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Sarah Siddons, a rare early-1920s electric locomotive, returns to the Metropolitan line for three days of heritage journeys from Amersham on 24-26 July 2026, alongside the London Transport Museum's restored 1938 art deco Tube train.
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.
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.
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.
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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