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Discount sale on The Mousetrap tickets
Famously the world's longest consistently running play - pandemic excepted - Agatha Christie's Mousetrap has now been running for 68 years, and is one of those plays that everyone is presumed to see once in their lives.
Pewterers’ Livery Hall to open for monthly public lunches
Another of the City of London's Livery Halls has cracked open the usually closed doors a bit and will be hosting a monthly lunch which is open to the public.
London’s leisure travel is recovering faster than work travel
New numbers from TfL show that passenger numbers on London's trains and buses are recovering from the pandemic, with the recovery stronger at weekends and evenings than during the working day.
London’s weekly railway news
A weekly round-up of London's rail transport news…
Southall station gets new ticket hall and step-free access
Southall station in West London has opened a new ticket hall with footbridge and step-free access as part of the preparations for the Elizabeth line.
Free theatre stage and muscial performances in Trafalgar Square
A celebration of the theatre stage and musicals will fill Trafalgar Square next month, as a free event.
Wimbledon Park tube station gets step-free access with new lift
Wimbledon Park tube station on the District line has become the 86th station on the London Underground to go step-free after a new lift came into use on Monday.
London’s Pocket Parks: Belsize Wood, NW3
Around the back of suburban houses in Belsize Park is a small but richly planted woodland on a very steep slope.
You can wear London Underground moquette clothing
A London clothing firm has a range of clothing based on three of the London Underground's classic moquette designs.
Booking opens for London Craft Week events
In October loads of crafty sorts of people and places will open their doors to show off their crafting works to the general public.
Last ever ice rink at the Natural History Museum this winter
For the very last time, the grounds in front of the Natural History Museum will host a large ice-rink this winter.
Call to help digitise Euston’s burial records
Archaeologists are looking for volunteers to help record nearly 58,000 burial records related to the recently excavated St James’s Burial Ground in Euston.
Tours of buildings sites taking place in October
The semi-annual event that shows off the construction industry by letting people go behind the hoardings onto building sites returns this October, and booking is open now.
Exhibtion looks at the design of the Tokyo Olympics
There's currently an exhibition in London about the Tokyo Olympics -- the 1964 Olympics, and it shows off the design and architecture of the games, not the sports they hosted.
Second section of new Brent Cross West station bridge installed
The new Thameslink station being built at Brent Cross West gained the second section of its large overbridge a couple of weeks ago.
London’s Public Art: Unfurl by Eilís O’Connell
On a side street in Kensington can be found a large bronze petal slowly unfurling.
Whitechapel station entrance reopens ahead of Elizabeth line arrival
Earlier this morning, Whitechapel tube station transformed from an ugly duckling into a swan, albeit one that's still shedding a few feathers in places.
London’s Alleys: Canning Passage, W8
This narrow back lane in Kensington looks like a back passage for the houses that back onto it, but in fact, it predates the main roads around it.
IanVisits, London, UK
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