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Open House Festival 2026

For nine days each September, London unlocks its front...
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Chintz at the V&A

Spanning four centuries of creativity, Chintz rediscovers the story...
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Sculpture in Clay: British Ceramics 1985 to Now at the V&A

Focusing on the work of British artists from the...
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South Asia Now: Fashion. Art. Design. at V&A East

V&A East Museum, the newest addition to the V&A...
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Punk to Pop at the V&A

The V&A's major 2027 exhibition Punk to Pop is...
Christmas

Skate at Somerset House with Virgin Atlantic Holidays

One of London's favourite festive traditions returns as Somerset...
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Raymond Gubbay 80th Anniversary Celebration

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, directed by Daniel...
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The Standard of Living

Olivier Award-winner James Graham's new play receives its world...
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The Afronauts

A world premiere from Sky Arts Award-winning playwright Ryan...

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Churchill Cabinet War Rooms and Museum

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Open House London 2026: The Weekend London Unlocks Its Front Doors (and How to Do It)

For nine days each September, London throws open hundreds of buildings normally closed to the public - for free. Open House Festival returns for its 35th edition, 12-20 September 2026, with 621 listings including No 10 Downing Street, the Lloyd's Building at 40, BBC Broadcasting House and the Zaha Hadid Foundation archive.
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The Tower of London Announces Its Biggest-Ever Investment in Learning and Community

Historic Royal Palaces has unveiled the largest investment in learning and community engagement in the Tower of London's history - boosting learning capacity by 250%, with two new learning centres, an Archive Study Centre, a green classroom in the Moat and the Tower's first-ever dedicated community room.
Attractions

Grosvenor Square Reopens: London’s ‘Little America’ Becomes a £25m Climate-Resilient Garden

Grosvenor Square - London's 'Little America', home to the Roosevelt Memorial and once Eisenhower's wartime HQ - reopens on 20 July 2026 after a £25m transformation into a climate-resilient urban garden, its most significant redesign in 300 years.
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Shoreditch: London’s Coolest Neighbourhood Explained for First-Timers

Shoreditch is where London comes to be young, ambitious, experimental, and slightly messy. It's the neighborhood where artists replaced manufacturing when the factories left,...
Culture

What Is a Meal Deal in London and Why Do the British Love Them So Much?

If you spend any time around British people — in an office, on a park bench at lunchtime, or scrolling British social media —...
Family Attractions

London with Toddlers — How to Survive and Actually Enjoy It

There's a moment every parent traveling to London with toddlers experiences: you're standing in a jam-packed tube carriage, your pushchair is wedged sideways, someone's...
Architecture

A Day Trip to Bath from London — The Complete Guide

Bath, the extraordinary Georgian city in Southwest England, is one of those places that feels impossibly picturesque, impossibly well-preserved, and impossibly far from the...
Art

London for Art Lovers — The Essential Gallery and Museum Guide

If you're passionate about visual art, London is one of the greatest cities on Earth. The sheer quantity of world-class art, the range of...
Architecture

The Secret Rooms and Hidden Spaces of the Tower of London

The Tower of London sits on the Thames like a crown jewel of medieval architecture, and most visitors arrive with a clear agenda: see...
Attractions

London’s Most Unusual Tourist Attractions That Most Visitors Miss

There's something special about a city that has so much to offer that its most extraordinary treasures can hide in plain sight. London, with...
Culture

Are London’s West End Shows Worth the Price? How Do They Compare to Broadway?

London's West End is essentially the British equivalent of Broadway—it's where serious theater happens, where major productions open, where actors want to perform, and...
Attractions

The UK’s First Ancient DNA Exhibition To Open at the Francis Crick Institute

We Go Way Back, the UK's first exhibition dedicated to ancient DNA, opens free at the Francis Crick Institute from 16 July 2026 to 2 July 2027 - exploring how genetic material from ancient bones and teeth is rewriting the story of human evolution, migration and disease.
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The Royal London Walk — Buckingham Palace to the Tower in a Day

Take this walk with you: download our free, printable PDF map of the route to keep in your pocket — no phone signal required....
Food

London’s Best Markets — Borough, Portobello, Columbia Road, and Beyond

If you want to understand London as it actually exists rather than London as it exists in tourist brochures, you need to spend time...
Culture

London vs. Tokyo — Two Global Megacities, Two Completely Different Experiences

London and Tokyo are often mentioned in the same breath as the world's greatest cities, and for good reason—both are genuinely excellent, both are...
Attractions

