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January may be associated with the dark and wet days we’re currently enduring, but a spectacle of light has landed in central London, running between January 22 and February 26. Marco Brambilla’s Heaven̵...
For every joke about London property prices being absurd (‘you could buy a castle in the North for that amount!’) there exists a flat that only further demonstrates the point. And the latest doozy of an exam...
We’ve seen it Greenwich Painted Hall. It’s popped up at the Kensington and Chelsea festival. Luke Jerram’s famed floating earth installation, otherwise known as Gaia, magically appeared in London again...
Notting Hill Carnival made its grand return last summer after the pandemic meant it was called off two years on the bounce – and it’s safe to say it was a hell of a party. Maybe you’ve been going since...
If you head down to grab lunch at Borough Market on February 2, you’ll find that the friendly faces behind the market stalls have gotten quite a bit younger! Between 10AM and 2PM on the day, school pupils will be...
The Museum of London may have sadly shut the doors to their London Wall site in late 2022, but that was only to get preparations underway for their new site in West Smithfield. And in anticipation of that, they’re...
Like everyone, the great Robert Burns just had the one birthday. Unlike many, his special day is celebrated by millions, who toast to the poet every January 25 – often with a chaser of whisky and supper of haggis, neeps...
If you were wondering which London borough is the best to walk or cycle around without a heavy flow of traffic around you, then Hackney might just be taking the crown. The borough is set to ban the majority of vehicles...
Love wine? Love France? What about trains? Well, since you’re a Secret London reader we’re guessing you almost definitely love those too. So, boy have we got some news for you. A international direct rail jo...
London’s street art has been very much in the pink at the beginning of 2023 – and I mean that very much figuratively, because many of these pieces would never be restricted to just one shade. For starters, two of...