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The Fiver: Five Things to Do in London on New Year’s Day
2023 is coming and it’s time to start planning how we’re going to celebrate. Of course, most events you’ll look up focus on New Year’s Eve, be they concerts, parties, or other creative ways to count...
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The Museum of London Has Closed, Long Live the London Museum
In a city with no shortage of great history museums, the Museum of London is one that is dedicated to the city itself and its growth from a small settlement in pre-Roman times to the megalopolis world...
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What is Crossrail 2 and What is Its Current Status?
With the launching of Crossrail, aka the Elizabeth Line this past summer, the discussion in London mass transit now turns to Crossrail 2. You might be wondering what exactly this means and how is...
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Ten London Exhibitions to Look Forward to in 2023
When you visit London’s museums, of which there are more than a few, you may be at a loss for what to see. Sure, there are plenty of paintings, artifacts, sculptures, and whatnot that are on display...
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Ten American Cities with Direct Flights to London
The City of London Is there anything more annoying about air travel than a layover? Okay, maybe bad food, crying babies, terrible in-flight movies, or that one other passenger that causes so much...
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Ten Cheap Things You Can Do in London on a Budget
London is a wonderful city to spend a lot of time in, but if you’re not careful, you can also end up spending a lot of money. Any capital city can be an expensive place to visit, but it also has some...
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The Fiver: Five Things to Buy Before Your Trip to London
Trying to figure out what you need to pack before a trip can always be a struggle. Sometimes that also means figuring out what you need to buy before you leave. Do you need toiletries that’ll get...
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Heathrow records biggest increase in passengers of any European airport
Heathrow said it recorded the largest increase in passengers of any European airport last year. The west London airport was used by 61.6 million passengers in 2022, up 42.2 million compared with 2021....
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Win A Copy of London Black Cab Drivers’ Memoir
Last month we posted an excerpt from David Styles’ memory of the London Black Taxi trade, Everyone is Entitled to My Opinion: A Journey Around a Cabbie’s Capital. You can read it here. This month...
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Tube and London bus fares to rise by nearly 6% from March
Passengers using public transport in London face an average hike in fares of 5.9% from March 5 under proposals announced by mayor Sadiq Khan. The plan means the weekly cap for using buses and trams in...
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Pollock’s Toy Museum in London Has Closed Unexpectedly
One of London’s most famous tourist attractions – Pollock’s Toy Museum in central London – has closed its doors unexpectedly. The Toy Museum, located in a beautiful old Georgian building, was a...
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Ten Social Media Accounts to Follow for Londonphiles
For good or for ill, social media is everywhere these days. We watch videos on Tiktok and Youtube, post our photos to Instagram, chat via WhatsApp, and keep in touch with our friends using Facebook....
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National Portrait Gallery to reopen in June with two special exhibitions
The National Portrait Gallery will reopen later this year with an exhibition of previously unseen photographs by Sir Paul McCartney from his early days in The Beatles. The archive features images...
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London Travel Alert: Staff at British Museum to walk out during half-term break
The Great Court of the British Museum in London. Fresh strikes have been called by the biggest civil service union in its long-running dispute over jobs, pay and pensions. Members of the Public and...
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Artist Ai Weiwei to launch first design-focused exhibition at London’s Design...
Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei is to take over London’s Design Museum with his first installation using design and history as a lens through which to consider what we value. Hundreds of thousands...
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London hotel prices 60% higher for King’s coronation, says Trivago
Accommodation search website Trivago has revealed that London hotels have ramped up their prices by nearly two-thirds for the King’s coronation. Trivago chief executive Axel Hefer told the PA news...
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Heathrow Airport records busiest start of year since before pandemic
Heathrow Airport is “back to its best” having recorded the busiest start of the year since before the pandemic, its boss John Holland-Kaye has said. The UK’s busiest airport revealed more than 5.4...
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Tate Britain to unveil complete rehang of collection for first time in 10 years
Tate Britain has announced it will open a complete rehang of its national collection of British art for the first time in a decade. The new displays opening on May 23 will feature more than 800 works...
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Art lovers in a spin over spiral artworks signposting a wider universe at...
An artwork featuring two intersecting spirals has been constructed at Somerset House in London. The outdoor installation, which spirals outwards from the art gallery’s neoclassical courtyard, is by...
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Nearly half of Londoners have used Elizabeth line so far – survey
Nearly half of Londoners have used the Elizabeth line since it opened in May 2022, a new survey suggests. The results of a YouGov poll shared with the PA news agency indicate 45% of the capital’s...
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Heathrow Airport narrows losses after ‘year of recovery’
Heathrow Airport narrowed its losses sharply in 2022 amid a bounce back in travel demand, but said results were weighed on by surging cost pressures and lower passenger numbers. The group reported...
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Fledgling airline Norse to serve the most US destinations from London’s...
Norse Atlantic Airways has announced it will serve more US destinations from Gatwick than any other airline this summer. The fledgling Norwegian low-cost carrier said it will add Boston, Los Angeles,...
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Emmeline Pankhurst immortalized by Madame Tussauds for International Women’s Day
Modern-day activists such as Florence Given joined Madame Tussauds London to unveil its new Emmeline Pankhurst waxwork ahead of International Women’s Day. The leading Suffragette has been immortalized...
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Ten of the Best Fish & Chips Restaurants in London
Fish and chips is one of those iconic British foods. A good, fried piece of cod and what we Americans would call French fries is all you really need for a good meal. Naturally, there are chippies...
