Sale on tickets to Pride and Prejudice (*sort of)
An audacious retelling of Jane Austen’s most iconic love story.

London Underground to close part of the Northern line next year
The long-planned closure of the Northern line bank branch has been confirmed by TfL today so that it can complete the upgrade of Bank tube station.

London’s Christmas lights switch on dates and times
It's Christmas lights season again, and a lot of councils and local organisations will be holding formal lighting ceremonies.

There’s a statue of a dead parrot in Greenwich
Thousands of people walk past it, but hardly any will ever notice that they just walked past the statue of a dead parrot.

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

Tickets Alert: Public tours of UCL’s telescope observatory
One of the UK’s largest telescopes can be found, surprisingly, in North London, and there are now regular tours of the observatory.

A special beer for the Lord Mayor’s Show
Toast the return of the Lord Mayor's Show with a new limited edition bottled beer from Shepherd Neame.

Vincent Van Gogh’s London home opens to the public
A small side road in Stockwell is the unlikely spot for an artistic great, the home, for a while of Vincent Van Gogh.

London’s Pocket Parks: Royal Docks floating garden
A few weeks ago a new pocket park opened in London, and this one floats on the water.

Eighteen more sites added to London’s heritage at risk register
The annual update to the list of heritage sites at risk in London has seen 18 sites added to the register over the past year, although in good news, 32 sites were removed as they are no longer considered to be at risk of further decay.

London Overground restoring night services in time for Christmas
The Night Overground is to resume services next month, just in time for the Christmas party season.

Northern line inspired art exhibition
An exhibition is opening shortly in Highgate full of art inspired by the Northern line.

You can climb to the top of the Monument tower again
The Monument, a tall stone tower in the City of London you can climb up and commemorates the Great Fire of London is reopening following its pandemic closure.

Local councils opt for cheaper Crossrail extension into Kent
A proposal to extend the Elizabeth line into Kent has been submitted to the government following a number of years of consultation work.

A temporary David Bowie shop has opened in London
A much-hyped David Bowie shop has opened in central London, and it is undeniably "a shop".

The Fan Museum is reopening next week
One of London's smaller and quirkier museums is reopening next week following a lengthy pandemic closure.

London Underground seeks ideas to improve step-free access to tube stations
With just over half of the TfL rail network now classed as step-free, TfL has opened a consultation on how it can deliver the same to the rest, if funding can be found.

Leisure rail travel nearly back to pre-pandemic levels
Off-peak leisure travel on the railways has nearly returned to its pre-pandemic levels, although commuter traffic remains muted, according to figures from the Rail Delivery Group (RDG).

Half-price train ticket offer on C2C railway services
If you fancy a cheap trip to Essex, then C2C is offering 1,000 half-price off-peak weekday tickets on c2c trains for travel over the next two weeks.

Passengers can drive the DLR trains again
Probably the very best thing about living in London is sitting at the front of a driverless DLR train and pretending to be the driver.

Ten exhibitions to visit in London during November
My monthly roundup of ten excellent exhibitions to visit during November 2021 while you're dodging the fireworks and Christmas adverts.

Historic railway arches at London Bridge to be restored
A run-down but prominent set of railway arches at London Bridge station, nicknamed Findlater’s Corner after the wine merchant that used to occupy them are to be restored.

London’s Alleys: Bridle Lane, W1
A long narrow passageway in Soho that owes its origins to the era of horse-drawn carriage and the grand houses on the other side of the lane.