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"It's difficult to understand the history of Britain, if you don't understand the history of the British Army", Janice Murray, Director General of the refurbished National Army Museum, said at its reopening.

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

A small exhibition has opened, with a gigantic model of a 1960s era tower block.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

There's a space at the BFI which hosts small exhibitions to actors past, and at the moment, it's devoted to one of the movie world's earliest African-American stars, who was almost as well known for his socialist views.

The Geffrye Museum has, as is now traditional for them, decorated its collection of historic rooms as if they are set for Christmas.

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

The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) recently acquired one of Tommy Cooper's famous fezzes, and it has just gone on display.