Leda in Soho: An Exhibition
A new exhibition tells the story of "Love, Leda", a newly discovered, never-before-published novel set in and around the streets of Soho in the years before the 1967 Sexual Offences Act that decriminalised homosexual acts between men.

London’s weekly railway news
A weekly round-up of London's rail transport news…

Beavers could protect a tube station from flooding
Beavers are to be reintroduced to a woodland in west London, and their water management of the landscape could reduce flooding at a nearby tube station.

Disney centenary show coming to London
For just 10 days in May, there will be an exhibition celebrating 100 years of the mouse machine that is Disney.

Early bird tickets to Open Garden Squares Weekend
The annual weekend of opening up loads of private gardens and large garden squares will return this summer, and discounted tickets are now on sale.

See inside Hackney’s St Peter de Beauvoir church
This is a local church with a tall clock tower that can be seen poking above the skyline for some distance in this Victorian estate of middle-class homes known as the Benyon Estate.

Take a sneak peek inside the DLR’s new trains
The first of a new fleet of DLR trains has arrived in the UK, and there's been a chance to see inside the train before it goes into passenger service.

Tickets Alert: Tours of the British Museum’s round reading room
Sitting in the centre of the British Museum is a huge Round Reading Room, with a massive dome, and although long closed to the public, the museum has started offering tours.

London’s Pocket Parks: St Pancras Church Garden, EC4
This is a very well hidden garden that's not in St Pancras but close to Bank in the City of London, and has some remarkable carved wooden benches. But not for much longer.

London Overground turns unused rooms in stations into community centres
Two London Overground stations have had disused rooms inside the station buildings refurbished and handed over to local communities to be used as public spaces.

The Architecture the Railways Built returns for its 4th series
A date for your diaries as the fourth series of The Architecture The Railways Built starts in three weeks time.

There’s an important reason to visit the Post Building’s roof terrace
A new public roof terrace opened last year in central London, but if people don't use it often enough, it could close.

HS2 could be delayed by another four years
The completion of the High Speed 2 railway could be delayed again as the government carries out a cost-cutting exercise.

Plans for 20,000 new homes on London’s railway land
Network Rail and Transport for London (TfL) have announced plans to work together to enable the construction of at least 20,000 new homes over the next decade.

Find Richmond Avenues’s Egyptian sphinxes
There's a street in Islington with a most unusual set of decorations for the houses - long rows of Egyptian Sphinxes outside their front doors.

HS2’s longest railway tunnels reach halfway point under the Chilterns
The two tunnel boring machines that set off from just inside the M25 to dig two HS2 railway tunnels have reached the halfway mark in their progress northwards.

British Library extension building gets approved
A large extension to the British Library, which includes space for Crossrail 2, has secured planning approval from Camden Council.

Water-loo station’s toilets are to be refurbished
The toilets at Waterloo station are to be revamped and will now include a new gender-neutral facility to improve inclusivity.

Campaign seeks to return Florence Nightingale’s customised wheelchair to the UK
Florence Nightingale's specially customised wheelchair, which has been in a US university for over a century, could go on display in London's Florence Nightingale Museum, if the museum can raise the money to acquire it.

London’s Alleys: Magpie Alley, EC4
This is a small alley just off Fleet Street in the City, but one that's richly decorated with historic tiles telling the story of the newspaper trade that used to dominate the area.