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.
Things to see and events to do across London.
Abseil down a 17-storey building in East London
The view from the roof of the Royal London Hospital offers stunning views across East London, but there is a chance to stare down at the ground from its heights -- as you abseil down the outside of the building.
Apply now for tickets to the 2014 Last Night of the Proms
Prom season is starting soon and it’s already time to dust off an envelope and postage stamp in order to apply for tickets to attend the Last Night of the Proms.
Shakespeare plays within the remains of an Elizabethan theatre
If you fancy reading out Shakespeare's play within the grounds of Bankside's first theatre, then such an opportunity takes place at the end of this month.
What started in 2012 as an interesting idea is back again this year as they were right about it being interesting, and popular.
Tickets now available for UCL arts festival next month
A four-day arts festival is taking place at the end of next month in central London at UCL, with a range of free events.
City of London Festival line up announced
The annual City of London Festival has published its schedule, and below are a few personal picks of the lot.
Another chance to see the Almost Lost exhibition
If you missed the exhibition of visions of a concrete clad London that were planned in the 1960s that recently took place at the Wellington Arch, there is another chance to see some of the exhibits.
Daisy Daisy — 2001 to return to the big screen
There are few films that can truly be said to belong solely on the big screen, but the bizarre and epic 2001, A Space Odyssey is surely one of them.
Open Days Announced for the “Middlesex Cathedral”
Open rarely during the summer months over the past couple of years, what was once coined the Middlesex Cathedral is open even fewer days this year, and those dates have been announced.
Oxford & Cambridge Goat Race tickets go on sale
Tickets to attend the probably now annual event of the goat race at Spitalfield's city farm have gone on sale.
Take a “Farewell Tour” around the Tube Network
London Underground will be running one of their farewell tours that they have been organising whenever a train model goes out of service.
Sumptuous glass art work on display
I am sure you've all seen the huge glass chandelier hanging over the main entrance foyer to the Victoria and Albert museum, for you are the sort of people who visit places like that.
Date announced for this year’s “Tweed Run”
Now it its sixth year, the Tweed Run is a mass cycle ride through central London in a more genteel manner than the lycra-clad speeders who usually ply the streets of our city.
See the Astonishing Interior of Two Temple Place
A rather eclectic collection has gone on display inside an equally eclectic building that is worth a visit in its own right if you haven't been before.
Three Art Galleries to Visit. Maybe
Today I visited three art galleries in fairly close proximity to each other. This is what I thought.
A chance to visit 10 Downing Street’s back garden
As part of the annual Open Garden Squares Weekend that takes place later this year, one rather special garden will be open to the public – the one behind 10 Downing Street.
Boring Snoring Conference Returns to London
Set your alarm clocks, because tickets to the most boring event in London go on sale next week.
Eat some brains in an underground WW2 bunker
Nest month, a group are putting on a dining event inside a WW2 bunker underneath Dalston, and will serve up a heady mix of brains to eat, and science to feed the brains in your heads.
Early morning photo opportunity at The Shard
The View from The Shard is having a couple of early morning openings for photographers, and will be relaxing the usual ban on tripods and other heavy equipment that are not permitted during normal open hours.
Fairly rare open day at Trinity House
In its 500th anniversary the usually closed to outsiders home of Trinity House will be open to the general public to have a look around.
Art in Peckham’s old Holdrons Department Store
There used to be an outpost of Selfridges in Peckham, back in the days when Peckham was seen as a destination shopping street.
Chance to go inside a disused tube station
Of the closed tube stations that litter the London Underground, two top the list of stations that people want to visit.
Date for this year’s Imberbus Event announced
As you may recall, last year I spent a delightful day riding in a collection of London heritage buses to visit an abandoned village in the middle of the Salisbury military training grounds.
Chance to help clean a rusting WW2 German bomber
Anyone with an interest in military history, or probably in history in general will be aware that last year the RAF Museum recovered the only known intact Dornier Do 17 bomber that had managed to crash land upside down just off the coast of Kent.
