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Elizabeth Tower and Big Ben to light up for King’s coronation

Elizabeth Tower and Big Ben will be lit up with a...

Two-year project to make London Waterloo station ‘lighter and brighter’

The century-old roof of the UK’s busiest railway station is being...

‘Effortlessly cool’ London street signs from 1950s and ’60s to be auctioned off

Hundreds of London street signs, from Regent Street to Soho Square,...

Art lovers in a spin over spiral artworks signposting a wider universe at Somerset House

An artwork featuring two intersecting spirals has been constructed at Somerset...

Ten Interesting Military Monuments in London

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Exploring The Cosmic House in London

The Cosmic House is the first Post-Modern house in the UK...

Exploring Sutton House National Trust in Hackney – A Tudor Wonder

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National Portrait Gallery will get new wing as part of refurbishment

The National Portrait Gallery in London will get a new wing...

Exploring Leighton House Museum – London’s Palace of Art

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Big Ben to be put back to GMT for first time after huge restoration

All four faces of Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament’s clock...

Exploring The Red House – William Morris’s Iconic Arts and Crafts Home in London

Red House is a significant Arts and Craft house in southeast...

Open House London – Exploring The Fog House in Clerkenwell – A Very Private Home

Each September, Open House London offers opportunities to visit buildings that...

Open House London: Exploring 75 Grosvenor Street and its amazing roof gardens

Open House London is an annual architecture festival that allows us...

Exploring Euston Fire Station during Open House London

Open House London gives an annual opportunity to visit buildings that...

City of London urged to reconsider plans to demolish historic Barbican buildings and Museum of London

A campaign has been launched urging the City of London Corporation...

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