 | | Some football articles we've got kicking about The Beautiful Game in our Beautiful City. Looking for places to watch the footy — from Prem matches to Women's World Cup action? Check out our list of the best bars and pubs, ranging from boutique footy-themed cafes, to mahoosive screens where fans are notorious for throwing their lager in the air. Wearing your shirt with pride, but not 100% sure what the badge is about? Swot up with our brief history on London's Premier League logos.
In fact, we've tackled London's football heritage in depth. Get your bearings by visiting 11 footballing plaques and memorials across the city: from the pub where the FA was formed, to a memorial to the ref who invented the red and yellow card system! Did you know that the FA Cup final used to be played in Crystal Palace? And Oval? You do now! You can also explore who the first Black players were at each London club, and meet Ben Odeje — England's first Black footballer.
And let's not forget the footballers who make the game what it is today. A striker for the London Titans tells us what it's like to play for an LGBTQ+ football team. Meanwhile, the Victoria Park Girls may well have future Lionesses among them: they told us about their footballing heroes and proudest moments. |
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|  | Music In A Wren Masterpiece
Get a taste of musical life 300 years ago at a spectacular City church. Sir Christopher Wren masterpiece St Stephen Walbrook marks the tercentenary of the great architect's death in April with three concerts of Vivaldi, Purcell, Handel and Bach by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Book now for 10% off! |
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 | Feuding Fairies At The Globe
Escape to an enchanted forest without leaving London at Shakespeare's Globe. The open air theatre's summer season begins next week with A Midsummer Night's Dream, a fantastical and intoxicating comedy, feat. shape-shifting and mischief-making galore. |
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 | Wild Dining And Woodland Gigs
At Home Farm returns this summer! From June to September, this rural idyll — located in Elstree, north London — hosts al fresco feasts, woodland concerts, and a vintage village green circus. Glamping is available if you're coming from further afield (or just can't bring yourself to return to city life yet!) |
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 | Robin Hood In Regent's Park
Here's a thrilling new take on a classic folk tale: Robin Hood: The Legend. Re-written. Expect epic storytelling, stirring songs and barely a flash of green tights from this new production, which comes to Regent's Park Open Air Theatre this summer. Suitable for ages 8+, it's the perfect family treat. |
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 | Kurdish-Inspired Pizza
Behold, The Slemani Special! Yard Sale Pizza's new collab with Taste Cadets is a Kurdish-inspired pie topped with lamb kebab, blistered tomatoes, smoked chilli flakes, sumac, and more. £1 per sale goes to Kurdish Red Crescent's Earthquake Appeal. |
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 | A Pulitzer Prize-Winning Musical
A Strange Loop took Broadway by storm when it premiered there last year, winning pretty much every "Best New Musical" gong going, plus the 2020 Pulitzer Prize! And this June, Michael R. Jackson's meta show about a Black artist trying to break free of his own self-perception comes to the Barbican. |
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