The lost brutal reviews of Charles Dickens’s novels by his best friend Wilkie Collins
After he died, one of Charles Dickens's best friends was revealed to have written a series of devastating critiques of his friend's stories, but these reviews haven't been seen since they were sold at auction in 1890.

London’s outdoor ice skating rinks for winter 2023-2024
Winter is coming, and so are the pop-up ice rinks that populate the city each winter offering people opportunities to repeatedly fall over and go home with sore bums and dented pride.

Replica Aldgate East tube station spotted in Grimsby for Netflix filming
Part of the London Underground has been spotted in Grimsby, as the port was transformed into 1940s London for filming the Netflix sci-fi series Bodies.

London’s New Year’s Eve fireworks tickets go on sale next week
The annual New Year's Eve fireworks at the London Eye will take place this year, and tickets will go on sale on Friday 3rd November at noon.

Historic England creating an online map of the ‘Ghost Signs’ found on buildings
If you've ever looked at the side of a building and seen a faded advert for a company long since closed down, then Historic England wants to hear from you as it is creating a map of Ghost Signs.

London’s weekly railway news
This is a weekly round-up of London's rail transport news...

From a golden State Coach to an art bus: Highlights of the Lord Mayor’s Show revealed
It's just two weeks until the huge annual parade that'll see over 7,000 people marching through the City of London alongside the Lord Mayor of London.

A counterclockwise adventure game: Explore the twisted world of fantasy novels at the British Library
From faeries to forests, castles to cthulhu, and hobbits to the holy grail, the British Library takes a look at the lore of fantasy writing from the ancient to the modern day.

Lunches in the City of London’s livery halls
A couple of the City of London’s grand and normally private livery halls hold public livery lunches typically once a month, and dates for the rest of the year and next year have been released.

Skateboard’s 70-year evolution unveiled at the Design Museum’s new exhibition
There aren't many exhibitions where you can try out the product, but the Design Museum has built a skateboard ramp inside its new exhibition about the history and culture of skateboarding.

New DLR trains on track, but depot expansion faces delays after contractor’s collapse
Upgrade work on the DLR to prepare it for a fleet of new trains has hit a problem after one of the contractors closed down.

Pump up the volume: The Science Museum explores music’s impact on emotions
From the use of music that affects how you buy things in supermarkets to sounds that change how food tastes, the Science Museum takes a look at how music affects our moods and can even manipulate our behaviour in ways we're not aware of.

Tours of Feliks Topolski’s railway arch artist studio and archive
For over 30 years, one of the railway arches in Waterloo was used as a studio by one of the country's leading artists, Feliks Topolski, and now it's opening up for public tours.

London’s Pocket Parks: The Stage Viaduct Garden, EC2
This is a new pocket park built on top of a disused railway viaduct in the heart of Shoreditch.

London’s Day Travelcard saved from extinction: New deal secures its future
The Day Travelcard, which offers visitors to the Capital unlimited travel on TfL services and National Rail services within London, won't be scrapped after a deal was secured to keep it.

From protests to football to royalty: A century of news in pictures in this Canary Wharf exhibition
If, as the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words, then there's a hefty book on display at the moment of breaking news photographs taken over the past century.

Emily and Anne get ready to dig HS2’s Northolt Tunnel under west London
Two more tunnel boring machines, Emily and Anne, have been lowered into the ground to dig tunnels under west London for the HS2 railway.

TfL considering London Overground extension to London Bridge
Transport for London (TfL) is considering extending the London Overground to run into London Bridge station to replace capacity lost when Southern cut services in south London.

Hidden section of Roman Wall near St. Paul’s Cathedral to open as a public museum
A little known section of Roman Wall near St Paul's Cathedral is to become considerably easier to visit after approval was granted to refurbish the building that sits above it.

New video shows the nearly finished Brent Cross West station
A video of the nearly completed new railway station at Brent Cross West in North London has been released by the local council, showing how the station will look when it opens in a few months time.

See BBC science fiction props from Doctor Who to Blake’s 7 at the Gunnersbury Park Museum
West London has been invaded by Daleks, Tripods, Cybermen and Blake's 7, as a new exhibition looks at the many small companies that made props for the BBC's science fiction shows and films.

New office development to include a free roof terrace overlooking the Tower of London
A new office development in the City of London is going to include a free roof terrace that'll give views of the Tower of London and the wider area.

London’s Alleys: Cockpit Yard, WC1
This is a rough looking former stables mews that today is a mix of municipal yard and arts centre.