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London has just been named as the best city in Europe for the second year in a row, not just for travellers and investors, but for those of us living here too. However, not everywhere in the capital is the best or happiest place to call home. In fact, one neighbourhood in particular has just been named one of the UK’s most depressing in a (notoriously scathing) poll by iLiveHere.com.  The neighbourhood in question? It’s Croydon. Alongside Hounslow, Orpington, and Shoreditch, back in January we covered how Croydon had made the shortlist of ‘most depressing’ places, but now it’s official – the south London neighbourhood is the most miserable place to live in the capital, and 12th most depressing in the entire UK. According to Your Local Guardian, Croydon’s depressing reputation could be due to economic struggles like high unemployment, lack of job opportunities, and poverty.  However, the most depressing place in the city? Seems a bit harsh. After all, Croydon is well-connected to central London, and there’s loads going on. It’s home to a mahoosive edition of Boxpark, and there are great little spots to explore like Surrey Street Market (which dates back to the thirteenth century) and Matthew’s Yard (a great spot for some live comedy or open mic nights). Plus, thanks to Croydon’s diverse culmination of communities, there’s a vibrant offering of restaurants.  Despite being pretty built up, there’s plenty of green space too – think Wandle Park, Lloyd Park, and Addington Hills. Do

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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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The Irish really know how to celebrate, so when it comes to St Patrick’s Day in London, the city’s Irish community has no problem showing us how it’s done. A day to celebrate the patron saint of Ireland, the occasion is always one big welcoming bash. Expect lots of dancing, hearty traditional dishes, a huge parade and as many pints as you can handle. Mayor of London’s annual St Patrick’s Day Festival celebration will take place on Sunday March 17 – the same day as the official holiday – and, as usual, thousands of revellers are expected to watch the parade wend its way from Hyde Park Corner to Whitehall, via St James’s Street, Pall Mall, and Cockspur Street. If you don’t fancy the main event in the capital, there are still plenty of St Patrick’s Day parties and events to check out. We’ve rounded up the best St Patrick’s Day happenings below. So grab yourself a Guinness and get ready for a very green week! RECOMMENDED🍻 The best Irish pubs and bars in London☘️ Our ultimate guide to the St Patrick’s Day parade and festival.🌱 The best London events in March. 

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It’s officially the first weekend of Spring. That’s right, we made it through the rough Great British winter and now you can reward yourself by hitting up all of London’s new season of theatre, art and events.  There are some cultural treats in store this week, including Raven Row’s five-star art show ‘Some May Work As Symbols’, which according to Time Out’s art critic is a ‘gorgeous, in-depth, museum-quality’ exploration of mid-century Brazilian art. There are also glittering Ramadan light displays to spot across the city, an inaugural literature festival at Ally Pally to visit with some wonderful speakers, beautiful ceramics markets to browse and a film fest dedicated to Italian cinema to get stuck into.  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’ and hear famous Londoners show our editor Joe Mackertich around their favourite bits of the city.

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With its huge whale skeleton, stuffed dodo, earthquake simulator and roughly 80 million other specimens, the Natural History Museum is really only missing one thing: adorable finger food.  Don’t worry though, that’ll soon be resolved. From March 20, the museum will be serving up a themed afternoon tea made up of quaint little servings of sandwiches, scones, tarts and sponges created by chefs from Benugo.  Titled ‘Inspired by Nature’, the afternoon tea will celebrate British farmers and growers and (as you might have figured out) is inspired by nature. In that vein, the spread will include an Earth pot filled with raspberry and chocolate, a dinosaur-footprint macaron and an ammonite cookie, among other bits.  There will also be a delish selection of coronation chicken sandwiches, British cucumber with black pepper crematta on white bread and cherry tomato, red onion superstraccia and pesto tart to start, followed by earl grey scones served with clotted cream and strawberry jam and a sweet pea & lemon cake for dessert. And, of course, your pick of fancy loose-leaf tea.  All of that will be consumed inside the museum’s Anning Rooms, a gorgeous lounge that’s usually only open to members and patrons. If you want to enjoy tea among fossils, skeletons, gemstones and moon rock, you can book online right now. It’ll cost you £35 or £40 with prosecco.  A fan of all things delicate and twee? You’ll love Time Out's list of the most elegant afternoon teas in London. Pinky fingers, stand to

