Laura Porter

As summer goes into full-swing, there’s tons to see and do in London for the month of June. Here’s a brief round-up of what’s not...

Tate Britain has completed a rehang of its free collection displays. The last time the national collection of British art was changed was ten years ago....

There’s more than the Coronation going on this month in London! Here’s a selection of events not to miss if you’re visiting London in the...

Open from Friday 21 April 2023, The Queen’s Gallery at Buckingham Palace has a major exhibition revealing life in the 18th century through the fashions...

While we don’t have to contend with the ‘pea-soupers’ (polluted fog) of the 19th century, London’s air quality is still a topical news story. In...

Tate Britain is presenting a major exhibition charting the romance and radicalism of the Rossetti generation. It showcases works by Dante Gabriel, as well as...

The Rossettis 6 April 2023 – 24 September 2023 Tate Britain Nearest Station: Pimlico This shows how siblings Christina and Dante Gabriel Rossetti forged a...

We often talk about the National Gallery having all the big hitters in the art world. Well, this exhibition has brought a lot of household...

The latest exhibition at the Royal Academy is Souls Grown Deep like the Rivers: Black Artists from the American South. Open from 17 March 2023,...

The Ugly Duchess: Beauty and Satire in the Renaissance is a free exhibition at the National Gallery. Open from 16 March to 11 June 2023,...

Here’s our monthly round-up of new events and exhibitions coming to London this March. The biggest ‘blockbuster’ exhibition is The Ugly Duchess at the National...

Opening on Saturday, 11 February 2023, The V&A museum has the first major UK exhibition to explore the work of the Renaissance master Donatello. The...

Here’s our round-up of new exhibitions, shows, and other events taking place in London for February 2023. There’s a lot to see and do this...

The Cosmic House is the first Post-Modern house in the UK to be given Grade I listed status (meaning it must be preserved). Once the...

Presented in the Main Galleries at the Royal Academy in London from 21 January 2023, Spain and the Hispanic World celebrates the unrivaled collection of...

It’s all change for London’s museum scene as names change, locations close, and new exhibitions start. Here’s your guide to what’s going on in London...

Sutton House is a National Trust property in Hackney. That would be unusual enough but it’s a Grade II* listed Tudor manor house. Yes, there’s...

Leighton House Museum is the former home and studio of the leading Victorian artist, Frederic, Lord Leighton (1830–1896). When you arrive the formal red brick...

Red House is a significant Arts and Craft house in southeast London that was designed for William Morris. A lavishly decorated and thoughtfully designed villa,...

Each September, Open House London offers opportunities to visit buildings that are often not available to the general public. The Fog House was an excellent...

Open House London is an annual architecture festival that allows us to go inside buildings that are often unavailable to the public. I like to...

Open House London gives an annual opportunity to visit buildings that are not usually open to the public. I’ve often walked past Euston Fire Station...

The British Museum has a major exhibition on hieroglyphs open from 13 October 2022. Two hundred years after the language was deciphered, Hieroglyphs: unlocking ancient...

This is the most ambitious exhibition the Science Museum has ever staged. Science Fiction: Voyage to the Edge of Imagination places visitors at the heart...

It must be getting close to Halloween as a new exhibition at the Charles Dickens Museum explores the ghosts in the mind of Dickens. To...

This National Gallery landmark exhibition is being staged to mark the centenary of the birth of artist Lucian Freud (1922–2011.) It is the first major...

The Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square has displayed temporary contemporary art since 1998. THE END by Heather Phillipson was removed on 15 August 2022, and...

The annual Summer Opening of Buckingham Palace has returned this year. It’s when we get to look around the Palace’s State Rooms while the Queen...

For the centenary of the birth of British artist Lucian Freud (1922–2011), the Freud Museum is staging its first-ever exhibition of his work. The exhibition...

Superbloom is in the dry moat at the Tower of London. I first visited in late May and there were concerns that it didn’t look...