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.

Miscellaneous - Archive Articles

Some of the fun of the fair in your home
Some of the fun of the fair in your home

Some of the fun of the fair in your home

Carters, the Victorian steam fair has cold boilers due the lockdown and wont be travelling in the near future - but you can still have the fun of the fair at home.

Apr
08
2020
London Underground themed jigsaw puzzles
London Underground themed jigsaw puzzles

London Underground themed jigsaw puzzles

Gibsons, a family-owned jigsaw puzzle and board game company says that it has signed an extended deal to release London Underground themed games.

Mar
25
2020
The Pimlico & Belgravia Eye Magazine
The Pimlico & Belgravia Eye Magazine

The Pimlico & Belgravia Eye Magazine

About to do something fairly rare for me - full on name and shame a rather unpleasant copyright abuser.

Mar
14
2020

Mating toads closes road in South London

A road in Richmond is to be closed to traffic throughout March, to allow toads to cross it and get to their annual breeding grounds.

Mar
03
2020
All the Royal Parks to be closed on Sunday
All the Royal Parks to be closed on Sunday

All the Royal Parks to be closed on Sunday

If you are planning to visit any of the Royal Parks in London on Sunday - the gates will be locked.

Feb
07
2020
A decade of London in Google Street View
A decade of London in Google Street View

A decade of London in Google Street View

In 2008, Google started driving their camera-cars around the streets of London, capturing images that have been semi-regularly updated ever since.

Jan
27
2020

City of London updates plans to move its markets to Dagenham

A new public consultation is opening on the City of London's plans to co-locate Billingsgate, New Spitalfields and Smithfield markets at a new site in Dagenham Dock.

Jan
23
2020

More police on the London Underground reduces crime

This is one of those so obvious it shouldn't need testing issues, but an experiment that put more police on the London Underground saw a reduction in crime.

Jan
23
2020
How many Harry Potter fans were injured trying to get to platform 9¾?
How many Harry Potter fans were injured trying to get to platform 9¾?

How many Harry Potter fans were injured trying to get to platform 9¾?

As fans of a certain novel and film will know, at King's Cross there's a secret platform, 9¾ which takes you to the Hogwarts Express.

Jan
13
2020

Gun Salutes in London during 2020

Ceremonial military guns will go bang bang several times in London during 2020, at the Tower of London and in the Royal Parks.

Jan
08
2020
Smithfield’s annual Christmas Eve auction
Smithfield’s annual Christmas Eve auction

Smithfield’s annual Christmas Eve auction

Earlier this morning, the annual Christmas Eve auction took place at Smithfields.

Dec
24
2019
London museums open over Christmas
London museums open over Christmas

London museums open over Christmas

Lots of museums are open over the Christmas period, but with opening hours as erratic as Aunt Norra on her 3rd sherry of the day - so here is a list of known opening hours.

Dec
17
2019
What to do in London on Christmas Day
What to do in London on Christmas Day

What to do in London on Christmas Day

Most of London shuts down on Christmas Day, but a few hardly venues will open for the visitors stuck in the centre of town and with nothing else to do.

Dec
11
2019
Watch a power station demolition
Watch a power station demolition

Watch a power station demolition

This coming Sunday morning (15th Dec) will see the UK's second highest chimney demolished - right next to the Dartford Crossing.

Dec
10
2019
Those odd looking security barriers
Those odd looking security barriers

Those odd looking security barriers

You've probably seen these dotted around a few places, what looks like some sort of security barrier, but wondered how such an odd thing could work.

Nov
06
2019

TfL supports Paddle boarding

A small business that rents space from Transport for London in one of their arches has won a small business award.

Oct
01
2019
Moquette socks are back in stock
Moquette socks are back in stock

Moquette socks are back in stock

Following the "sold out in one day" success of the District line moquette socks, the Transport Museum has more socks in stock.

Jun
25
2019
Red Arrows to fly over London on Saturday
Red Arrows to fly over London on Saturday

Red Arrows to fly over London on Saturday

Look to the skies on Saturday lunchtime (8th June), as a military flypast will pass over central London, followed by the Red Arrows.

Jun
07
2019

US President’s helicopters flying over central London today (31st May)

Look to the skies, if you're in the right place, as eight helicopters are expected to fly in formation over central London at lunchtime.

May
31
2019

Pyrotechnics and filming at Tower Bridge

A heads up that a couple of evenings next week could see bang bangs and boom booms next to Tower Bridge.

May
22
2019
The daftest image of Big Ben you will ever see
The daftest image of Big Ben you will ever see

The daftest image of Big Ben you will ever see

A PR person contacted me on behalf of a money website with one of the daftest images I have seen in a long time.

May
16
2019

See a sailing ship at Liverpool Street station on Wednesday

An 18-foot replica of the famous 17th century ship, the Mayflower, is to make an unusual voyage from Harwich to London next week.

May
10
2019
London’s cable car has lost its cables
London’s cable car has lost its cables

London’s cable car has lost its cables

This is an amusing oddity, but the Google satellite views of the dangleway in Greenwich has removed the cables from the cable car.

May
09
2019
A London Underground themed hotel opens
A London Underground themed hotel opens

A London Underground themed hotel opens

A hotel near Gloucester Road tube station has been redecorated with a design based on the London Underground.

May
06
2019