HS2 tunnel segments to be built in Kent
The concrete tunnel lining segments that will form the HS2 tunnel between Euston and Ruislip are to come from a factory next to the River Medway in Kent.

Flash sale on tickets to Singin’ in the Rain at Sadler’s Wells
If you fancy attending a musical with cheaper than usual tickets, this weekend only there's a flash sale on tickets to see Singin' in the Rain at Sadler's Wells.

Marble Arch Mound costs have nearly doubled
The cost of building -- and later removing -- the now notorious Marble Arch Mound has nearly doubled from the original £3.3 million to £6 million.

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Agatha Christie exhibition at the Isokon flats
A block of flats in Belsize Park that is an architectural icon has been home to many famous people, no less than the author, Agatha Christie, and now an exhibition about her time there has opened.

Ex-London Transport steam locos returning to London this autumn
Two ex-London Transport steam engines will be making return trips to the London Underground this autumn, as guests of the Epping-Ongar Railway.

Free film screenings in Trafalgar Square
Six blockbuster movies filmed or set in London will be shown on a big screen in Trafalgar Square later this month - for free.

V for Vendetta exhibition looks behind the mask
It's an image that is instantly recognisable, and yet far fewer people who don the Guy Fawkes mask have read the novel that inspired it.

A plant covered sculpture in King’s Cross
On a side street in King's Cross can be found a wall covered in plants in an unusual plant pot -- a sculpture garden.

Purfleet railway station to be moved and rebuilt
A little railway station currently serving the Essex town of Purfleet is to be moved and renamed as part of a £1 billion housing and regeneration scheme for the area which is to be renamed as Purfleet-on-Thames.

British Library puts 1 million newspaper pages online for free
The British Library project to digitise copies of newspapers from its archive is to release one million pages as a free resource.

Consultation on extending the Elizabeth line into Kent
Another consultation has opened to look at plans to extend the Elizabeth line beyond Abbey Wood into Kent.

An enchanted woodland coming to Syon Park
This November when it gets dark again, Syon Park in West London will be filled with a display of lights and music.

HS2 to use 3D printing at Euston station tunnels
The contractor building the tunnels approaching Euston for HS2 is using 3D-printing for some of its concrete structures, in the UK's first live deployment of the technology.

A friends reunion for the Laughing Cavalier
Later this year, one of the Wallace Collection's most famous paintings, The Laughing Cavalier will be joined with a selection of other paintings by the same artist that have never been seen together before.

The Museum of Brands and its corridors of nostalgia
Behind a brightly coloured wall in Ladbroke Grove can be found a roller coaster ride on the nostalgia express down corridors of memories from everyone's childhood.

Teddington station gets approval for step-free access
Teddington station in southwest London is to get step-free access after a Transport and Works Act Order (TWAO) to permit construction works has been signed.

Tickets Alert: Tours of Billingsgate’s Roman bath house
Hidden underneath a mundane office block can be found one of London’s largest Roman remains, and it’s open for tours for two days later this month.

Call for a rethink of HS2’s Euston station plans
The Prime Minister has been urged not to agree to suggestions that the HS2 station at Euston could be scaled back in order to cut costs in the short term.

Crossrail formally hands Paddington station over to TfL
The future Elizabeth line station at Paddington has been formally handed over to TfL as part of the process of familiarising staff with their new stations.

London’s Alleys: Bishop’s Court, EC4
This is a narrow alley opposite the Old Bailey with the latest reincarnation of a nearly 500-year-old pub sitting in the corner.