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.
Beefeaters Beating the Bounds at the Tower of London
Occurring every third year, the Yeoman Warders (Beefeaters) and some local school children and Scout groups carry out the Beating the Bounds ceremony where they progress around the edges of the Tower of London Liberties.
Art and architecture tours of Portcullis House
Not sure how long they have been doing these, as I haven’t seen it before, but it turns out that there now are twice monthly tours of the new Parliament Building, Portcullis House. To be fair, I don’t look at…
Former London Underground Station turned into Art Gallery
You might recall that earlier this year, the somewhat run down tube station that had once marked the end of the East London Line before it was severed in favour of a modern concrete box was put up for sale.…
North Sea Fishing Trawler visiting London for a few days
For the next few days, a North Sea fishing trawler will be in London – not to trawl the muddy waters for rare salmon and deprive the local cormorants of their lunch – but to let the general public have…
Ride in a vintage tube train to Heathrow Airport
Just announced by the Transport Museum is a trip that is bound to excite a lot of people - a chance to take a trip in the museum's 1938 art-deco style tube train down to Heathrow Airport.
Do you know of an underground Victorian era building?
Illumini – the people behind two large art events last year that actually appealed to me – Secret Subterranean London & Crypt-Mas – are hoping to be back again later this year with another show. They have just sent out…
Have you been to the new Grant Museum yet?
If not, then tomorrow night (Tues 24th May) is as good an opportunity as any as they are hosting one of their more "light hearted" lectures which will unveil what it is like for a conservationist to go trekking through jungles and swamps looking for an animal that is on the verge of extinction.
A small improvement to my Listings Guide
To help in finding local events near you within the remit of the events guide I maintain, the front page of the website now comes with added map goodness. Basically, it marks all the events that are happening today, colour…
Explosions and helicopters over Shoreditch last night
It would seem that the Shoreditch/Hoxton media posse don’t read this blog – for if they did they would have known that last night was the 2008 and
Watch a military display in the City of London
Tuesday evening will mark the now annual open evening at the Honourable Artillery Company – a regiment of the Territorial Army – based in a private oasis of greenery in the City of London between Old Street and Moorgate tube…
Steam trains to return to the Met Line on the Underground?
On this blog I like to give people a “heads up” about things happening that might be of interest, but rarely have I forewarned people with this much notice. However, 2013 will be worth looking forward to as the Transport…
Farewell to London Underground’s oldest serving tube trains
*oldest serving deep level tube stock – the Met line trains are older, but are not technically tube trains. — Earlier today just before it was sent to the scrap merchant, one of the last remaining 1967 era tube trains…
Late night openings at London Museums this weekend
Tomorrow marks the official start of the annual Museums at Night event where, unsurprisingly, a lot of museums are open in the evening. (although one venue seems to be starting tonight!) Many museums do actually have some sort of late-opening…
Spitfire flypast over North London at Lunchtime
If you are in Hendon or Walthamstow at lunchtime today (11th May) look out for the distinctive shape of a WW2 Spitfire flying low overhead.
The Thames at the London Transport Museum
The Transport Museum in Covent Garden may conjure up images of old trams, buses and tube trains, but probably not the River Thames, even though it had been the main transport artery through London for most of the City’s life.…
HIGNFY recording with Alexander Armstrong, et alia
Wandered over to a studio recording for Have I Got News for You last night, with a fairly decent line up of Victoria Coren and Ross Noble as guests and the ever reliable host in the form of Alexander Armstrong.…
Booking opens for the Open Garden Squares Weekend
The annual green fingered equivalent to its architectural cousin has opened for ticket sales today. Open Garden Squares is a chance to visit around 200 gardens over a weekend, some private and some semi-public spaces, but most are interesting. Unlike…
WW2 Bomber to fly over London on Wednesday Lunchtime
Conveniently timed for lunchtime, on Wednesday (4th May), a WW2 Lancaster bomber is due to fly over central London. Although the notice from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight doesn’t say why the fly past is happening, checking other sources…
City Farm Review: Stepney City Farm
This blog post is part of a series about Belmont Children’s Farm B Kentish Town City Farm D Hackney City Farm F
A Pre-Dawn Rehearsal for the Royal Wedding, in photos
At 2am this morning, police started sealing off roads around Westminster. At 2:30am, an alarm woke your correspondent from his slumber and he languidly crawls out of bed and out to the Night Bus. At 3:30am, he is in Trafalgar…
City Farm Review: Spitalfields City Farm
This blog post is part of a series about Belmont Children’s Farm B Kentish Town City Farm D Hackney City Farm F Spitalfields City Farm G
Chance to take a trip in a 1938 tube train
The venerable art-deco 1938 tube train will be out and about again later this month as part of the Rickmansworth Festival. One of the best preserved tube trains it is slightly reminiscent of a bygone age and has been wonderfully…
Photos – the City of London’s 800 year old Guildhall
Last week, the City of London Guildhall hosted the too rarely held London Maze – which is not at all maze like, but is a collection of stalls set up by local history associations around London. It’s the sort of…
City Farm Review: Hackney City Farm
This blog post is part of a series about Belmont Children’s Farm B Kentish Town City Farm D Spitalfields City Farm G
