Tickets to Grease the Musical now from just £17.50
One of the world’s most popular musicals is back touring theatres across the UK and is showing at the Dominion Theatre on Tottenham Court Road.

Isaac Julian’s videos fills Tate Britain galleries
The Tate Britain has given over a large space to the film making artist, Isaac Julian, and he's filled several rooms with huge moving tapestries.

TfL’s submits plans to extend the DLR to Thamesmead
Plans to extend the DLR across the river to the Thamesmead part of southeast London have taken a step forward after Transport for London (TfL) submitted its Strategic Outline Case (SOC) to the government.

Tickets Alert: Climb to the top of Windsor Castle
For a couple of months each year, it’s possible to climb to the top of the ancient Round Tower inside Windsor Castle, with views that reach right across London.

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Skulls and speedos at this stained glass exhibition
An exhibition of modern stained glass opens in bright airy rooms filled with colour from the monumental glasses hanging in the spaces but swiftly descends into darkness and death.

Queen Elizabeth I’s silver thread dress going on display in the City of London
Some of the richest fabrics ever made, including the remarkable Bacton Altar Cloth will go on display in the City of London later this year.

There’s a scale model of the Barbican estate in the Barbican Arts Centre
If you go to the Barbican at the moment, you can take a look at a large scale model of the estate, which is on display following conservation work.

London’s Pocket Parks: Pedlar’s Park, SE11
This is a park in two halves that sits next to the railway in Vauxhall, and is the result of a school closing in 1960.

A chance to abseil off Europe’s highest helipad
A charity fundraiser for the London Air Ambulance offers the chance to launch yourself off the top of a helipad mounted 17 floors up on top of the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel.

Greatest Hits mural covering the Museum of London doors
Although the Museum of London has closed its London Wall site for the move to Smithfields, there's still a reason to visit the old museum, as there's a large mural on the outside of the building.

From Riches to Rags: National Gallery’s free exhibition highlights the life and suffering of St Francis of Assisi
A true riches to rags story is being told in the National Gallery at the moment, with a large exhibition about an Italian, Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, who gave his wealth away to live a life of poverty.

Go on a tour of a church crypt in Greenwich
If you fancy an evening spent wandering the brick-lined vaults of the dead, then there's a chance this summer with tours of the crypt underneath St Alfege church in Greenwich town centre.

Tickets Alert: Free bus tours of Barking and Dagenham
Maybe not the most obvious place for a tourist bus tour, but Barking and Dagenham council is now offering free bus tours of their patch.

Exceptional Roman Mausoleum discovered in South London
The most intact Roman mausoleum ever found in Britain has been discovered in south London, on a site that already revealed some of the largest Roman mosaics found in London for over 50 years.

Historic England wants your modern photos of old postcard views
A collection of historic postcards is looking to find modern photos of the same views so that past and present can be compared.

Grayson Perry’s ‘irrational beast that controls the market’ appears at the Guildhall Art Gallery
A large woodcut print by Sir Grayson Perry has gone on display in the Guildhall Art Gallery, representing the irrational market that governs the City of London's stock market traders.

There’s an English church with the Sistine Chapel painted onto its ceiling
Down on the south coast is a church with a remarkable and from the outside, totally unexpected interior -- the only known handpainted replica of the Sistine Chapel.

A Sex and the City pop-up comes to London
As part of a promotional event to plug their new TV series, there's a Sex and the City pop-up in London for a few days later this month.

A new series of Secrets of the London Underground returns in July
Rail historian Tim Dunn and Siddy Holloway will be returning to the TV screens for a new series of Secrets of the London Underground in July.

Florence Nightingale’s customized wheelchair returned to the UK after fundraising campaign
Florence Nightingale's customised wheelchair is going on display in the UK for the first time, as part of a new permanent display at the Florence Nightingale Museum.

London’s Alleys: Spring Mews, SE11
This is a brand new alleyway and courtyard in Vauxhall that runs through the middle of a modern mix-use development in an area that's never had public access before.