Discover London’s Lost Palace of Whitehall at the Banqueting House This Summer

The Banqueting House - the last complete survivor of the lost Palace of Whitehall, home to the only Rubens ceiling still in its original setting - reopens with a new visitor experience from 1 August to 20 September 2026.
Art

Buckingham Palace Unveils a Once-in-a-Generation Re-hang of Its Picture Gallery

Buckingham Palace's Picture Gallery reopens for the summer after a once-in-a-generation re-hang, almost doubling the paintings on show from 63 to 120 - including works by Rubens, Caravaggio, Vermeer and Zoffany - against new emerald-green silk walls.
Culture

Tilda Swinton Returns to the Stage for the First Time in Nearly 40 Years, in ‘Man to Man’ at the Royal Court

Tilda Swinton returns to the stage for the first time since 1988, reprising Ella/Max in Manfred Karge's Man to Man at the Royal Court Theatre, 5 September - 24 October 2026, as part of the theatre's 70th anniversary season.
Art

Through Our Eyes: The UK’s First Sámi Art Exhibition Comes to Somerset House

Somerset House presents Through Our Eyes: Sámi Art and Culture, the UK's first group exhibition of Sámi artists - the only recognised indigenous people in Europe - with 18 artists across five free rooms, 6 November 2026 to 7 February 2027.
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Hampstead Heath — London’s Greatest Village Within a City

There is a particular magic that happens when you climb Parliament Hill on Hampstead Heath and see London spread out before you—all of it,...
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For the First Time, a Major Titanic Exhibition Is Coming to London This Summer

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White Star Heritage brings its Titanic Exhibition to London for the first time - a rare collection including an original Titanic deckchair, opening at Olympia London from 25 July to 16 August 2026.

London’s Newest Museum Opens July 21: Trent Park House of Secrets Reveals WWII Espionage Operation Hidden for 70 Years

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Discover London’s Lost Palace of Whitehall at the Banqueting House This Summer

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The Banqueting House - the last complete survivor of the lost Palace of Whitehall, home to the only Rubens ceiling still in its original setting - reopens with a new visitor experience from 1 August to 20 September 2026.

Londinium: 10 Interesting Facts and Figures about Roman London

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London and the Industrial Revolution

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The Industrial Revolution changed the world forever.  The coming...

The Tube: A History of the London Underground

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The world’s first underground railway, the London Underground was...

A New Chapter for London: The London Museum Opens at Smithfield on 28 November 2026

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In a watershed moment for the capital's culture, the world's largest city museum reopens as the London Museum in Smithfield's restored Victorian General Market on 28 November 2026 — with free permanent galleries, the Cheapside Hoard, a window onto live trains, and a food-themed launch season.

Ten Interesting Facts and Figures about Hamleys – The Oldest Toy Store in the World

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Hamleys is one of the premier toy stores not...

Unseen Jimi Hendrix Documents Go on Display at Handel Hendrix House

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A new permanent display of previously unseen archive material about Jimi Hendrix’s life in London — from dry cleaning tickets to ‘Trixie’ Sullivan’s 1960s diaries — opens at Mayfair’s Handel Hendrix House on 19 June 2026.

30 St Mary Axe: 10 Interesting Facts and Figures about the Gherkin

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30 St. Mary Axe, otherwise known by its more...

London’s Piazza: A History of Covent Garden – From Market to Tourist Mecca

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Covent Garden is popular with both locals and visitors...

Stitch by Stitch: A Free Guildhall Exhibition Reveals the Making of The Circle of Life

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A free Guildhall exhibition on 9 July 2026 offers a rare behind-the-scenes look at The Circle of Life, a national Opus Anglicanum embroidery marking 400 years of the Worshipful Company of Upholders. The finished work goes on free display at 101 Gallery, 10-24 July.

Fit for a King: 10 Interesting Facts and Figures about Hampton Court Palace

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Buck House: A History of Buckingham Palace – Long Read

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The Regency Period in London

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London Long Read: A History of London’s 35 Bridges Over The Thames

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Cool Britannia: A Look at London in the 1990s

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History: Ever Wonder What Heathrow Looked Like Before it was Bulldozed Over to Build the Airport? Gallery Inside

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Streets of London: London’s Most Unique Street Names and Their Fascinating Histories

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Ghosts of the Tower of London

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The Secret Rooms and Hidden Spaces of the Tower of London

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Londinium: Where to See Roman London Today

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Video: Oldest Footage of London Ever – Fascinating Video

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Abandoned London Tube Station Brompton Road for Sale to the Highest Bidder

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8 Weird London Laws

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