Curiosities

There's no escaping it: Modern Fables have created one hell of an escape room with The Oracles. Life is full of big mysteries, that have puzzled humankind for centuries. Escape rooms are full of little mysteries, that...

Sick of being life's punching bag? Take it out on these public punching bags instead! We'll never back down and admit to there being a better city than London, but we're not above cravenly stealing things from other ci...

The breathtaking infinity pool is currently in the planning stage. If your morning swim just seems a little pedestrian, and you're looking to raise the stakes a little, why not raise them 55 storeys off the ground? Tha...

Yup, it's another quintessentially British weather freakout. It's just not summer without us fretting about the weather, is it? Although this time, we may actually have grounds for our concern, because these ominous cl...

As awareness campaigns go, this one is the tits. If you happened to wander around Shoreditch yesterday or today, you may have noticed something odd perched atop a few buildings. Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Nope, it's...

Travel around the world in half a million LEGO bricks. From our very own old London Bridge to the natural beauty of the Great Barrier Reef, artist Warren Elsmore has recreated over 50 iconic landmarks using 500,000 LEG...

Kape Barako is a tiny independent coffee shop residing in one of London's iconic red telephone boxes. Found on Hampstead High Street, Kape Barako is entirely family-run – created in a bid to protect our precious red ph...

Below the streets of Clapham, in a former air raid shelter, you'll find Growing Underground, the world's first underground farm. Founders Richard and Steven are finally opening their tunnels for tours, so you can disco...

Heartbreak Hotel, a week-long festival in east London, will explore the many aspects of heartbreak, including self care and the journey back to love. Exploring the reality of heartbreak and understanding it as a collec...

Wedding bouncy castles exist and all of a sudden adulting doesn’t seem so scary. Enjoy a fun throwback to your carefree childhood days while doing the biggest, scariest adult thing you could possibly do. That’s right k...