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The cavernous ice house is a fascinating discovery. You must admit, all the mod cons we take for granted become pretty spectacular when you look at their historical alternatives. Consider the humble freezer, for instanc...
2026 is closer than you think… London moves pretty fast, rather like time itself these days. Perhaps wary of the whiplash effect caused by the relentless forward march of time, the City of London Corporation have...
IKEA Greenwich arrives this February, with a few intriguing additions. The life of an IKEA addict is a strange one. You inhale their meatballs like oxygen, you’re positively slutty for a freshly-built Billy bookca...
After a trial of two phases, where two lots of 10,000 railcards sold out within two hours of going on sale, the decision has been made to make it permanent. This means an extra four million people will have access to ch...
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 ki...
Starting today, Eurostar are kicking off a big flash sale – with tickets to the continent going for as cheap as £29. The value fares start at £29 one way for journeys to Paris, Lille, Brussels or Calais, or £35 direct t...
“Shop ’til you drop” gets a whole new meaning at Coal Drops Yard. Kings Cross may be the end of the railway line, but it certainly isn’t the end of the journey. Just ten years ago, it was downtro...
The Central line will still be sweltering for a while longer… On Monday, the Central Line Twitter account held a Q&A with the good folks of London, aiming to reassure the public that London’s most notori...
We’re all aware of how unaffordable London rent prices are – hey, we’re paying them – but this tube map really accentuates the problem. Homelessness charity, Shelter, has created a Tube Map of Affordability,...
Time to dance in the streets, on the tubes, wherever you feel like it – because the Elizabeth Line finally has an opening date. UPDATE: The saga isn’t over, as the Elizabeth line has officially been delayed...