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Does anyone even remember what life was like in London before the train strikes? Union members have been walking out since all the way back in the summer of 2022, making it nearly two years since the UK was blissfully rail-strike-free. And industrial action isn’t going away anytime soon – more strikes have taken place this month. The most recent round of strikes took place on April 5, 6 and 8, when ASLEF train drivers across the country walked out. Next up will be TSSA customer service staff on the London Underground, who’ll strike on Wednesday April 10 and Thursday April 11, while ASLEF drivers on LNER will walk out on April 20.  In slightly brighter news, two days of industrial action on the tube scheduled for April and May have been called off. We’re also currently seeing respite from RMT workers striking on non-TfL services, as before Christmas the union’s members voted to pause strikes for now. This week’s TSSA strike is also not expected to cause significant disruption.  Here’s everything you need to know about planned industrial action on London’s train network.  RECOMMENDED:All you need to know about the train strikes across the UK.How to get around London during this week’s train strikes. When are the next London train strikes? The next strike will come from TSSA workers at London Underground stations, who’ll walk out on April 10-11.  After that, ASLEF train drivers working for LNER will strike on April 20. They’ll also not work overtime from April 19-21.  The most r

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You! Outside, now! Spring is here and, ever the optimists, London’s event organisers are already taking things alfresco. Whether you want to catch an outdoor theatre performance or a food festival, it’s on the cards this weekend.  Catch some culture outside by hitting up Regent’s Park Theatre’s new show ‘Bear Snores On’, a new kid’s show co-directed by the Cush Jumbo which marks the first time the theatre has opened its door this early in its 92-year-history.  There’s also a huge book festival taking place in beautiful Beckenham Place Park full of author talks, lit-themed walks and other events. Or get your green-fingered fix at the Garden Museum’s Spring Plant Sale and tuck into tasty Halal treats at Westfield’s big Eid al-Fitr celebration.  Rather shelter inside? There’s plenty to do, including catching Sam Taylor-Johnson’s new Amy Winehouse movie ‘Back to Black’ at your fave indie cinema, playing experimental video games at Somerset House’s annual Now Play This festival and looking at Albert Oehlen’s new show that’s ‘exposing painting’s guts’.  Still got gaps in your diary? Embrace the warmer days with a look at the best places to see spring flowers in London, or have a cosy time in one of London’s best pubs. If you’ve still got some space in your week, check out London’s best bars and restaurants, or take in one of these lesser-known London attractions. RECOMMENDED: Listen and, most importantly, subscribe to Time Out’s brand new, weekly podcast ‘Love Thy Neighbourhood’ an

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Over the past few days, a post has been doing the rounds on Facebook claiming that the London Eye will soon move to Scotland and become the ‘Loch Lomond Aye’. This is, as you may have guessed, a joke – there are no plans to move the Eye north of Hadrian’s Wall. The following article dates back to December 2022.  An iconic part of London’s skyline could disappear for ever in a few years. The London Eye, which has become as much a part of the capital’s furniture as M&M World and adult ballpits, could be removed by 2028. The Millennium Wheel, as it was originally known, opened on December 31 1999. Initially, it only had a five-year lease, which was then extended. The London Eye’s current lease only runs until 2028 and the big wheel’s future is yet to be decided. Its operator, Merlin Entertainments, is applying to Lambeth Council for planning permission to keep it there for longer.  Mike Vallis, Merlin division director, said: ‘The London Eye is a UK success story with a global reach. When it first opened at the turn of the century, no-one could have envisaged it would become synonymous with all that is great about our capital city. As the capital’s most visited paid-for attraction, it continues to be enjoyed by millions of guests every year, it is now time for us to secure its long-term future through this application to Lambeth Council.’  He added: ‘Now is the time to ensure the Eye can be enjoyed for generations to come, and we look forward to working with Lambeth Council to s

