘super-hub’ station being built in West London for HS2, which will be the largest newly built station in the UK, is currently under construction, and has been awarded an outstanding rated score under the BREEAM assessment.
Peppa Pig comes to the Natural History Museum
The museum of natural history has added a pink anthropomorphic pig to their collection -- turning one of the Museum’s shops into a playroom of Peppa Pig discovery.
c2c cracks down on fare evasion
The London to Essex train operator, c2c says that it is clamping down on fare evaders, with more than £100,000 in prosecution payments taken this year so far.
Historical images transformed to create new mural in Bethnal Green
A new public art piece by artist Shiraz Bayjoo has been unveiled in Globe Town, Bethnal Green, East London.
Southeastern announces extra trains to the coast for the summer holidays
The train company, Southeastern has announced that extra weekday trains leave London Victoria heading to the Kent coast each morning, calling at selected south east London stations and on to the coast
Eurostar’s business passengers to skip the check-in queues with smartphone app
Eurostar has started using facial recognition to speed up boarding at St Pancras International station, although initially only for Business Premier and Carte Blanche passengers.
Les Misérables planning huge arena scale world tour shows
Already used to big stage shows, Les Misérables is expanding again, with a new series of shows in even larger arenas.
The official publication for the King’s Coronation goes on sale
The official souvenir publication charting His Majesty The King’s accession to the throne and first year as monarch is now available, featuring never-before-seen photographs of preparations for the historic Coronation.
New cast announced for The Phantom of the Opera
Cameron Mackintosh has announced new casting for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera at His Majesty’s Theatre from Monday 31st July 2023.
Vodafone switches on 4G across Battersea Power Station
Vodafone customers living, working, or visiting Battersea Power Station are now able to access 4G mobile data speeds and more reliable calls, following improvements being made across London’s newest riverside neighbourhood.
Eurostar will transport Team GB athletes to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
Britain's Olympic athletes will let the train take the strain when they attend the Paris 2024 Olympics, as Eurostar has been named as the official travel partner of The British Olympic Association (BOA).
Major upgrade of the 3 Mills film and TV studios completed
A major expansion of the 3 Mills Studios in east London has been completed, adding more than 10,000 sqft of creative workspace to the film and TV studio hub.
DLR tests ideas to help blind and partially sighted customers use the trains
TfL and the DLR, have partnered with GoMedia and the RNIB to trial NaviLens, an app designed to help blind or partially-sighted customers navigate stations.
Sir David Attenborough visited the Natural History Museum in London to unveil a message as part of the Museum’s Urban Nature Project, currently underway to transform the Museum’s five-acre gardens into a hub for urban nature and biodiversity.
GWR celebrates 150 years of the Marlow Branch Line
Great Western Railway (GWR) is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Marlow Branch Line with a special livery on one of its trains.
LNER testing direct London to Cleethorpes train services
London North Eastern Railway (LNER) has taken a step forward to see whether it could operate direct services between Cleethorpes in Lincolnshire and London King’s Cross in the future.
TfL makes a colorful statement for London Pride with tube posters and wraps
A London bus has been shown off wrapped with a new decoration to mark London Pride, which takes place this coming Saturday, with trains also getting the same treatment later this week.
A new riverside bar and café for the Tate Modern
Next week, Tate Modern will open a new all-day café and bar, opening onto an outdoor summer terrace, and for the first time, the corner cafe, appropriately named Corner, will offer visitors a place for an evening drink on the riverside at Tate Modern.
Barking & Dagenham residents can request a cycle hanger near their home
People living in the Barking & Dagenham council area are being invited to submit locations that could have a cycle hanger installed.
Tickets Alert: Visit the Post-Modern architectural gem that’s “Cosmic House”
A slightly unassuming house in Holland Park conceals a remarkable interior — a house packed full of early Post-Modernist designs — and is now occasionally open to the public.
