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Booking opens for London Craft Week After a pandemic switch to online and autumnal events, the annual springtime London Craft Week will be back next month, and apart from lots of displays and short exhibitions, there are a range of bookable tours and talks.
Jill Craigie: Film Pioneer at the BFI mezzanine The open exhibition space at the BFI Southbank is currently devoted to the British documentary filmmaker, screenwriter and feminist, Jill Craigie.
Save on tickets to Anything Goes at the Barbican This fresh production of the timeless classic musical Anything Goes was a sell-out hit at the Barbican last year and is making a limited run return this summer.
London’s weekly railway news A weekly round-up of London's rail transport news…
Buckingham Palace tube station to open for the Queen’s Jubilee The April Fool Day article -- It's been announced that the until now secretive tube station built underneath Buckingham Palace is to be opened this summer for people to visit as part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
Flats on Arnos Grove tube station car park approved on appeal Plans to build 162 flats on top of the car park next to Arnos Grove tube station on the Piccadilly line have been approved after an appeal against the council's decision to block it was upheld.
TfL testing a chemical-free way of eliminating Japanese Knotweed Transport for London (TfL) has been carrying out a trial of a method of killing Japanese Knotweed infestations using electricity instead of chemicals.
New exhibition looks at the fascinating (yes, really) history of the Post Code Something that permeates most of our lives but which we give hardly a thought to is the Post Code, that short set of digits at the end of an address that more than anything above it ensures letters get to the correct place.
Golden Canaletto’s glow in this National Maritime Museum exhibition Removed from their ancestral home, a complete set of twenty-four classic Canaletto paintings of Venice that have never been seen away from their home have come to London for this exceptionally rare display.
Slave trader, Robert Milligan’s statue gifted to the Museum of London A bronze sculpture of the merchant and slave trader Robert Milligan, that was removed from West India Quay in June 2020, will join the collections of the Museum of London.
A day trip to – Salisbury An ancient cathedral city on the river Avon and a convenient stopping off point for Stonehenge visitors has plenty of other things to keep people busy for a day trip.
TfL style contactless payments extended to Windsor and Henley TfL style contactless touchpoints are arriving at Windsor and Eton station as contactless payments for train tickets, already valid on GWR and TfL Rail services between London Paddington and Reading are being extended onto the Henley and Windsor branch lines.
Rail upgrade to increase train frequency at Meridian Water station A railway upgrade has been approved on one of the Lea Valley lines in northeast London to increase the number of trains that can serve a nearby housing development.
Tickets Alert: Tours of St Alfege Greenwich’s church crypt Sitting in the heart of Greenwich town centre is the imposing St Alfege Church, and they've started offering semi-regular tours of the crypt underneath the church.
Behind the scenes at Bank tube station’s huge upgrade project Deep under the streets of central London, huge tunnels have been dug to create a vastly transformed Bank tube station, and the first phase opens in a few weeks time.
Govia Thameslink Railway gets extended rail contract Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), which operates the Thameslink, Great Northern, Southern and Gatwick Express airport services has been granted a new rail contract.
Perivale Wood’s bluebells open days announced A normally closed nature reserve in west London will be open for a few days when the woods are filled with bluebells at their best.
Have you used Charing Cross station’s rear entrance? Charing Cross station has a grand frontage with its hotel, Eleanor Cross, and courtyard, but there's also another entrance that's far less well known.
London’s Alleys: Lombard Court, EC3 This is a slightly winding passage that has been around for a few centuries and yet left little history in its wake.