I didn't know what to expect from Ramses and the Pharaohs' Gold at Battersea Power Station. I had the vague sense of a school trip – educational, earnest, slightly dull. I was completely wrong. The exhibition opens in near-darkness. Then a colossal stone head emerges from the shadows, flanked by illuminated cartouches. It takes a moment to process the scale of it. This is a man who ruled Egypt for almost 70 years. He built half of what tourists now fly to Egypt to see. He was

From forensic workshops with real human bones to Francis Bacon's triptychs, a 3,300-year-old pharaoh's sarcophagus and a candlelit house where a family stepped out in 1724 and never came back – these are the twenty-one culturally dark things actually worth your time in London this October.

Thomas Cubitt built it in 1851, Sidney Herbert organised the Crimea nursing expedition from it, and Argentina has owned it since 1936. Inside the most beautiful open front door in Belgravia, and every way to get through it.

One of the most colourful houses on the Open House Festival programme: an 1840s Grade II listed villa in Hackney, restored by Irenie Studio and filled by a roll call of designers and makers.

Open House London 2026 runs 12-20 September, opening 800+ buildings across all 33 boroughs for free. Here's my pick of 15 buildings and tours worth booking or queuing for.

The Bayeux Tapestry is at the British Museum until July 2027, and the first ticket release sold out in a day. Here's what's left, what it costs, and what you'll actually see.

Once a year, hundreds of Londoners swap Lycra for plus-fours and pedal vintage bicycles past the capital's grandest landmarks. I went to watch the tweed, the moustaches and the flower-filled bicycle baskets go by.

The Law Society's Grade II* listed hall on Chancery Lane, its Victorian library and stained-glass windows, and how to get inside it yourself during Open House Festival London.

Ranked honestly, not by press release. Regent Street's angels are the best and it is not close, Seven Dials is the most underrated, and the Royal Exchange is not number one.

London's largest free flower festival returned this May with its most ambitious theme yet. Here is what you can't miss. Every year, for one week in May, Chelsea transforms. Shopfronts that spend the other 51 weeks of the year selling jewellery, activewear, and juice suddenly sprout planets, mermaids, and astronauts. Streets that are already among London's most elegant become something stranger and more wonderful. Chelsea in Bloom has been doing this since 2005, and in its 21s

For one weekend each June, London Open Gardens unlocks more than a hundred private squares, rooftops and allotments. Here's how the ticket and ballots work, and where to start.

At 25 Cannon Street a free public garden reflects St Paul's dome in its pool, and a private roof garden opens for London Open Gardens. How to see both.

A twice-yearly weekend of vintage fashion, classic cars and vinyl across Granary Square, Lewis Cubitt Square and Coal Drops Yard, with dates, prices and a little goods yard history.

Luke Jerram’s artwork Mars was installed in the Painted Hall at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich over winter 2024–25. It ran until Monday 20 January 2025. It was the last of Jerram’s large installations at the college, after Gaia and Museum of the Moon. The Mars installation was seven metres across and lit from within, with NASA imagery of the planet’s surface and a surround soundscape composed by the BAFTA-winning Dan Jones. It showed the Red Planet about a million t

Get ready to experience St. Paul’s Cathedral in an entirely new light—literally. This February, the iconic London landmark will host Luminous, an awe-inspiring light and sound show that promises to transform its breathtaking interior into a canvas of color and creativity. Blending art, sound, and architecture, this one-of-a-kind event takes inspiration from St. Paul’s rich history and archives, offering a mesmerizing experience for visitors of all ages. St Pauls Cathedral Lig

The Hurlingham Club opens its 42 acres to the public for one day a year, for the National Garden Scheme. The house of 1760, the lake, the wisteria walk, and how to get a ticket.

How to visit Chelsea Physic Garden, the walled garden by the Thames founded in 1673: opening times, prices, the plants to look for, and events through the year.

An exhibition titled Andy Warhol, Beyond the Brand runs until March 24th at 148 and 29 New Bond Street, London. This show honours Andy Warhol's life and contributions to the art scene, bringing together his most famous pieces to showcase the remarkable force of his artistic vision. Warhol altered celebrity photos and advertising designs into some of the most renowned and audacious pictures in art history. ‘The reason I’m painting this way is that I want to be a machine, and I

Get ready for a brighter and more interactive version of Battersea Power Station’s annual Light Festival. The illuminating event is here to brighten up our winter nights (erm, and grey moods) from 25th January – 25th February 2024. Discover the free light art trail with seven light art installations from acclaimed British and international artists. Shining bright inside and outside the Power Station, many installations enhance the visual experience with soundscapes and inter

A night on the Christmas at Kew light trail, with coloured trees, a tunnel of light, the fairground and the Palm House glowing across the pond, plus the 2026/27 dates and prices.