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Following enormous demand, the groundbreaking immersive theatre production You Me Bum Bum Train has extended its show run

Pretty Decent Beer Co is doing a crisp set menu, the National March for Palestine is happening on Saturday and more London news at a glance

Your guide to all the hottest supper clubs, residencies and events currently sweeping London’s restaurants

27th January – 2nd February 2025

Independent Venue Week is back for 2025 to highlight the importance of grassroots venues across the country

James Dye, co-owner The Camberwell Arms, Frank’s, and Bambi, is reviving Shoreditch pub The Knave of Clubs

Sourdough Sophia is opening in Highgate joining the second bakery on Essex Road and the original micro bakery in Crouch End

Two of London’s oldest markets, Billingsgate Market and Smithfield Market, are facing closure after a move to Dagenham was abandoned

11th April – 1st June 2025

Secret 7″ is back for 2025; seven amazing songs, each pressed 100 times, with each sleeve designed by a different mystery artist.

After opening in Clapham, the Tamil Prince team is bringing its spin-off brand Tamila to King’s Cross this January

After 75 years in business, iconic Soho coffee shop Bar Italia has expanded for the first time with a second site at Outernet

Former Akoko chef Ayo Adeyemi is now helping launch modern West African restaurant Shakara in Marylebone this January

17th & 18th January 2025

Join Jameela Jamil in advocating for body positivity at the #MoveForYourMind festival, promoting mental health and self-acceptance.

17th & 18th January 2025

Immerse yourself in Nordic cuisine at the new pop-up restaurant from Chef Anna Søgaard and discover the authentic flavors of Danish cooking.

23rd January – 23rd February 2025

It’s getting LIT because the Battersea Power Station Light Festival is back with eight artworks lighting up the area

Tatar Bunar, opening in Shoreditch, is the debut London venture from Ukrainian restaurateurs Alex Cooper and Anna Andriienko

After a very brief flurry of snow in the capital on 19th November, it looks like we could be getting some more of it this January

Our guide to the best hotels opening in London in 2025, featuring new arrivals from Rosewood and Six Senses

The sun is approaching the solar maximum, the peak of its 11-year solar cycle, so it’s likely that we’ll get more northern lights sightings

He’s already got The Clove Club but Isaac McHale will be adding another Shoreditch spot to his name with Bar Valette.

Andy Kerr (the founder of The Sun Tavern) and Tom Gibson (founder of Ruby’s) are teaming up to opening cocktail bar Parasol

1 Undershaft will be the tallest building in the Square Mile and the joint tallest in the UK, jointly holding that title with The Shard

Motoko McNulty has opened a second branch of Happy Sky Bakery on Hanway Street, tucked just off Oxford Street.

25th October 2024 – 30th March 2025

Vogue: Inventing the Runway, opening at Lightroom in King’s Cross will explore the history of the fashion runway show

The 75-cover Osteria Angelina will be more relaxed than the original and will focus on fresh pastas with a Japanese twist.

9th – 12th May 2025

Tate Modern is turning 25 in 2025 and it’s putting on a trail featuring 25 of the most important artworks that have been shown at the gallery

Regency Cafe has just gone up for sale and is listed on Rightmove for £170,000 (which is remarkably cheap given the prices in Westminster)

London’s Design Museum has revealed its 2025 programme, including exhibitions on Wes Anderson and the notorious Blitz club

For their third site, opening in Covent Garden in February, the Officina 00 team are taking on pizza for the very first time.

After five years of running Orasay, Jackson Boxer announced that he’s closing the Notting Hill restaurant and turning it into Dove

After opening a branch of Kricket in Canary Wharf, Rik Campbell and Will Bowlby are bringing site number five to Shoreditch

New waterfront development Fulham Pier is coming to Craven Cottage in 2025 and Adam Byatt is opening Brasserie Constance inside

15th – 19th October 2025

34 years after an official tournament was held outside Japan, Sumo is returning to the Royal Albert Hall in 2025

The Vietnamese Group going south of the river and opening a fourth Keu site in London Bridge this November

The Overground has just undergone a massive rebrand, and now all the old signs are available to buy from the London Transport Museum

Clearly Londoners just can’t get enough of listening bars – Hausu set up shop in Peckham and now Mad Cats has opened in Shoreditch.

According to SpareRoom, it looks like the London rental market is levelling off, so where are the cheapest places to rent in London?

Like at the original Spitalfields site, the Chinatown Noodle & Beer will be serving up a variety of Sichuan dishes

Wondering which trains, tubes and buses are running in the city over Christmas and New Year? Here’s what you need to know.

Rake, run by Jay Claus, Syrus Pickhaver and Peter Ward, is making the move to The Compton Arms from The Gun in Hackney.

Street Feast founder Dominic Cools-Lartigue is opening Dalston Yard, with ten kitchens, seven bars art, music, and cultural events

Pretty Decent Beer Co (who already has sites in Walthamstow and Forest Gate) have set up a new taproom in Bow Wharf

11th & 12th December 2024

The Savoy auction, happening ahead of room refurbishments, will see a vast range of furniture and fittings go under the hammer

It sounds like N1 locals are about to get a new go-to as Leigh’s will be launching on Ardleigh Road in the new year

Hackney’s MOTH Club is the latest venue at risk thanks to new planning proposals for the development of flats on Morning Lane. 

All-new London music festival LIDO will be headlined by Charli XCX and Jamie xx when it debuts in Victoria Park next year

6th – 8th December 2024

Soho Home is hosting a three-day sample sale in Shoreditch where prices on a range of homeware and accessories will be slashed by up to 70%.

29th November – 31st December 2024

The Choose Love Shop is returning to the heart of London this festive season with the Choose Love Department Store

It was announced today that all Overground lines will be given names and colours, making them easier to tell apart.

Jay Patel, founder of Legare on Shad Thames, has announced that he’ll be launching a new concept just across the street

The Britannic Explorer, A Belmond Train will ride the rails from July, running across Cornwall, Wales and the Lake District

After opening two successful London outposts, the Santo Remedio team has moved central and launched a site in Marylebone

4th & 5th December 2024

Santa in the City is returning to raise money for cancer charity Sarcoma UK so expect to see thousands of Santas running through town