Tickets Alert: A glowing earth inside Greenwich’s Painted HallIt was hugely popular in the summer, so Luke Jerram’s huge glowing earth is returning to Greenwich’s Painted Hall in January.
A Christmas of talks about Charles DickensChristmas seems somewhat synonymous with Charles Dickens, and the Charles Dickens Museum is hosting a series of appropriate talks over the next few weeks.
Tickets Alert: A trial organ recital at the Royal Albert HallWhen it reopens after the lockdown, the Royal Albert Hall is hosting a trial event to test its reopening processes, with a cheap tickets organ recital.
Half price tours of disused tube stationsThe London Transport Museum is offering a “Black Friday” discount of 50 percent off their disused station tours which take visitors on a digital tour of subterranean London from the comfort of their sofas.
Tickets Alert: Virtual tours of a London space observatoryThe UK’s largest reflector telescope can be found, surprisingly, in North London, and while the lockdown carries on, they’re starting a series of virtual tours of the observatory.
The Finnish church’s Christmas shop opensThe annual tradition of filling a street in Rotherhithe with Nordic delights later this month won’t be happening, but the Finnish Church will still be opening its Christmas food shop.
A Christmas Carol at the Old Vic screened onlineThe festivities are starting to feel like the warning from the Ghost of Christmas Future, but the Old Vic theatre will still perform A Christmas Carol this year.
Tickets Alert: A multi-sensory exploration of light and sound.A subterranean exploration of sound and light opens in January – an exhibition by Ryoji Ikeda that fills labyrinth-like spaces in a large office block on Strand.
A carvery lunch in Butchers HallIf you fancy a good lunch in one of the City of London’s ancient livery halls – it’s possible.
Tickets Alert: Chelsea Flower ShowIt’s not opening until next May, but tickets to a revamped Chelsea Flower Show go on sale tomorrow (Friday, 30 October), and they usually sell out very quickly.
Tickets Alert: Panto in the NationalIn an unusual year, and unusual occurrence – the National Theatre is having a panto show this Christmas.
Tickets Alert: Shakespeare on film in the Globe theatreA novel solution to the problem of putting on plays at the moment, as the Globe theatre turns into a cinema with a series of Shakespeare film screenings.
Tickets Alert: Watch the Royal Ballet rehearsalsNext month, the Royal Opera House will have a fairly rare opportunity to watch the Royal Ballet in rehearsals.
Tickets Alert: Sit inside a kaleidoscope filled with plantsThere’s a pop-up thingymajig which seems to be a pyramid box filled with plants and mirrors happening next week in Shoreditch.
Tickets Alert: Better than half price entry to the Painted HallThe restored Painted Hall in Greenwich — the UK’s own Sistine Chapel — is starting an offer that sees the first Sunday of every month offer a big discount on the entry fee.
Half price tickets to the View from the ShardThe View from the Shard – the viewing floors at the top of the skyscraper are offering open-dated tickets at half price for a couple of weeks.
Behind the scenes tours of Tower BridgeNormally limited to winter months when things are a bit quieter — the behind the scenes tours have resumed at Tower Bridge.
Tickets Alert: Nightime photography at the RAF MuseumFor one evening the RAF Museum will be opening up for a dedicated evening designed to make taking photographs of its aircraft as good as possible.
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