How to get 27 days away from work for 10 days of holiday time in 2022
It's always been possible to shuffle your holidays to align with bank holidays so you can get longer blocks out of the workplace, such as taking the Friday off before a Bank Holiday Monday, but 2022 gives a bit more than usual.

Your most read articles on ianVisits during 2021
A time for introspective pondering about a year that's past, and a look back at what you the reader read the most.

January sale on London theatre tickets
There's a sale on theatre and musical tickets for the month of January has started today, with tickets starting from just £15 per seat.

London’s weekly railway news
A weekly round-up of London's rail transport news…

Southern Railway suspends services into Victoria Station until 10th January
The train operator, Southern is suspending services to London Victoria from next week, until at least 10th January due to increased levels of staff sickness.

London’s pocket parks: Christ Church, Spitalfields, E1
Sitting next to Spitalfields dominant church is a small public park that's a remnant of a much larger graveyard that used to sit to the south of the church.

New photobook shows off the glory of London’s railway stations
A new book rich in glorious photographs shows off London's main railway stations, the big 13 termini that welcome people to the Capital and give a grand farewell to people heading to far-flung places.

First pier cast for HS2’s Colne Valley viaduct
Construction of what will be the UK's longest railway bridge has taken a step forward as the casting of the first of 56 concrete piers has been completed.

A visit to St Mary le Strand church
Sitting in the middle of the road outside Somerset House on Strand is a grand church with a tall steeple it shouldn't have.

Improved links between Shadwell Overground and DLR proposed
In Shadwell, there are two stations very close to each other, but separated by a busy and often quite dirty street. Plans have been announced by Tower Hamlets council to improve the area.

See the “Fragmented Illuminations” at the V&A Museum
An exhibition in the V&A museum at the moment is both a delight to the eye, and a reminder of how people would often chop medieval books up and sell off the nice pages as collectables.

Crossrail Woolwich station left short of developer funding
A shortage of developer funding has left an £8 million hole in the cost of paying for the fit-out of Woolwich's future Elizabeth line station.

Two weeks left to visit the Marble Arch Mound
It's almost hard to believe but the infamous Marble Arch Mound closes in two weeks time, so you better hurry up if you want to visit.

London’s Alleys: Rising Sun Court, EC1
This is a small side alley in Smithfield that's famous for the pub that dominates the corner opposite Great St Bart's church.