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Historic Hanwell station gets heritage revival A railway station in West London that was on the Heritage at Risk Register has been restored as part of the Elizabeth line preparations.
Reserve London theatre ticket vouchers ahead of reopening Ahead of their reopening dates, London's west-end theatres are encouraging people to pay-it-forward and buy vouchers that can be exchanged for theatre tickets when the doors open.
London’s weekly railway news A weekly round-up of London's rail transport news…
New book looks behind the scenes of Buckingham Palace’s garden Buckingham Palace's Head Gardener is spilling the "authorised" secrets of London's largest private garden in a new book.
Architecture exhibition for Euston Station An exhibition about railway architecture is coming to Euston Station this summer, as part of the London Festival of Architecture.
The Queen commands Mary Anning must appear on 50p coins The 19th-century fossil hunter, Mary Anning is being commemorated in a series of new collectable coins from the Royal Mint and Natural History Museum.
Finding the Virginia Quay Settlers Monument A monument to the original English settlers of the USA overlooks the Thames, but it's unlikely that you would casually walk past it.
Fewer “roadworks” to affect London’s pavements A TfL scheme that has reduced the number of roadworks on main roads is to be extended to pavements as well.
Petition for a Covid lockdown Bank Holiday A petition has been set up on the official Parliament website calling for an extra Bank Holiday this summer.
Flythrough of Luton Airport’s new automated cable railway Luton Airport is currently building a new light rail link, and they've released a flythrough of the construction so far.
London Bridge’s lost Nonsuch House What is thought to be London's earliest prefab house was a grand affair, and stood on top of London Bridge as a massive gateway to the city.
Rodin exhibition coming to Tate Modern for the summer That famous statue of a naked man thinking is coming to London, as part of an exhibition about the man who made it, Auguste Rodin.
60th anniversary restoration for the Crystal Palace Bowl A run-down open-air stage in the middle of Crystal Palace that was popular between the 1960s and 90s is about to be restored to a working performance space again.
Book Review: Dickens on Railways In the mid-nineteenth century, the great age of railway building, Charles Dickens could not but be aware of their transformative impact on society. So he wrote about it often.
Wish you were here – Keats’ inspired poems on the London Underground If you're able to travel by tube train, look out for poems on the Underground by, and about the Romantic poet, John Keats, who died 200 years ago today.
Four London theatres are on the Theatres at Risk register Four of London's older theatres are currently on a risk register with their long term future uncertain.
HS2’s Euston tunnel headhouse clad in Victorian-inspired brickwork The design for the surface headhouse building that will give access to the HS2 tunnels on the approach to Euston has been shown off.
London’s Alleys: Cromwell Mews, SW7 This is another of the posh mews that were once shabby stables, and it can be found just around the corner from South Kensington tube station.