Category: Culture
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10 of the best cultural events in London this October, including Diwali and Halloween
October is one of the best months to be in London, with the city’s cultural calendar ramping up from film festivals and major exhibitions to Frieze, food events and, inevitably, a growing number of Halloween happenings. If you’re looking for something more interesting than another pub garden before winter properly sets in, these are the…
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100 Things To Do Before You Die is the new Prime Video UK series where two French aristocrats risk it all
No plans to travel, and the autumn chill sending you burrowing under a blanket on the sofa? Let two French aristocrats do the adventuring for you. Brothers Matthias and Bastien Cadéac d’Arbaud road-trip across the Philippines in 100 Things To Do Before You Die, an unscripted series that has been streaming on Prime Video UK…
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Absolut has a KAWS for celebration with its new Artist Edition bottle
Absolut has handed its apothecary-shaped bottle to KAWS, and the result goes on sale from 1 October. The Artist Edition carries the artist’s XX motif and his CHUM character, and it arrives for a limited time in more than 30 markets, the UK among them. Craig Van Niekerk, Absolut’s VP of Marketing, says the brand…
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What’s happening in London this September: 10 big events worth knowing
If your calendar is already looking dangerously full, these are the plans worth making room for. September has some unusually strong cultural programming, but the appeal here isn’t simply that there’s a lot going on. It’s the chance to do things you can’t ordinarily do, like get inside buildings that are usually closed to the…
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5 London immersive experiences you need to see this July
Why sit back, relax and watch it, when you can walk through it, punch it, sing along to it, or eat a jelly shaped like a petri dish while doing it? Whatever the format – immersive exhibition, projection-mapped concert, movie-musical hybrid, or afternoon tea with a side of chemistry – the throughline is the same:…
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Game, set, match: Here are the 10 best London places to watch Wimbledon this year
There’s no denying that strawberries and cream taste better at Wimbledon. But if the ballot wasn’t on your side this year – or you’re not keen on joining the infamous Queue—don’t worry. London’s Wimbledon screenings have come a long way from a lonely screen in the corner of a pub. From canal-side terraces and elegant…
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Carnaby Street has a new sensory playground, courtesy of Harry Styles’ brand, Pleasing
Harry Styles’s beauty-and-lifestyle brand Pleasing has set up shop on Carnaby Street, and “shop” is doing a lot of work in that sentence. PleasingLand London has taken over 14 Carnaby Street until 5 July, turning the store into a full sensory takeover for a limited time, with the brand’s signature candy-bright aesthetic blown up to…
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The 9 best places to watch the World Cup 2026 in London
One game down and, hopefully, plenty more nail-biting, euphoric and emotionally charged evenings to come as the Lions continue their World Cup journey. If you watched the opening match from the comfort of your sofa and fancy something with a bit more atmosphere next time around, London has no shortage of brilliant venues showing the…
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Here are 9 unmissable events coming to London this June – sports, drinks, culture and more
If you’re one of the few who didn’t book a trip to Italy this June and are spending the month working out how to squeeze the same enjoyment out of a weekend in London as you would a languid week in Tuscany, we’ve got you. With one heatwave down but with more tantalisingly on the…
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May in culture: 7 thrilling things to do in London this spring
There is some unspoken guilt that accumulates over a British winter – the slow realisation that we really haven’t lived much for the last four months. It’s not particularly enticing to be leaving your house with a brolly in one hand, all coated up, knowing very well you’ll have to brace some relentless winds and…
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