From Notting Hill Carnival to historic folk fits, costumes play a key role in both personal and collective identities all over the world. This new exhibition at UAL (otherwise known as the London College of Fashion) hig...
Although we’ve only recently found some much-needed spring in our step, summer will be here before you know it, and this year, it’s time to party! Following five years of cancellations and altercations, Hack...
You’ve got to give Carnaby Street credit: they always find ways to up their Christmas lights game. Having delivered these impressive Bohemian Rhapsody lights in 2018, they went ahead and topped it…...
Notting Hill Carnival is the biggest street party in Europe, attracting over two million visitors every year. Last year marked the first carnival weekend in London since 2019, and, of course, the city made up for lost t...
Side hustles – the ultimate millennial hobby, amiright?! Alongside my job here at Secret London, I volunteer for a mas band in Notting Hill Carnival’s parade, and have done so for the past five years. While many Londone...
As London summers go, this one has gotten off to a pretty great start. Festival season in full swing? Check. Food, drink, and even beach pop-ups appearing all around the city? Correct. All we’re in need of is that...
Notting Hill Carnival will return to West London’s streets once again, following a two-year hiatus. After a two-year break as a result of the pandemic, Notting Hill Carnival is returning to the capital this August...