Smith opened a confectionary shop in Goswell Road sometime around 1840. During a sugary reconnaissance trip to Paris, he got ...

The Pan Pacific London hotel on Bishopsgate claims to have London's tallest Christmas tree right outside. We haven't measured ...

The great strength and innovation of Harry Beck's original Tube map was its schematic approach. Stations were not plotted ...

London does Christmas lights very well indeed, from the world-famous illuminations on Oxford Street and Regent Street, to ...

Slim pickings here, as all the big museums and galleries understandably shut on 25 December — for many, it's the only day of the year they close. In previous years Ripley's (later Body Worlds ...

Speaking of roundels, why are they white in the new design? The bold flashes of red on the outbound uniform undeniably looked ...

The Shard will soon have a lofty partner across the water. 1 Undershaft, which recently won planning approval after years of ...

In May 2025, operation of the Elizabeth line will be taken over by GTS Rail Operations Limited, a joint venture between Go ...

It was, as the Observer noted, “The most extraordinary Christmas dinner that was ever partaken of in this metropolis.” 25 ...

Follow our walk around the old Roman walls of the City of London. The city of Londinium was founded in the year 47. About 150 ...

Forget talk of the Fourth Plinth or Parliament Square. Her Late Majesty's memorial will be sited in St James's Park. That ...

Around London on 24 December 2024? Tend to leave your Christmas Day food shop till the last minute? Decidedly un-vegan? Then Smithfield's annual Christmas auction could be for you. Christmas ...