Dennis Severs’ House opens a Christmas display for freeThis 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.
Find the Sasan Gir railway station in central LondonA short walk from Regents Park tube station you come across something strange, a quiet dusty Indian railway station waiting for trains that never come.
A trip to a socially distanced London ZooLondon 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?
Take a tour around the Chelsea Pensioners homeTheir 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.
The 2020 calendar of the City of London ceremoniesThe 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.
This Sunday – English Civil War march along The MallThis coming Sunday, you could be watching several hundred people in English Civil War attire march along the Mall in central London.
See St Paul’s Cathedral lit up this weekendThis 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.
See the Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court LadiesA 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.
Barbican’s conservatory is now open on SaturdaysWrapping 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.
For 3-days only – visit a Heinz Beanz museum pop-upFor just three days, a “museum” to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Heinz firm will be in London.
Take tours of London’s grand Livery HallsDotted 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.
Expect gunfire and explosions near Old Street tonightThe 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?
A zip wire is to run from top of Canary Wharf skyscraperFor 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.
Tickets to HistFest 2018There 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.
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.
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).
Next Saturday marks (possibly) the very last time that the current Woolwich Ferry will pass through Tower Bridge.
Details released for RAF’s 100th birthday flypast over Central LondonA 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.
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