28 Jul 2024 Londonist
 
 
By Londonist · Jul 28, 2024 at 05:00

Your weekly Londonist roundup, featuring Londony news and features.

Kentish Town Tube Station Will Now Stay Closed Till The End Of The Year

"Further complex and time-consuming repairs" required.

Kentish Town tube station

45+ Summery Things To Do In London This Month: August 2024

Carnival! Plus beer and cocktail festivals, and Afternoon Tea Week.

People partyting at a small festival stage
© Kris Humphreys Photography

The Queen's Old Bank Vault Is Stuffed With Rock 'N' Roll Treasures - And It's Free To Visit

From Madonna's bustier to Jimi Hendrix's bedposts.

A vault door

Sadiq Says He Wants London To Host 2040 Olympics

Promises "the greenest Games ever".

Sadiq Khan and some Olympic rings
Image: Shutterstock/Matt Brown

Sculpture In The City 2024: Track Down These Colourful Works Of Art

17 sculptures to find in the City of London.

A bench plaque for Stuart Spittle who 'spouted preposterous piffle'

A Brief History Of Umbrellas In London

The first Londoners to use one were a laughing stock...

A woman sifts through hundreds of umbrellas
© TfL from London Transport Museum's collection

Notting Hill Carnival 2024 Guide: When, Where And How To Do London's Caribbean Festival

Europe's biggest street festival returns this August bank holiday.

Hoards of people at Carnival
Image: Shutterstock

There Will Be NO Back To Hogwarts Day At King's Cross This September

The train to Hogsmeade from platform 9 3/4 has been cancelled.

A Hogwarts Express with a cross through it
Original photo: Ana Essentiels via Unsplash

Minster Court Redevelopment: City's Pink Gothic Bastion Set For Part-Demolition

It was Cruella de Vil's HQ, no less.

A Gothic pink office building

Free Things To Do In London In The Summer Holidays

Family-friendly activities that won't cost a penny.

A little girl crawling out of a fluffy pink tunnel
Photo: © David Parry

Croydon Used To Be Nuts About Nuts

Millions of walnuts were sold at the annual Walnut Fair.

Walnuts
Image: Wouter Supardi Salari via Unsplash.

57m-Long Mosaic Mural Unveiled At London Bridge Station

In a River a Thousand Streams by Adam Nathaniel Furman.

A colourful mosaic
Photo: Gareth Gardner

London's Highest Viewing Platform Is Doing Champagne And Sunset Lates

Every Friday this August.

People watching sunset from a viewing platform

Piccadilly Line Disruption, As It Prepares For Fleet Of 94 New Trains

Things must get worse before they get better...

A Piccadilly line train
Image: Matt Buck via creative commons

Gunnersbury Park Museum: Local History For Ealing And Hounslow

The grandest of local history museums.

A Dalek in a vitrine

A First Look At The V&A's Taylor Swift | Songbook Trail Exhibition

Taytay at the V&A(A).

A sequinned robe and serpent microphone represent the Reputation era
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