September 2020

• London’s cinemas need you!
• London restaurants are offering voucher deals to help keep their businesses afloat
• London’s bars and restaurants are calling for a national rent freeze to help them survive
• Bradley’s Spanish Bar is crowdfunding to stay alive
• Battersea Park Children’s Zoo is crowdfunding to continue to care for its animals
• London’s oldest French patisserie is crowdfunding to stay afloat
• There’s a new nationwide campaign to help small music venues survive
• There’s a new fund to help our favourite London cinemas to survive
• The Mayor launches emergency fund to support struggling LGBTQ+ venues in London
• Sign this petition to help save Vauxhall’s nightlife scene
• London Zoo warns it might not survive the current crisis
• London pub The French House is now crowdfunding to make it through all this
• Shakespeare’s Globe is now facing a ‘struggle for survival’
• Laura Marling lends her voice to the Union Chapel’s fundraising effort
• The Royal Vauxhall Tavern is crowdfunding to survive
• The Southbank Centre warns it could remain closed until April 2021
• London Bridge venue Omeara is doing a raffle to raise funds
• The Clapham Grand could permanently close without support
• The George Tavern is crowdfunding to survive
• The Jazz Cafe is at risk of closure
• Iconic Soho boozer The French House is saved until February
• There’s a new day dedicated to helping record stores survive these tough times
• Independent London cinema the Lexi has smashed its fundraising target
• Nick Cave has donated his socks to help save a London venue
• ‘Pay It Forward’ and keep local London businesses in business
• Brixton Village market is reopening next week
• The Gun pub in Hackney needs funds to survive
• Greenwich Market is reopening on Thursday June 11
• BFI Southbank to remain closed for the summer
• Independent cinemas may not be ready to reopen in July
• Seven Sisters club Five Miles has released a compilation to help it survive
• Sir David Attenborough is coming to save London Zoo
• Some of London’s best-loved landmarks are at risk
• The campaign to save Brixton Market food shop Nour is gaining strength
• East End family bakery Percy Ingle may be closing for good
• The future of London’s Rio cinema is in doubt
• Hackney Empire is crowdfunding for its future
• Tottenham club The Cause is aiming to add a 5,000 square foot space for social distancing
• Support Hackney’s Concorde Youth Centre and Made Up Kitchen – they’ve been doing good things for people
• The Royal Vauxhall Tavern is set to triumphantly reopen on July 4
• Hackney’s NTS Radio has launched a membership scheme for musos
• Soho to be pedestrianised for outdoor restaurants and bars this summer
• London venues and musicians are sharing amazing gig photos as part of #letthemusicplay campaign
• Help JAGS Foundation deliver Sunday lunches to needy Londoners
• Many of our favourite London pubs are reopening on July 4
• Help save Dalston Eastern Curve Garden
• This new Brixton beer garden has amazing DJs booked for the summer
• Even the Royal Albert Hall says its future is now at risk
• Village Underground has been turned into a cycle park until it reopens to clubbers
• A third of comedy venues say they’ll close within the next six months
• ‘Don’t be a dick’: no-shows for tables put London restaurants at further risk
• The Natural History Museum, Science Museum and V&A are all reopening in August
• The Horniman Museum has announced it’s reopening this month
• Hampstead Ponds have reopened, but its regular swimmers aren’t happy
• Notting Hill Carnival announces digital line-up for 2020
• We put questions from venues and creatives in crisis to London Mayor Sadiq Khan
• The Hayward Gallery is reopening next week
• Bermondsey Beer Mile could be next to pedestrianise for the summer
• Costa del Tottenham extends its outdoor drinking space for the summer
• Regent’s Park’s beautiful Open Air Theatre announces summer return
• London Zoo needs your help – could you volunteer?
