Calling all actors, poets, linguists, playwrights, and lovers of the Bard – your chance has come to go back in time and live as Shakespeare would have. For a short while, at least. Visitors to the Globe Theatre are bein...
October is Black History Month and, while Black history should be championed for more than just one month, this time of year really gives us the chance to acknowledge, celebrate and learn about the impact Black people a...
From awe-inspiring 11th century cathedrals or prehistoric coastlines which show remnants of the dinosaurs, little old blighty has a total of 33 UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Luckily for you dear reader, four are actually...
Over the past few years, there has been a very gradual countdown of sorts to the end of a vast conservation project that saw Big Ben wrapped in scaffolding and curiously silent. Slowly, the layers of scaffolding have be...
A casual stroll around London will reveal a host of parks and gardens. It’s an undeniable perk of London: just how much nature is dispersed throughout the city. Fortunately for us, many…...
Nestled within the bushes of Victoria Gate Lodge’s garden is the secret pet cemetery of Hyde Park. This pint-sized graveyard was the first of its kind in Britain and dates all the way back to the 1880s. Dogs, cats...
Located smack bang in the Great Court of the British Museum is a curiosity that has eluded visitors for the past decade. Towering over guests, and inaccessible to the curious, the Round Reading Room is a proper enigma....
It is said that “when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life”; effectively, you’ll never be done exploring our capital. However, if you’ve already done the generic landmarks and classic to...
Every artwork has a story. And behind every painting or sculpture or work of art is an artist, who lived, or lives, a whole life outside of the work. These stories aren’t always clear, or examined in depth in a ga...
For LGBT+ History Month, a special event is hitting the Tower of London. ‘Queer Lives’ is an after-hours tour that blends theatre and history as it explores the LGBTQ+ people who lived, loved, and died at th...