The Time Out London blog team

If you ever had any doubt about just how popular country music is in the UK right now, all you have to do is look at Zach Bryan’s two sold out nights at BST Hyde Park. The American superstar has had a great few years. Whether he’s collaborating with everyone from Kacey Musgraves and Bon Iver to Bruce Springsteen, selling out stadiums, or releasing critically acclaimed album after critically acclaimed album, he’s hot property at the mo. Now, Bryan’s making his BST debut with a double-bill this weekend, headlining both Saturday and Sunday (June 28-29) because London, like everyone else, just can’t get enough. RECOMMENDED:🎉 The best festivals in London🎪 The best festivals in the UK☀️ The best festivals in Europe On top of seeing one of the biggest country stars in the world, heading to Hyde Park this weekend is an excellent way to curb that Glasto FOMO, so here’s everything you need to know to ensure you have a brilliant night seeing Zach Bryan at BST Hyde Park 2025. When is Zach Bryan playing BST Hyde Park 2025? Zach will headline two nights at Hyde Park this week – Saturday June 28 and Sunday June 29. Night one sold out so quickly that the festival had to add another due to ‘phenomenal demand’, so you can expect to come across loads of like-minded Bryan fans this weekend. What time do doors open? Doors for BST open every day at 2pm, but those with primary entry or VIP access will be allowed in an hour early. Curfew is 10.30pm, so Zach’s set will end just before then at...

We know it. You know it. Even toddlers know it: there’s something endlessly cool about dinosaurs. From Jurassic Park to skeletons in museums, these prehistoric monsters have captured our imaginations for as long as we’ve known about them, and now there’s a brand new dino making its debut at the Natural History Museum. Since the museum lost Dippy, its Diplodocus skeleton, to Coventry, the NHM has had a Jurassic hole in its heart – until now. A brand new dinosaur, named Enigmacursor Mollyborthwickae, or Enigmacursor for short, is ready to stun tourists, school trips, and paleontologists for years to come. Obviously, this creature isn’t ‘new’ in the sense that it died 150 million years ago, but it’s only just been officially recognised by scientists. It’s a two legged herbivore thought to have lived in the wetlands in what is now the US, and it was only about 500cm tall, although it is thought that this particular specimen was not fully grown. There’s clues as to this tiny dinos origin story in its name: the ‘enigma’ part refers to the fact that it was a mystery to scientists for a long time, as they previously thought it was a different species entirely, and ‘cursor’ is latin for runner, owing to the fact that this little guy was probably quite speedy given its small stature. It might have even been quite cute – a far cry from jagged teethed raptors or towering T-Rexes. Photograph: Natural History Museum   Prof. Susannah Maidment, who is a co-author of the groundbreaking...

Children spend a lot of their lives at school. That’s where they learn, it’s probably where their friends are, and it’s where they’re being set up with skills and knowledge that’ll benefit them for the rest of their lives. So, where your children go to school is pretty important. It can be tricky sometimes knowing where the best schools are, but some of them stand out as so great that they actually win awards. That’s what Tes is all about. The annual Tes awards, which have been going for 17 years, seek to ‘[highlight] the outstanding efforts and achievements in state and independent schools’, with a focus on ‘bringing independent and state schools together to celebrate excellence across the whole education sector in one inclusive national event.’ The 2025 awards took place last Friday (June 20), and winners were named in several categories from big ones like ‘Inclusive School of the Year’ to individual awards such as ‘Teaching Assistant of the Year’. It gets pretty competitive, but five London schools managed to come out on top at the ceremony. The biggest win went to Oasis Academy South Bank, which was named Secondary School of the Year. The school was praised for its high teacher-retention, overwhelmingly positive outcomes for students, and for fostering an atmosphere that is ‘calm, focused and filled with love’. Tes described the academy, which is free to attend, as providing ‘pupils a warm, inclusive and supportive learning community that sets them up for life’, adding...