• This glorious Thamesside cinema is reopening early
• The Haggerston needs your money
• Flat Iron Square is reopening its giant foodie garden this week
• 10 of the best ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ deals from our favourite restaurants
• You can dine at Dishoom for half the price this August
• Everything you need to know about the Greenwich and Docklands International Festival 2020
• The British Museum will reopen in August with a pre-booking system
• 20 awesome Soho restaurants taking part in Eat Out to Help Out
• A Bermondsey brewery is giving away 5,000 pints of cider this week
• How this summer’s pedestrianisation is changing Chinatown
• This map shows all the restaurants near you taking part in Eat Out to Help Out
• Greenwich, according to one of its most beloved business owners
• Soho, according to a Soho stalwart
• Theatres and music venues to be given green light to reopen... from tomorrow
• Lewisham, according to an (almost) lifelong Lewisham local
• Greenwich is getting a magical ‘Residents’ Rainbow’ installation
• Corsica Studios is curating a socially distanced beer garden in Peckham
• Village Underground is transforming into a giant DJ bar
• Clubs suggest face masks for all on the socially distanced dancefloor
• These independent music venues in London have been saved by emergency funding
• 30 awesome Eat Out to Help Out restaurants where you can still get a table
• This Instagram account shares Londoners’ favourite places to shop locally
• These London restaurants are extending Eat Out to Help Out into September
• How the buzziest place in Peckham came back from the abyss
• London is getting its first new flower market in 150 years
• The team behind Gloria and Circolo Popolare is opening a massive restaurant in Covent Garden
• In pictures: Camille Walala has colourfully taken over a whole east London street
• London’s most magical and eccentric house reopens to the public this week
• Go watch Billy Childish paint live in this new London gallery
• Chef’s Specials: cheese toastie queen Holly Chaves’s favourite spots in Tottenham
• Take a look at the new Harry Potter statue in Leicester Square
• The UK’s first orange-wine bar has opened in London
• 8 artists and writers pay tribute to their everyday heroes
• ‘The Nutcracker’ will prance on to the Royal Opera House stage this Christmas
• Outdoor dining in central London is being extended into October
• DNA VR Camden
• There’s going to be an outdoor sculpture trail in Mayfair
• The very best of Leyton, picked by a clued-up local
• London’s original speakeasy bar Milk & Honey closes for good
• A ‘social lockdown’ is being considered for London, according to reports
• Pantomime dames to march on Parliament next week
• Chef’s Specials: Francesco Mazzei’s favourite spots in Islington
• Outdoor performances and government-paid vouchers proposed to kickstart London Theatreland
• The Jazz Cafe is reopening to socially distanced crowds
• Chef’s Specials: Ben Tish’s favourite spots in Limehouse
• ‘It’s not a caff – it’s a social club’: We reunite regulars with their favourite haunts
• Ronnie Scott’s jazz club will finally reopen this month
• Help save London pub royalty The Queen’s Head
• Four extremely secret bits of London parks
• Unbelievably, a new theatre is opening in Camberwell next month
• Hackney’s Towpath Café has reopened (and it’s doing dinner)
• How Top/Shop Cuvée made park and at-home drinking extremely chic
• The street that changed my life: comedian Sophie Duker on Ridley Road
• Eviction-threatened London restaurants are asking the government for more help
• TfL has launched a walking map of London’s ‘most interesting’ streets
• London’s giant George Michael mural has finally been unveiled
• Chinatown’s lanterns have had a colourful makeover to celebrate the hard-hit neighbourhood
• Jolene is opening a ‘big’ new bakery in north London
• Hoxton’s outdoor ballet has been saved – here’s how you can see it in action
• How Brixton Courtyard brought clubbing back to London (kind of)
• The best of Brixton, picked by locals
• There’s an auction of awesome art to help save the Vagina Museum
• How London’s parks saved us in the city’s weirdest year
• England’s pubs and restaurants hit with 10pm curfew
• Bao is opening its first all-day café and bakery in King’s Cross
• Ready-made Sunday: Sara Pascoe’s favourite Crouch End spots
• A musical composition designed to play for 1,000 years is celebrating its twentieth birthday
• A London drive-in is replaying epic ’80s concerts by Madonna, Bowie and Prince
• Victim of the 10pm curfew, Canavan’s pool club in Peckham is closing for ever
• Ally Pally returns with an autumn season of indoor comedy, gigs and theatre
• London added to government ‘watchlist’ as local lockdown looms
• Hallelujah! There are actually some new bars and restaurants in London
• Need some new wheels? You probably want this Cannondale e-bike then...
