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Mona Loser at Southwark Playhouse Borough

Workshop performances of Mona Loser, a new musical with...
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ROLEPLAY at Soho Theatre

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Houses of Parliament Summer Tours 2026

With both Houses in summer recess, the Palace of...
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Buckingham Palace State Rooms Summer Opening 2026

Each summer, while the King is away, the nineteen...
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BBC Proms 2026 at the Royal Albert Hall

The world's largest and longest-running classical music festival fills...
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All Points East 2026 at Victoria Park

East London's biggest music festival takes over Victoria Park...
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Notting Hill Carnival 2026

Europe's largest street festival returns to west London over...
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WOW: Gisèle Pelicot & Tarana Burke in Conversation

French activist and author Gisèle Pelicot and Tarana Burke,...
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WOW – Women of the World Festival 2027 at the Southbank Centre

WOW - Women of the World returns to London...

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London St. Pancras International Train Station

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Video Tour: London Transport Museum

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The BT Tower’s Next Life: New Plans Revealed for the Hotel Conversion — and the Public Is Going Back Up

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Architects Orms have unveiled detailed plans for turning the Grade II-listed BT Tower into a hotel - including a public viewing gallery in the revolving crown, a rooftop infinity pool and a new public square. The tower, once an official secret left off Ordnance Survey maps, is set to reopen to the public in 2033.

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

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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.

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

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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.

London and the Industrial Revolution

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

The Tower of London Announces Its Biggest-Ever Investment in Learning and Community

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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.

The Secret Rooms and Hidden Spaces of the Tower of London

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The Tower of London sits on the Thames like...

The Legacy of Punk: London’s Role in the Movement That Changed Music Forever

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In the mid-1970s, beneath the crumbling facades of a...

Great Events in London History: The Birth of the Bobby – How London Created Modern Policing

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Before 1829, London's idea of law enforcement was a...

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

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London is getting a remarkable new museum this month....

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.

Londinium: 10 Interesting Facts and Figures about Roman London

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  Londinium was the Roman name given to the settlement...

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.

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.

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...

Ghosts of the Tower of London

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There’s no question that London is one of the...

How London Changed During the Victorian Period

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The 19th Century was a time of great change...

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...

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

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Fancy owning an abandoned Tube Station? There's one coming...

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

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When you fly into London's Heathrow Airport, you don't...

A Brief Overview of What Life Was Like in Medieval London

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Christmas Day of 1066 ushered in a new era...

Cool Britannia: A Look at London in the 1990s

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The 1990s were a time of great change in...

The Regency Period in London

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The Regency Period for Britain is one that begins...

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.

British Museum Marks America’s 250th with ‘Declaring Independence: USA 250’

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A new free display at the British Museum marks 250 years of American independence through four objects — led by the Washington Peace Medal — with the Sussex Declaration joining on loan in the autumn.

London Icon: A History of Harry Beck’s Iconic Tube Map

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KEY FACTS Designed by Harry Beck in 1932 Set...

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