The Time Out London blog team

It’s just four weekends ’til Christmas, but there’s no need to fully submit to London’s festive festivities just yet. There are plenty of fabulous non-Yuletide things to get your eyes and ears to in the capital this weekend, from Ivo van Hove’s new five-star play All My Sons to Tate Britain’s excellent new Turner and Constable exhibition. Whatever you’re up to in London over the coming days, you’ll likely need public transport to get you there – and so you’ll want to know which lines are running, and which aren’t. Between November 28 and 30 there is rather a bit of planned transport disruption to be aware of, including closures on the Northern, Bakerloo and Elizabeth lines. Here are all the tube and train service closures and alternations to know about in London this weekend. RECOMMENDED: The best things to do in London this weekend. London travel disruption and tube closures, November 28-30 Bakerloo line On both Saturday Nov 29 and Sunday Nov 30, no service between Queens Park and Harrow & Wealdstone. Northern line On Saturday Nov 29, no service between Hampstead and Edgware from 1.45am until 5.30am. No service between Golders Green and Edgware from 5.30am on Saturday Nov 29 and all of Sunday Nov 30 Elizabeth line On Sunday Nov 30, no service between Paddington and Ealing Broadway until 7.40am. After that, there will be a reduced service between Paddington and Maidenhead / Heathrow Terminal 4. DLR On both Saturday Nov 29 and Sunday Nov 30, no service between Bank...

Christmas is creeping ever closer. And while that means that we can finally dig into mighty festive sarnies, start opening our advent calendars and sit down for Christmas movie marathons, it also means that there’s a lot of shopping to do.  In order to save up for gifts, tree decorations and Christmas party bits, you’re probably watching your spending elsewhere – perhaps cutting back on nice meals out or saying no to a few pints in the week. But if you still want to keep your weekends in the run up to Christmas booked and busy, it doesn’t have to involve parting with your pennies.  Besides all the free stuff things you can do in London year-round, this weekend will see a number of brilliant parties and pop-ups that won’t cost you a thing. So, without further ado these are all the best free things happening across the capital city over the next three days.  📍 All of the other best things to do in London this weekend. 1. Explore the city’s finest festive markets  You’ve got oodles of time to visit Winter Wonderland at Hyde Park, Southbank Centre Winter Market or Leicester Square Christmas Market. But there are some Christmas markets worth checking out that are only around for a short window of time. The final weekend of November is one of your only opportunities to hit up the Urban Makers Christmas Market in Mile End, Finnish Church Christmas Fair in Rotherhithe, the Chelsea Physic Garden Christmas Fair, the Christmas Market at St Martins-in-the-Fields and the Merry and...

On the border of Hackney and Islington, on the line where the two boroughs connect, lies Blackstock Road, arguably London’s most interesting street. A short walk from the Arsenal Emirates Stadium and home to all the food options and pubs you could ever need – from Kurdish naan bread at Baban’s Naan, to about a dozen sports pubs, and chilled reds at Top Cuvée – Blackstock Road is a magnetic field to tote bag hoarders, Paul Mescal dupes, Matty Matheson wannabes, and Arsenal fans alike. RECOMMENDED: The 8 best places to visit on Blackstock Road– chosen by Time Out editors But it wasn’t always a cult food destination. The road once had the subterranean Hackney Brook – one of London’s lost rivers – flowing through it, and was a prime location for fishing. The river was built over in the 19th century, and Blackstock Road took the form it has today: a hub for local businesses like bookers, pharmacies, printers, pubs and even a tin box factory according to one blog. In the 20th century it became home to a range of migrant communities, including Algerian immigrants, who opened up shop at the top of the street and gave the area the moniker of Little Algiers. It was also on this humble road that designer Gerald Holtom first introduced the peace sign. In 1958, Holtom created the symbol for the Aldermaston March to protest nuclear weapons, and presented it to the offices of Peace News magazine at 3 Blackstock Road. There’s a plaque commemorating this moment above Fish & Cook stationers...