News

7th June – 17th August 2025

Anya Hindmarch’s playful spirit is out in full force this summer with her Ice Cream Project concept store, serving gravy and sriracha scoops

Des Gunewardena is opening a massive new restaurant, cafe, terrace, and bar at the new Olympia redevelopment

Kebapci Iskender is a Turkish institution – it has two locations in Bursa and a smart restaurant in Istanbul and now it’s coming to London.

August 2025

The Maccabees and Barry Can’t Swim have been announced as the first headliners for All Points East, taking to the stage in 2025

An IKEA x Gustaf Westman collab homeware collection is coming so prepare for chunky silhouettes and bright colours

22nd August – 6 September 2025

London’s leading festival of theatre and performance art Greenwich + Docklands International Festival is back for 2025.

Ahead of a second Supernova opening in Mayfair, parent group BVC Hospitality has opened a Parisian brasserie 74 Duke Street.

10th July – 28th September 2025

You saw it on The Crown and now you can see it in real life because it’s the Buckingham Palace summer opening

Called Bastardo, the bar will pour low-intervention wines, with a changing selection of around 70 bottles from across Europe

7th October 2025 – 4th January 2026

Gilbert & George: 21ST CENTURY PICTURES, opening at the Hayward Gallery in October, will look back over the past 25 years of their careers

Chef Tom De Keyser, formerly Head Chef at Tom Kerridge’s two Michelin-star pub The Hand and Flowers, is opening The Chalk Freehouse

Simon Bays, aka Alien Communications, is best known for being a DJ but he’s now opened his own kebab shop Dirty Donny’s

Wear your love for facts with the Armedangels x Wikipedia range, a limited-edition capsule collection that celebrates free knowledge

27h & 28th September 2025

A two-day get-together of David Lynch fans is coming to Genesis with screenings, live performances and panel discussions

8th August – 3rd September 2025

Gorillaz is opening an immersive exhibition called House of Kong and performing four special live shows this summer

Noren Sake & Sushi Bar is taking over the old Roji space and bringing maka-zu sushi, aka open sushi, to London

The Sausage Press Martini Zine features the classiest, briniest and coldest martinis in town, so get your copy now

11th – 14th July 2025

Luke Jerram is bringing Helios, a seven-metre sculpture of the sun, to Osterley Park and House for two stints this summer

12th June – 17th August 2025

Obviously we think London is the best city in the world, and this summer Saatchi Yates is agreeing with Once Upon a Time in London

A legal challenge has been launched against Brockwell Park festivals by local campaign group Protect Brockwell Park

Having grown Dumbo to four sites in Paris, Charles and Samuel are going international and opening location number five in Shoreditch in June.

The Crispin team is opening canalside Canal at the new Mason & Fifth boutique guesthouse in Westbourne Park

Outside by Trinity, opening outside Trinity in Clapham, will be doing Michelin-level sandwiches, fries and soft serve

Actor Theo James and restaurateur Ed Templeton (co-founder of Carousel) are teaming up to open Lupa in Highbury

MAD Restaurants, a new group founded by Artem Login, is opening Japanese spot MOI and Spanish site ALTA this summer

Bad Boy Pizza Society is opening the first permanent Bad Boy Pizzeria in Bethnal Green – a slice shop by day and a sit-down spot by night

The Prince Charles Cinema is under threat of closure as its landlords want to raise the rent and insert a new break clause

30th June – 31st July 2025

Award-winning NYC bar Dante is swapping Manhattan for Mayfair this summer and taking over Claridge’s for a month

Patron in Kentish Town is one of our fave French restaurants in London and now the team is opening French Society in West Hampstead.

Camden institution the Jazz Cafe will be turning the art deco Rex Theatre in Stratford into the Jazz Cafe East

20th – 22nd May 2025

This Melissa Odabash sample sale will see prices on luxury womenswear, swimwear, beachwear and accessories slashed by up to 80%.

After eight years in south London, Amy Corbin and Patrick Williams are moving Kudu to Marylebone and consolidating the three spaces

Love Dumplings’ Legend, opening in Chancery Lane, will be a tech-led, fast-casual version of Chinatown’s Dumplings’ Legend

Lorde is wasting no time getting out on the road in support of her new album Virgin as she’s just announced dates for the Ultrasound tour.

Blue Note, which opened in Greenwich Village in 1981, is one of the most renowned jazz venues in the world, and it’s coming to London

10th May 2025

The Topshop and Defected pop-up is coming to town for one day only, meaning you can shop Topshop and Topman IRL

Lai Rai is bringing the Vietnamese culture of bia hơi – meeting for snacks and cold beers – to Rye Lane this summer

London’s newest cultural hotspot, Soho Theatre Walthamstow, officially opens its doors this Friday (May 2nd) with the debut of Natalie Palamides: WEER. Stunning new images reveal…

16th July 2025 – 1st March 2026

London is about to get a MAJOR dose of glamour Arriving on 16th July is a dazzling new exhibition which will celebrate the life and…

3rd June – 18th November 2025

Kurt Cobain’s Iconic Guitar to Make UK Debut in Major Nirvana Exhibition Rock fans, this is one you won’t want to miss! On June 3rd…

Molly Mc’s will have live music, intimate singing rooms, an extensive list of Irish spirits behind the bar, and Thai food on the menu

The team behind Dorian and Tuna Fight Club, two of the hottest tickets in town, is opening Eel Sushi Bar in Notting Hill

Kaiseki restaurant Hannah has left County Hall, with the team moving to Stratford to open Kokin at The Stratford Hotel

Marvee’s Food Shop, named after his mother Marveline, is opening in May After bringing us a high-end take on Caribbean food with The Good Front…

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

19th June 2025 – January 2026

Sir David Attenborough is bringing a new immersive experience telling the story of humankind to the Natural History Museum

As well as having three sites of Okan (and one kiosk), Moto Priestman has opened Japanese diner Oton in Coal Drops Yard

The team behind Printworks has opened Exhibition, a 2800-capacity music venue and cultural space in White City

Opening in Brixton, Coldharbour Blue will be a members-focussed cinema with a wide-ranging prorgramme of movies and events

The Cause crew is turning an old industrial warehouse loft in Hackney Wick into new club and arts space Vittoria Wharf.

Yiannis Mexis is opening Greek restaurant Pyro in Borough, where there’ll be a big focus on open fire cooking

A Squid Game immersive experience is coming to London, where you can play five of the show’s most iconic games