The Time Out London blog team

Your favourite London bus route could look a little different over the coming month. Thanks to a big drop in the number of people using London’s buses since the pandemic, TfL has proposed major cuts and alterations to some of the city’s busiest routes.  The transport operator says that its plans would ‘improve reliability of both routes and better match current demand capacity’ and it has asked for opinions from members of the public. ‘Feedback is hugely important to us,’ TfL said. ‘We encourage everyone to respond to the consultations that are currently open. This will help inform future decisions, and enable us to create bus services that benefit everyone, where the right service levels are provided to support areas of growing demand.’ Besides depleted passenger numbers, TfL is also trying to minimise the number of services that overlap with one another. The proposals include shortening routes in north and west London, though there are plans to introduce a couple of new routes to make up for the cuts. Here’s everything we know.  Which London bus routes could be cut?  The routes at risk of getting the chop include the 259 between Edmonton Green and King’s Cross, the 279 between Waltham Cross and Manor House, the 349 between Ponders End and Stamford Hill, the 19 between Finsbury Park and Battersea Bridge (made famous by the Dire Straits song ‘Wild West End’), the 424 between Putney Heath and Fulham and the 38 between Clapton Pond and Victoria Bus Station.  What...

Great news, culture vultures; it’s the start of a brand new year, and that means a host of new exhibitions to look forward to. January is pretty quiet for new openings – we’re all too busy watching The Traitors and trying not to spend any money – but there’s plenty of unmissable culture on the horizon in the capital, from flashy fashion and design retrospectives to deep-dives into ageing, fandom and the studio behind everyone’s favourite claymation canine and inventor duo. Joyless health kicks got you feeling glum? Stop meal prepping and start planning an enriching cultural diet instead, with our guide to the biggest and best museum openings coming up over the next year.  RECOMMENDED: 🎨 The 12 best art exhibitions coming to London in 2026.🏗️ Developments that will transform London in 2026. The 8 best museum exhibitions coming to London in 2026 1. The Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum Huge news for British history buffs; for the first time in 900 long years, the Bayeux Tapestry is going on display in Britain this autumn. The intricately embroidered 70-metre-long artwork depicts the 1066 Battle of Hastings, when William the Conquerer took the English throne. Although it’s believed to have been embroidered in Canterbury, the tapestry has resided in Bayeux, Normandy for the past nine centuries, so this is a super rare chance to see it on home soil. The British Museum. Sep 2026-Jun 2027. More details here.    Photograph: Shutterstock 2. Schiaparelli: ‘Fashion Becomes...

One thing we wish we could have left behind in 2025? London’s extortionate house prices. But, unfortunately, as we enter the new year buying a house in the capital remains a pipe dream to many. So, here’s a bit of bleak news to kick start your 2026: how much you need to earn to afford a house in every London borough, including a full list at the end.   New data from Zoopla – reported in Metro – has revealed the average salary needed to afford the price of the average house in each borough in the capital. The salaries were calculated assuming the buyer would save a deposit that was 20 percent of the property value, plus a mortgage loan amounting to 4.5 times the buyer’s household earnings.  Not surprisingly, London’s priciest borough for buying a house was Kensington and Chelsea, where the average house according to Zoopla costs an eye-watering £1.12 million. To afford a 20 percent deposit and then to pay the mortgage you would need to be on a salary of £199,300 or higher.  Westminster wasn’t much cheaper, with the average house costing £936,900 and requiring a salary of at least £166,600. In Camden you’d need to be able to cough up £764,600 for your abode, meaning you would have to earn £135,900.  The cheapest borough was Barking and Dagenham, where the average house cost a much more modest (compared to Chelsea, at least) £335,500. In B&D you’d need to be on a salary of £59,600, which is still much higher than the UK average salary of £37,430, according to the Office for...