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Spring may have sprung but the train strikes aren’t letting up any time soon. It’s another month, another round of industrial action coming our way. This April ASLEF train drivers will walk out for three days, affecting many national rail services in the capital. Worried about getting around the capital during this period of industrial action? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. Here’s how to get around London on April’s strike days.  RECOMMENDED: Everything we know about the London train and tube strikes When are the April 2024 train strikes? ASLEF train drivers at 16 rail companies will strike on April 5, 6 and 8, while there will also be an overtime ban on April 4-6 and 8-9. More than 2,000 London Underground drivers who are ASLEF members were walk out on April 8 and May 4. This action has been called off.  How to travel around London during the train strikes During the rail strikes on April 5 and 6 the tube, Overground, DLR, Elizabeth line and London buses should be running as usual.  The ASLEF strikes typically affect 16 train companies, some of which operate services in and out of London. These are all the lines that will be affected: Avanti West Coast CrossCountry East Midlands Railway Great Western Railway LNER TransPennine Express C2C Greater Anglia GTR (Gatwick Express, Great Northern, Southern, Thameslink) Southeastern South Western Railway Chiltern Railways Northern Trains West Midlands Railway Read more here to find out which services will be affected on which

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Here at Time Out, we know a lot about a lot about London’s pubs and bars. Beyond our esteemed lists of the best pubs and finest bars, we’ve got rankings of cosy pubs, rooftop bars, gastropubs and much, much more – as well as neighbourhood pub guides across the capital. If you’re after a drink (or two, or three) in the capital, we’re your best bet.  But other places also rank pubs and bars – and among the most distinguished is the National Pub and Bar Awards. Each year, the awards opens applications to pubs from across Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and England, before revealing a selection of finalists. The finalists then move on to become ‘county winners’, and from there regional and overall winners are crowned.  For 2024’s National Pub and Bar Awards, two London drinking joints have been named ‘county winners’. The capital gets two spots for the City of London and Greater London.  Up first for the City of London is Mr. Fogg’s City Tavern. Described as ​’an eccentric Victorian-style tavern in the heart of The City, serving draught beers, punches, expertly crafted cocktails and traditional British pub grub,’ it’s one of several ‘Mr Fogg’s’ locations around London. Mr. Fogg refers, of course, to Phileas J. Fogg Esq, the nineteenth century explorer known for circumnavigating the world in 80 days. The collection of bars bearing his name serves classic cocktails as well as more adventurous bevvies, inspired by Fogg’s worldly travels. The City Tavern is special for its interior decor,

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When it comes choosing somewhere to raise a family, there are a whole host of factors that come into play. Sure, safety is pretty much any parent’s number one concern, but there’s loads of little things which just make life a bit easier, like the price of bus fare, house prices and the quality of local schools.  A new study has just done some research to find the best places in the UK to raise a family, with all those factors rolled in. ADT, an alarm systems company, has looked at stuff like school ratings, house prices and bus fares, as well as crime and burglary rates for various local authorities across the UK, to calculate a ‘family safety score.’ In the entire UK, a London borough was named the best place to raise a family. Waltham Forest in northeast London took top spot. With an overall rating of 7.23, it ranked within the top 15 for the lowest burglary and crime rates, was seventh best for schools and joint sixth for its number of green areas.  But Waltham Forest wasn’t the only London spot in the top ten, with Havering, Bexley, Bromley, Hounslow and Hillingdon all making the cut. London boroughs notably scored well for bus fares, with a single adult journey costing just £1.75. To the surprise of nobody, London house prices let it down slightly. Five of the six London entries had an average house price of more than £450,000, with Waltham Forest’s average of £520,000 being beaten only by Bromley (with an average of £529,000). When compared to the average of £178,000 fo

