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.

Huge military flypast over London in July
Huge military flypast over London in July

Huge military flypast over London in July

Upwards of 100 military aircraft are due to join a huge flypast over central London this coming July.

Apr
03
2018
London’s Bonfire Night Fireworks – The 2017 Displays
London’s Bonfire Night Fireworks – The 2017 Displays

London’s Bonfire Night Fireworks – The 2017 Displays

It's time to start plotting how we shall remember the downfall of a papist plot, and watch the skies over London explode with fireworks.

Oct
31
2017
Photos from the Transport Museum’s Acton Depot open weekend
Photos from the Transport Museum’s Acton Depot open weekend

Photos from the Transport Museum’s Acton Depot open weekend

This weekend is a chance to go inside the Transport Museum's overflow depot at Acton Town, where they store all the goodies that would never be able to fit into their Covent Garden base.

Sep
23
2017
Heritage Open Days – Details Announced
Heritage Open Days – Details Announced

Heritage Open Days – Details Announced

The weekend before London Open House Weekend, the rest of the UK does exactly the same thing, with a couple of thousand venues open to visit as part of Heritage Open Days.

Jul
18
2017
See the Flying Scotsman steaming through Nth London on Saturday
See the Flying Scotsman steaming through Nth London on Saturday

See the Flying Scotsman steaming through Nth London on Saturday

Probably the world's most famous steam locomotive, the Flying Scotsman will be arriving at King's Cross station on Saturday.

Jun
20
2017
Sheep to be taken across London Bridge
Sheep to be taken across London Bridge

Sheep to be taken across London Bridge

Later this year, you will be able to watch the Freemen (and women) of the City of London exercise their ancient right to drive sheep across London Bridge.

Jun
19
2017
Red Arrows to fly over London on Saturday
Red Arrows to fly over London on Saturday

Red Arrows to fly over London on Saturday

A large formation of military aircraft, including the Red Arrows will fly over Central London on Saturday lunchtime, for the Queen's official birthday.

Jun
16
2017

A chance to help chalk the Uffington White Horse

Fancy taking a hammer and smashing a prehistoric monument -- and doing so with permission?

Jun
12
2017
Take a ride in the Post Office Railway next month
Take a ride in the Post Office Railway next month

Take a ride in the Post Office Railway next month

After a couple of years of work, the Post Office Railway will start to take its first passenger trips through the tunnels under London next month.

Jun
07
2017
A sea of bluebells at Perivale Wood’s annual open day
A sea of bluebells at Perivale Wood’s annual open day

A sea of bluebells at Perivale Wood’s annual open day

Just once a year, a nature reserve in North-West London opens its gates to the general public, at just the right time to see an entire wood carpeted with bluebells.

Apr
30
2017
London to have a “History Day” in May
London to have a “History Day” in May

London to have a “History Day” in May

For just one day, lots of venues will all join together to do lots of things, meaning that even with the fastest feet and most fortunate timing, you're bound to miss out on most them.

Apr
18
2017
See the Doughboys in the City of London
See the Doughboys in the City of London

See the Doughboys in the City of London

A large scale exhibition is currently on at the Guildhall in the City of London remembering the battlefields of WW1 in France, and the contribution made by the "doughboys" to the European war.

Apr
16
2017
Visit a Museum of Nostalgia in an ancient barn
Visit a Museum of Nostalgia in an ancient barn

Visit a Museum of Nostalgia in an ancient barn

On the edges of London, within earshot of the M25 can be found a most marvellous museum, housed in an ancient barn.

Apr
15
2017
A room full of BBC Microcomputers comes to East London
A room full of BBC Microcomputers comes to East London

A room full of BBC Microcomputers comes to East London

For people of a certain age, there are few more nostalgia boosting views than a room full of flat beige boxes, each with a small dot matrix owl on the top corner.

Apr
02
2017
Reigate Caves open days announced
Reigate Caves open days announced

Reigate Caves open days announced

One for your diaries, as this year's open days to go underneath Reigate town center into its maze of caves have been announced.

Mar
19
2017
Embroidered Tales and Woven Dreams
Embroidered Tales and Woven Dreams

Embroidered Tales and Woven Dreams

A feast of colour and decoration awaits at an exhibition of traditional embroidered textiles from the lands of the Indus, Afghanistan, the Near East and Central Asia

Feb
11
2017
The rise of the robots at the Science Museum
The rise of the robots at the Science Museum

The rise of the robots at the Science Museum

A display of mechanical marvels opens at the Science Museum and leaves the viewer with mixed emotions about the blurring boundary between man and machine.

Feb
07
2017
See a compendium of craftsmanship in central London
See a compendium of craftsmanship in central London

See a compendium of craftsmanship in central London

Behind a closed door in an anonymous house on a posh garden square lies a prodigious display of modern craftsmanship.

Feb
04
2017
Take a tour inside a drained canal lock
Take a tour inside a drained canal lock

Take a tour inside a drained canal lock

Over this weekend, there's a chance to go down to the bottom of one of London's canal locks, while it is being drained for maintenance works.

Feb
03
2017
Return to the View from the Shard
Return to the View from the Shard

Return to the View from the Shard

Just over four years ago, a bright morning had me up at the top of the Shard for a look. Time to go back for another look.

Jan
29
2017

Ticket Alert: Behind the scenes tours of building sites

The semi-annual Open Doors event is back, offering a peek behind the hoardings that cover up building sites.

Jan
21
2017
Gun Salutes in London during 2017
Gun Salutes in London during 2017

Gun Salutes in London during 2017

Big guns go bang bang several times each year in London, at the Tower of London and in the Royal Parks.

Jan
04
2017
There will be fun at the British Library with Victorian Entertainments
There will be fun at the British Library with Victorian Entertainments

There will be fun at the British Library with Victorian Entertainments

Roll up, roll up, be amazed and astonished, magic to astound, entertainments to delight, all the fun of the Victorian music hall and stage.

Dec
23
2016
Magically Marvelous Mechanical Maths
Magically Marvelous Mechanical Maths

Magically Marvelous Mechanical Maths

As the world miniaturises and computerises, the Science Museum has opened a new gallery that delights in the massive mechanics of mathematics.

Dec
11
2016