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London has countless places serving up excellent food, from Time Out’s all-time fave restaurants to eateries that’ve opened just this month. And that extends to British classics, too, from fish and chips shops and full-english breakfasts to pie and mash, Londoners are blessed with all kinds of marvellous grub. And now we can add another award-winning London food estab to the list. At the British Pie Awards 2024, one pie shop in the capital scooped a top prize. We know what you’re thinking: only one? Well, at least London’s pie scene is a bit better respected than our chippies. The other week, London took home precisely zero prizes at the National Fish and Chip Awards.  Taking home a British Pie Award this year was Mēs Pies And Wine in Kensal Green, west London. Mēs’ ox cheek and shin of beef with root vegetables pie triumphed in the ‘best beef and vegetable pie’ category.  Serving up handmade pies and natural wines, Mēs is widely renowned for its delicious dishes. You can even buy the shop’s pies in Selfridges. Fancy. Here’s what Mēs’ winning pie looks like. View this post on Instagram A post shared by MĒS (@mespiesandwine) You can find out more about the full list of winners at the British Pie Awards 2024 on Time Out here. Listen to Time Out’s brilliant podcast ‘Love Thy Neighbourhood’: the newest episode with Iain Stirling in Shepherd’s Bush is out now. Stay in the loop: sign up for our free Time Out London newsletter for the best of the city, straigh

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March 2024: Our Top 50 Restaurants in London is an ever-evolving thing – as is our list of the Best New Restaurants in London, to which the incredible Morchella in Exmouth Market has just been added. As the first whispers of spring (aka £1 daffs in your local supermarket) make themselves heard across the city, we'd like to alert you to the most spring-like spots in the all-time Top 50, including the outdoor tables at St John Marylebone, the indoor window seats at Cafe Deco, and a sun-lit brunch upstairs at Akub. Failing all that, a big bowl of laksa at Sambal Shiok on Holloway Road should warm you up if the weather doesn't play ball.  From much-loved local favourites through to city classics and exemplary new openings, we have eaten our way through the very best that London has to offer and after much debate and degustation have compiled this definitive list of the capital’s current greatest spots. All of edible life is here; fine-dining in Fitzrovia, Kurdish cuisine in Camberwell, and the cream of Soho. We also have for your delectation a brand new Number 1 in Hackney’s sublime Cafe Cecilia, as well as new entries from Thai game-changer Chet’s, the west African tasting menu at Akoko and Indian-Irish fusion joint Shankeys. Everywhere on our list serves up incredible food you won’t forget. This is your guide to eating out in the capital. Don't forget to sign up to our free newsletter for unbeatable London restaurant news and tips. Tuck in.  Leonie Cooper is Time Out London’s

  • Art

This city is absolutely rammed full of amazing art galleries and museums. Want to see a priceless Monet? A Rothko masterpiece? An installation of little crumpled bits of paper? A video piece about the evils of capitalism? You can find it all right here in this city. London’s museums are all huge and amazing, and the city’s independents are tiny and fascinating. So we’ve got your next art outing sorted with the ten best exhibitions you absolutely can’t miss. 

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  • Transport & Travel

Italy’s Amalfi Coast has long been one of Europe’s most glam holiday spots. One long Unesco heritage site, the stretch of coastline is renowned for its dramatic rolling cliffs and stupendously pretty towns, its citrus groves, olive trees and limoncello.  Currently, if Londoners want to jet off to the Amalfi Coast, the journey isn’t so simple. Your best current option is to fly to Naples and then either drive or get a ferry up to Amalfi or Positano. But that’s all set to change this summer, as easyJet is launching flights from London Gatwick to a new airport between Salerno and the Amalfi Coast. The airport isn’t exactly new, but it is newly commercialised. Called Salerno-Amalfi Coast airport, it originally opened way back in 1926 as a military air hub. Though it ran commercial flights from 2008-16, it’s been used for training and private purposes for nearly a decade. You can find out more about Salerno Costa d’Amalfi airport on Time Out here. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Time Out Travel (@timeouttravel) Salerno-Amalfi Coast airport will open this summer, and easyJet will kick off its services from Gatwick on July 13. They’ll operate twice weekly, and tickets are on sale now for as little as £27.99. Find out more on the easyJet website here.  After more London-based aviation news? Budget airline Vueling is launching new European routes from London, the capital will soon get direct flights to the Faroe Islands and the ‘world’s best airl

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  • Drama

Berlin and New York can clearly stake their claims, but London’s theatre scene is pretty much the best in the world, heaving with classic musicals, bold new writing, exciting international work and the all-important fringes. This rolling list is constantly updated to share the best of what’s coming up and currently booking: these choices aren’t the be-all and end-all of great theatre in 2024, but they are, as a rule, the biggest and splashiest shows on the horizon, and the smaller, cooler ones we’re looking forward to the most as well.   They’re shows worth booking for, pronto, both to avoid sellouts but to get the cheaper tickets that initially go on sale for most shows but tend to be snapped up months before they actually open. Want to see if these shows live up to the hype? Check out our theatre reviews. Check out our complete guide to musicals in London.  And head over here for a guide to every show in the West End at the moment.