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Right now, London’s train stations aren’t exactly in our good books. Plagued by strikes and delays, some of the capital’s stations are even the subject of ongoing controversy – it can be easy to forget that plenty of them are actually pretty great. In fact, a few of this city’s rail hubs are actually so decent that they’ve recently been named among the best in all of Europe.  A new study reckons that London has some of the best train stations in Europe. Luggage storage company Bounce trawled through Google review data to uncover which of the continent’s rail hubs have the highest ratings. We’re not sure who actually leaves Google reviews for train stations, but hey ho. The highest rated London train station was actually a tie: Liverpool Street came fourth overall and apparently has a score of 4.3 out of five on Google. ‘Pool Street recently took its crown as London’s busiest rail hub – that’s a lot of satisfied travellers.  Both Victoria (also with a score of 4.3) and Waterloo also came fourth. A grand total of four stations took fourth spot in Bounce’s study (the other was Berlin’s Hauptbahnhof). Top of the pile overall came Amsterdam’s Centraal, which had a score of 4.5 out of five. Bounce’s report also revealed the continent’s most popular train stations on social media. Liverpool Street topped that poll, with over 194,000 Instagram hashtags and 4,599 TikTok mentions.  Interested in finding out more? You can read Bounce’s full study here.  Time Out and London’s train stati

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While the capital’s trains and tubes host their share of fresh-faced daily commuters, London’s cycle lanes, parks and promenades are a lifesaver for the city’s commuters craving a bit of green on their way to work. And now, thanks to illustrator and graphic designer Helen Ilus, they have a new map to help them get the most out of their daily journey to work.  Think you know all of London’s beautiful walks for the weekender or lazy-stroller? Think again. The idea of Ilus’ Greenground Map is to show even the most experienced Londoner a patch of nature they might know know existed.  While at first glance it appears to be just another earthy toned tube map, upon closer inspection the lines on the new Greenground Map are labelled ‘Thames,’ ‘Regent,’ and ‘Wandle’ (rather than Victoria, Piccadilly, or Jubilee and so on). Each line represents a different path that intentionally passes through a park or open space, and they’re colour coded to represent the type of terrain and provide directional cues in lieu of a traditional north-south-east-west, landmark heavy landscape.  Here’s the new map in all its glory. Image: ©Helen Ilus Although the Greenground Map has existed for some time, this new third edition is meant to educate city-dwellers about ongoing projects to preserve the city’s endangered green spaces, which are identifiable via little icons (they’ve kindly included a key in the bottom-right hand corner to explain what everything means). According to City Hall, London is

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What is working-class England if not grey, sullen, broken, monochrome, damp and sad? That’s the classic vision of this crumbling nation presented to us by photography, film and TV. But in the early 1990s, photographer Nick Waplington rocked the metaphorical boat by showing another side of England; one filled with colour, laughter, love and happiness. ‘Living Room’ documented the community of the Broxtowe house estate in Nottingham. The book was a sensation, and this amazing little exhibition brings together previously unseen photos from the same period. It’s the same families, houses and streets, but seen anew.  There are scenes of outdoor life: dad fixing the motor in the sun, oil staining the tarmac, his kid in blue sunnies hopping on her bike; a trip to the shops to pick up a pack of cigs; everyone out grabbing an ice cream in the sun or play fighting in the streets. It’s ultra-basic, super-mundane, but it’s overflowing with life and joy. But it’s in the titular living room that the real drama plays out. This room is the stage, the set where the community acts out its relationships; a cramped, filthy, beautiful world unto itself. Babies are fed, toddlers are cuddles, fags are smoked, teas are split, clothes are ironed. It’s ultra-basic, super-mundane, but it’s overflowing with life and joy. Everyone is laughing, playing, wrestling.  It’s also brimming with signifiers of late-1980s English working-class life; the clothing, the hair, the brands. Some of it shocks (the mum f

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April is an underrated month if you ask us. Winter is finally over and we’ve all started to emerge from hibernation, ready to properly commit to socialising again. The sun has put in a few appearances, London’s parks and gardens are in full bloom and the city feels alive with all the possibilities of summer, but without all the sunburn and sweltering, sleepless nights.  There’s also a handful of spring music festivals, some cracking art exhibitions and theatre (including the first open-air shows of the year) and plenty more amazing things going on around the city.  Check out our roundup of the best of them, and start planning an amazing month now.