• This photo celebrates ‘the godmother’ of Tooting Market who’s been there for decades
• London’s New Orleans-themed food hall and hangout is back
• Londoners will gather to ‘make some noise’ as Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre closes
• Peckhamplex has closed again – vowing to be back for Bond
• Survey: how are you feeling about life in your city right now?
• The best autumnal gardens near London
• Lazuli Sky
• Victoria Park’s lovely Pavilion Café is finally reopening
• The Street That Changed My Life: presenter Yinka Bokinni on Rye Lane
• Theatres, cinemas and concert halls can still stay open late
• Meet an AI border guard at the Imperial War Museum’s outstanding new ‘Refugees’ season
• ‘C-o-n-t-a-c-t’ is a charming headphones adventure in some of London’s most scenic spots
• Pittabun is serving £1 kebab and chips to mark its return
• The Royal Ballet is back and throwing a live spectacular
• When and where do you need to wear a face mask in London?
• You can vote for a new Black Lives Matter mural in west London
• Survey prize draw terms and conditions
• An Ennio Morricone season is coming to BFI Southbank
• Sadiq Khan has delivered a London lockdown plan to government
• Are monologues the future of London theatre?
• Promoted content
• ‘We’ve been served a death sentence’: London hospitality venues react to 10pm curfew
• The creators of Flight Club have opened a new shuffleboard bar
• You can ride a ghost train through this Brixton art exhibition
• New lockdown rules introduced to England ‘for the next six months’
• Soho’s legendary heavy metal nightspot Crobar has closed
• Celebrate Car Free Day in London with free Santander bike hire
• IT Restaurant
• Ice skating at the Tower of London and Hampton Court Palace is now on sale
• ‘It’s a short-circuiting of the art world’: Gavin Turk on the Art Car Boot Fair
• Crystal Palace Park Fireworks
• Liberty has opened its incredible Christmas shop
• When could a local lockdown or curfew happen in London?
• Stand Up at The O2: Suzi Ruffell
• ‘Six the Musical’ to return in November, more West End shows to follow
• London’s best new pizza place is throwing a big farewell party
• It’s the last weekend of rooftop drinking at Frank’s Café for the summer
• A naked art installation has taken over Alexandra Palace
• Nights in the Gardens of Spain/Miss Fozzard Finds her Feet
• Playing Sandwiches/A Lady of Letters
• Get one-litre Negroni pouches delivered from this London drink maker
• Crazy-golf favourite Swingers is back with a load of new holes
• ‘Death of England: Delroy’ – the NT’s thrilling comeback play returns online for 24 hours only
• The National Theatre saves panto season with ‘Dick Whittington’
• Gong
• London could introduce curfews, says capital’s health chief
• Sadiq Khan’s favourite cycle routes in London
• Two-year London rent freeze demanded by Mayor Sadiq Khan
• We tried to relive the experience of clubbing at the Design Museum’s electronic music show
• This map shows all of London Mural Festival’s new street art locations
• Holborn Dining Room
• The New Tomorrow
• Living Newspaper
• There’s a mini-heatwave happening in London today and tomorrow
• This photo captures the London nightlife scene we know and love
• Rule of six: what are the new social-gathering rules from today?
