If you’d like to give a Christmas present that lasts longer than the festive season – and won’t end up forgotten in a drawer – consider giving them an annual museum or gallery membership. Most major museums offer some form
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In this recipe taken from new book ORDER UP! — which is packed with recipes from some of London’s favourite eateries — Matthew Jones, Founder of Bread Ahead tells us how to whip up a batch of his divine Chelsea
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A new Shakespeare museum in East London that was due to open this year has been delayed and doesn’t have an opening date at the moment. The Museum of Shakespeare surface building (c) ianVisits When it opens, the Museum of
Read MoreFor eight days only, a large light display is filling the grounds of the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich. Some of it is visible from outside, behind the fences, but the headline light show is inside the chapel, where
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Image: Matt Brown One of London’s most historic restaurants is to be reanimated after years of closure. Simpson’s — not the one in Strand, but the historic chophouse in the alleyways off Cornhill — has been dishing out chops and
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The V&A Museum is filled with chunks of architecture saved from demolition, but an ornate staircase I had assumed was the same turns out not to be at all. Found at the museum’s northwest corner, this is the appropriately named
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The London Fire Brigade could soon have a museum once again — a decade after its previous one closed and went into storage. From the old museum in 2009 (c) ianVisits The former museum, based in Southwark, was intended to
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TH@51 serves roast turkey with all the trimmings on Christmas Day Are any restaurants open in London on Christmas Day 2025? Though most are closed, a handful dish out festive feasts to those seeking a special Christmas meal. Whether you’re
Read MoreMonumental paintings by the artist Harland Miller will go on display in a free exhibition at the Design Museum in London next month. Harland Miller Far Out 2022 – Courtesy of the artist and the Design Museum Miller, celebrated for
Read MoreA hospital chapel has taken an unexpected turn towards the uncanny — its altar now features a horse’s skull on a pole, part of an exhibition exploring modern folklore. The skull represents the Mari Lwyd, a Welsh midwinter custom where
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