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More than 40,000 plant species now stored in Kew Gardens’ seed bank
The Millennium Seed Bank (MSB) is celebrating a major milestone after banking more than 40,000 different plant species in an effort to preserve rare, threatened and important wild plants. Dubbed the...
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Heathrow ready for ‘successful Easter getaway’ after chaos of 2022
Heathrow has sought to reassure families it is prepared for a “successful Easter getaway” after many saw their holiday plans ruined a year ago. The west London airport said overall passenger...
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Shire horses prepare Tower of London moat for next wildflower display
The Tower of London has employed a pair of shire horses to transform its moat into a permanent haven for wildflowers. Around 20 million seeds were planted in the famous fortress’s moat last year for...
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Gatwick returns to profit as air travel bounces back
Gatwick Airport returned to profitability in 2022 amid a bounce-back in air travel as coronavirus rules eased, but said it has “some way to go to reach a full recovery.” The West Sussex airport...
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The Ugly Duchess: Beauty and Satire in the Renaissance at the National Gallery
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, it sheds new light on Quinten Massys’s An Old Woman (about...
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London Eye gets spring clean to mark start of the season
One of London’s most distinctive landmarks has had a thorough clean to mark the first day of spring on Monday. Staff braved heights of 135 meters (443ft) to reach the pods on the London Eye in...
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National Portrait Gallery to reopen with exhibition on pioneering color...
The National Portrait Gallery is set to reopen with more than two dozen newly discovered works from trailblazing 20th-century British photographer Yevonde. Yevonde: Life And Colour will explore the...
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More than 200 looks to feature in V&A exhibition on Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel
More than 200 Chanel looks will be seen together for the first time in the Victoria and Albert Museum’s (V&A) forthcoming exhibition on the work of French fashion designer Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel....
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Crown Jewels to be projected on to Tower of London to tell story of coronations
Photo by George on Pexels.com The Crown Jewels will be projected on to the Tower of London before touring UK landmarks under plans to tell the story of coronations to thousands of people. The jewels...
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Queen Consort waxwork unveiled at Madame Tussauds London
A waxwork of the Queen Consort has been unveiled at Madame Tussauds London ahead of the coronation in May. Styled in a dark blue gown, the statue will stand alongside Charles, the Prince and Princess...
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Horse-drawn carriage available to book on Uber in London ahead of coronation
Royal fans can get into the coronation spirit by booking an Uber ride with a difference – a horse-drawn carriage that resembles the King’s mode of transport on the day he is crowned. The coronation...
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HMV to reopen historic Oxford Street store
HMV is to reopen its historic Oxford Street store later this year after a four-year absence. The music retailer shut the flagship store in 2019 after tumbling into administration before a rescue...
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Coronation benches designed by children to be at Tower of London all summer
Coronation benches designed by schoolchildren across the UK will be at the Tower of London throughout the summer. The 14 illustrated benches reflect the values and symbols that young people wish to...
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Four London landmarks to join Big Ben in lighting up for the King’s coronation
Four London landmarks have been announced as additions to the list of buildings which will light up across the nation to mark the King’s coronation. Tower Bridge, London Bridge, Guildhall and Mansion...
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Passengers can now travel directly from Essex to Heathrow on Elizabeth line
Passengers can now travel directly from Essex to Heathrow airport as part of changes to London’s Elizabeth line. Updates to the line’s timetable mean trains will run from Shenfield in Essex, through...
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The Tube: 10 Interesting Facts about the Circle Line
The Circle Line is one of London’s oldest Tube Lines, but it also gets easily confused with the District Line, with which it shares a lot of track. But this unique line has long served central London...
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10 Interesting Facts About the Waterloo and City Line
The shortest Tube Line, the Waterloo and City Line connects just two stations, but provides a key traffic pattern for commuters to the City of London from London’s suburbs in southwest London, Surrey,...
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Ten Interesting Facts about the District Line
Running from the east in Upminster to Earl’s Court in the west, the District Line forms one of the oldest London Underground lines in the service’s history. The idea when the line began was that it...
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A Brief History of the London Overground
London Overground train with remembrance poppy by Christopher Hilton is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.0 A very recent addition to Transport for London, the London Overground isn’t a...
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The Fiver: Five Great Places to Exercise in London While Traveling
Staying fit can be a bit of a challenge when you’re away from home. You could, of course, use a hotel gym, but those can be a little disappointing and don’t really let you get out and see the local...
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10 Interesting Facts about the Bakerloo Line
If I had to pick a London Underground line with the most ‘Londony’ name, it would be the Bakerloo line (a portmanteau of Baker Street and Waterloo Railway). Here are a few interesting facts and...
View ArticleTop London Transport YouTubers To Subscribe To
Transport YouTube is one of the most popular subjects on the video streaming website. There are several notable Tube YouTubers who cover the London Underground, some in excruciating but fascinating...
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The Fiver: Five of the Most Expensive Restaurants in London
Having just booked some dining reservations for my upcoming birthday, food can be pretty expensive if you go to a fancy restaurant. As the capital of the United Kingdom and a pretty fashionable city...
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Tube History: A Brief History of the Victoria Line
It might be hard to believe, but the Underground line, named after the United Kingdom’s second-longest serving monarch, is actually one of the babies when it comes to the Tube. It’s also one of the...
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10 Interesting Facts and Figures about Oxford Street
London is a city full of history, culture, and entertainment. One of the most famous places in London is Oxford Street, which is known for its world-class shopping and vibrant atmosphere. Whether you...
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The Fiver – Five American-style Diners in London
There’s something comforting about a diner. You walk into any greasy spoon in the United States, and you know there’s going to be coffee, burgers, breakfast at all hours, and—most importantly—good...
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