• Homeslice in Covent Garden is giving away 500 pizza slices TODAY
• Angelina Jolie has given money to two east London boys’ Lemonade for Yemen Aid stand
• Why going off-grid is the perfect antidote to 2020
• Hackney Carnival at Home
• A Londoner’s guide to getting (and staying) out of bed
• ‘Sunnymead Court’: a romcom paying fond tribute to London lockdown life
• Pippin
• Meet the veteran firefighter who’s been keeping the city flame-free for 26 years
• Overheard in London: this week’s #wordonthestreet
• The Young Vic turns 50 with an outdoor exhibition of Black icons and more
• An immersive ’Allo ’Allo supperclub is coming to Cahoots in London
• Crystal Palace Park could be getting a 45,000-person festival from the organisers of Reading and Leeds
• Momo
• A five-storey Nordic and Japanese dining arcade is opening in London
• One third of central London’s venues still haven’t reopened
• Xi’an BiangBiang Noodles’ cucumber salad is the perfect snack for a late-summer heatwave
• We Are Shadows
• ‘The Outside Dog’ and ‘The Hand of God’ are a revelatory pair of Alan Bennett revivals
• The Shrine/Bed Among the Lentils
• Ready-made Sunday: Michael Rosen’s favourite Muswell Hill spots
• House of Illustration
• Wizz Air is launching flights to Sicily for £17.99
• ‘There’s something freeing about exercising badly in public’: The case for working out in the park
• ‘Cycling is for everyone – not just white men’: Why Mani Arthur’s on a mission to diversify the sport
• The UK could be getting a 10pm curfew to avoid a second wave
• You can finally buy tickets to the British Museum’s big autumn shows
• Sherlock: The Game Is Now
• Free outdoor cinema is coming to Covent Garden this weekend
• Extinction Rebellion plans another week of protests in London
• BYOC Camden
• The NYC-inspired Camden Highline is moving ahead
• ‘Back to the Future the Musical’ is coming to London’s West End
• Barbican live concerts are coming back!
• Ding dong! Christmas is coming back to Kew Gardens this year
• ‘Sleepless’ the musical is a return to London theatre normality
• Hype dish: Club Mexicana’s mind-blowing tofish tacos
• This year’s BFI London Film Festival line-up has been announced
• Rudy's Vegan Diner
• London theatres could be fully reopened by Christmas
• Dante’s In Furlough
• La Bohème
• London Fashion Week Festival
• TfL might offer free tube, train and bus travel to get people back into London
• Pret launches ‘all you can drink’ coffee subscription for £20 a month
• End of the Road: In the Garden of Streaming
• Beautiful Butty Busker's Stage
• A new pop-up cinema will be showing horror films in a Halloween forest
• First look: London Mural Festival is brightening up the city’s streets
• Catch ‘Tenet’ in a cosy winter wonderland this month
• Café Del Marsh
• The Southbank Centre is back with a new autumn season
• A profiteroles delivery service is coming to London
• Wave hello: the British Museum has bought 103 ‘lost’ Hokusai drawings
• The Southbank Centre is honouring key workers in a new outdoor show
• The Soak
• Forty Dean Street
• You can snoop around London’s most exclusive buildings as Open House festival goes ahead
• This map shows walking routes between London’s parks and nature spots
• Tony Elliott, 1947-2020
• Mac and Wild Devonshire Square
• Mac & Wild
• Halo Burger is giving out 100 free vegan burgers next week
• London’s pioneering vegetarian restaurant Vanilla Black won’t be reopening
• Winter Wonderland confirms it won’t take place in 2020
• The Old Vic is streaming Michael Sheen live on stage in ‘Faith Healer’
• ‘Beat the Devil’ is a fiery Covid monologue performed by Ralph Fiennes
• Outdoor cinema is coming to Camden Market this month
• Bellanger
• The Lord Mayor’s Show will be dedicated to key workers this year
• Happy Lamb Hot Pot
• Léon Spilliaert review
• Kara Walker: Fons Americanus review