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.

Events and Tours - Archive Articles

Things to see and events to do across London.

Discover Chiswick House and Gardens
Discover Chiswick House and Gardens

Discover Chiswick House and Gardens

A high wall punched with occasional doors leads to a large public garden and park with a remarkable house.

May
24
2023

Go on a tour of the UK’s Supreme Court

Supreme Court visitors are usually there to argue a legal case, but on Friday afternoons the general public is also allowed in for a look around as well.

Feb
03
2023

Tours of the Lord Mayor of London’s Mansion House

The grand mansion in the City of London that’s home to the Lord Mayor of London isn't usually open to the general public, but they do hold a once-weekly guided tour.

Jan
03
2023
Severndroog Castle reopens this Sunday
Severndroog Castle reopens this Sunday

Severndroog Castle reopens this Sunday

Severndroog Castle, a tall Georgian folly in southeast London is reopening so the public can climb to the roof again.

Feb
22
2022
London’s Christmas lights switch on dates and times
London’s Christmas lights switch on dates and times

London’s Christmas lights switch on dates and times

It's Christmas lights season again, and a lot of councils and local organisations will be holding formal lighting ceremonies.

Nov
05
2021
Dennis Severs’ House opens a Christmas display for free
Dennis Severs’ House opens a Christmas display for free

Dennis Severs’ House opens a Christmas display for free

This Christmas, the atmospheric Dennis Severs' House will manage to open one floor of the building for its traditional Christmas display - and it's free to enter.

Dec
02
2020
Find the Sasan Gir railway station in central London
Find the Sasan Gir railway station in central London

Find the Sasan Gir railway station in central London

A short walk from Regents Park tube station you come across something strange, a quiet dusty Indian railway station waiting for trains that never come.

Jul
02
2020
A trip to a socially distanced London Zoo
A trip to a socially distanced London Zoo

A trip to a socially distanced London Zoo

London Zoo has reopened, but with just a quarter of the 8,000 customers, they would normally allow into the zoo on a pre-pandemic day, what's a visit to the socially distanced zoo like?

Jun
25
2020
Take a tour around the Chelsea Pensioners home
Take a tour around the Chelsea Pensioners home

Take a tour around the Chelsea Pensioners home

Their red cloaks are famous, as is their magnificent home, but fewer know that the Royal Hospital Chelsea, as the home of the Chelsea Pensioners is known is also open for tours.

Mar
12
2020
The 2020 calendar of the City of London ceremonies
The 2020 calendar of the City of London ceremonies

The 2020 calendar of the City of London ceremonies

The City of London, being very ancient has many traditions and ceremonies, and as many of us still like dressing up in livery finery, many of them still happen today.

Jan
23
2020
This Sunday – English Civil War march along The Mall
This Sunday – English Civil War march along The Mall

This Sunday – English Civil War march along The Mall

This coming Sunday, you could be watching several hundred people in English Civil War attire march along the Mall in central London.

Jan
21
2020
See St Paul’s Cathedral lit up this weekend
See St Paul’s Cathedral lit up this weekend

See St Paul’s Cathedral lit up this weekend

This weekend, a huge video projection will be beamed onto the frontage of St Paul's Cathedral, and some photos of the overnight tests have been released.

Oct
24
2019
See the Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies
See the Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies

See the Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies

A document that is so rare and fragile that it can only be seen for a few weeks each year has gone on display in the British Museum.

Oct
17
2019
Barbican’s conservatory is now open on Saturdays
Barbican’s conservatory is now open on Saturdays

Barbican’s conservatory is now open on Saturdays

Wrapping around a tall tower in the Barbican is a large glass conservatory, which often surprises people to learn is, after Kew Gardens, the second largest in London.

Aug
26
2019
For 3-days only – visit a Heinz Beanz museum pop-up
For 3-days only – visit a Heinz Beanz museum pop-up

For 3-days only – visit a Heinz Beanz museum pop-up

For just three days, a "museum" to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Heinz firm will be in London.

Aug
23
2019
Take tours of London’s grand Livery Halls
Take tours of London’s grand Livery Halls

Take tours of London’s grand Livery Halls

Dotted around the City of London are a number of very grand buildings, and while normally private, some are open to the public if you book a tour.

May
15
2019
Expect gunfire and explosions near Old Street tonight
Expect gunfire and explosions near Old Street tonight

Expect gunfire and explosions near Old Street tonight

The weather forecast is good, so what could be a better way to spend a Tuesday evening than sipping a cup of Pimms while watching a military battle that destroys a cricket ground?

May
14
2019

A zip wire is to run from top of Canary Wharf skyscraper

For one day in June, a zip wire will be fixed to the roof of a Canary Wharf skyscraper, and a handful of people will be able to whiz down the wire to the ground.

Mar
29
2019
Tickets to HistFest 2018
Tickets to HistFest 2018

Tickets to HistFest 2018

There will be a 2-day history festival taking place over the second weekend of December. And, umm, that's about all I can tell you about it.

Oct
01
2018
Tickets Alert: Open Day at the Transport Museum overflow depot
Tickets Alert: Open Day at the Transport Museum overflow depot

Tickets Alert: Open Day at the Transport Museum overflow depot

A huge shed packed full of old tube trains, buses, trams, and floors of railway ephemera, this is the Acton depot used by the London Transport Museum to store everything that wont fit into the museum.

Aug
08
2018
Red Arrows flying over East London on Saturday
Red Arrows flying over East London on Saturday

Red Arrows flying over East London on Saturday

Look to the skies, for the red, white and blue of the Red Arrows will be gracing the skies of east London on Saturday (21st July 2018).

Jul
20
2018
Woolwich ferry to pass through Tower Bridge
Woolwich ferry to pass through Tower Bridge

Woolwich ferry to pass through Tower Bridge

Next Saturday marks (possibly) the very last time that the current Woolwich Ferry will pass through Tower Bridge.

Jun
29
2018
Details released for RAF’s 100th birthday flypast over Central London
Details released for RAF’s 100th birthday flypast over Central London

Details released for RAF’s 100th birthday flypast over Central London

A huge flypast will take place over central London on Tuesday 10th July to mark the 100th anniversary of the Royal Air Force, and the flight details have now been released.

Jun
27
2018
See some military aircraft in Guildhall Yard this weekend
See some military aircraft in Guildhall Yard this weekend

See some military aircraft in Guildhall Yard this weekend

This weekend there's a chance to get very close and personal with a number of military aircraft, right in the heart of the City of London.

Apr
19
2018