The Time Out London blog team

We have some good news for people who live in the southwest. Rejoice! Because the direct London to Cornwall flight is about to make a comeback.  Two weeks ago (November 7) Eastern Airways, a regional airline which ran a service between Cornwall’s Newquay and London Gatwick, went into administration. Londoners wanting to travel to Cornwall thought that meant they would be destined to take the five-hour train (or even longer coach) to the southwest forevermore. Until another air operator stepped in to save the day.  Skybus, a carrier operated by the Isles of Scilly Steamship Group, has flown in like a knight in shining armour to take over the route. It’s only temporary for now, but the airline has revealed loftier plans for the future. The Skybus flight will launch on November 23, with flights already on sale. Prices for a single journey – inclusive of 15kg worth of hold luggage, 6kg of cabin luggage plus a handbag – start at £79.99. For comparison, a return journey on the train can often cost upwards of £100 with a railcard. Typically, a flight from London to Cornwall takes a speedy one hour and 15 minutes, whereas the train can take more than five hours.  From November there will be one flight per day, but from February 14 2026 this will increase to two per day. The company said it hoped to rebuild the route as a ‘thriving cornerstone’ of the local economy. The flight will be operated using a 70-seater ATR72 — the most popular regional turboprop aircraft in the world....

London is an expensive place. Sometimes it feels like just stepping outside in this city comes with an obligatory 20 quid charge, but it turns out that it’s even pricey for people who are ready to splash the cash – the world’s most expensive luxury shopping street is right here in the capital. This is the 35th year that real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield has produced its ‘Main Streets Across the World’. The annual report determines the places where high-end retail is thriving, based on the average rent of a unit on a given street. This year, the planet’s ‘most expensive most expensive retail destination’ was New Bond Street. In 2024 the luxe stretch came third in the report, but a whopping 22 percent increase in rental costs over the past 12 months have now shot it up to top spot. Today, it costs a whopping £1,706 per square foot, per year, to rent a space on the road. If you’ve ever strolled along New Bond Street, or been lucky enough to shop on it, you won’t be surprised to hear this news. It’s populated entirely by the sort of luxury designers that you’d expect to hear a celeb brag about, like Louis Vuitton, Cartier, and Balenciaga, just to name a few. The report said that London in general has benefited from a strong ‘resurgence’ in the global retail market. Rent costs for retailers across the city have gone up which indicates higher demand, with Oxford Street and Regent Street also seeing costs go up by more than 10 percent. This is great if you’re a property...

When it comes to drinking, Londoners really know what they’re doing. And it’s not just the pubs that are worth their salt in the capital. It’s bars too.  From sophisticated cocktail dens to sweet wine bars and trendy natty wine joints, London has everything whatever your tipple of choice may be. Now it’s official: 35 bars in London have been named among the world’s best in the Top 500 Bars list. And we can vouch, because we’ve sampled drinks at nearly every bar named on the list.  According to the Top 500 Bars website, it ranked bars around the world by aggregating data from over 2,000 different sources on the internet, in more than 20 languages. The site says it made the most of ‘the wisdom of crowds’, combining expert opinions with reviews on social media and search engines. Named as London’s best bar, and seventh on the planet, was the swanky and minimal Tayēr + Elementary. The cocktail bar on Old Street is owned by one of the world’s most celebrated mixologists, Alex Kratena, with partner Monica Berg. It’s known for doing inventive takes on classic drinks.  Also ranking highly was the Connaught Bar, Scarfes Bar and Satan’s Whiskers, which came in 12th, 21st and 22nd globally, respectively.  Time Out’s best bar for 2025, Equal Parts, also made the top 500 list. The Hackney cocktail spot and listening bar was named 261st best in the world and came in 30th place in London.  Read on to see the full list of London’s best bars, according to the Top 500.  Every London bar...