May 2025

• The best theme parks and near London
• Next Generation Festival
• The Flamenco Festival
• Rodgers & Hammerstein's Dream Ballets: A Triple Bill
• Mighty Hoopla 2025 in Brockwell Park: set times, full lineup, tickets and everything you need to know
• Londoners overwhelmingly support the Bakerloo line extension, according to a new report
• A new interactive map shows London’s most affordable places for first-time buyers
• Matthew Bourne’s The Midnight Bell
• Open water swimming is returning to Canary Wharf next week
• When will Covent Garden’s Wimbledon screens return for 2025?
• The Silvertown tunnel will be closed for 17 evenings over the next month: full list of dates
• One of south London’s busiest train stations is closing this weekend for a year
• Frankie & The Witch Fingers Album Launch Party
• Europe’s first airport Five Guys is landing at London Heathrow Airport
• Camden Market
• Brixton Village and Market Row
• First look: inside the mind-blowing new V&A East Storehouse in Stratford
• Beloved chicken shop Chick ‘n’ Sours is closing its final two London restaurants
• A famous old pub in Hackney is being turned into a Gail’s Bakery
• The 10 best new London theatre openings in June 2025
• London travel disruption this weekend: full list of tube and train closures for May 29-June 1
• Vauxhall Summer Screens
• Marriage Material
• The NFL is returning to London for 2025: full schedule and how to get tickets for games at Wembley and Tottenham Hotspur stadiums
• Rupert Goold will end his tenure at London’s Almeida Theatre with a monumental 18 months of programming
• The best pottery classes in London
• Albert’s Schloss
• Gorillaz have announced a summer 2025 residency at London’s Copper Box Arena: dates, ticket prices, presale and everything you need to know
• A limited-edition Wes Anderson bar has popped up in Soho
• London is officially one of the best cities in the world for green spaces
• London is set to be blasted by a mini heatwave this weekend
• Metallica’s M72 world tour is coming to London in 2026 for two massive shows: dates, ticket prices, presale, seating map and everything you need to know
• London’s congestion charge could increase next year: cost, zone map and everything you need to know
• London superclub Drumsheds is getting a major overhaul – including security upgrades and a new queuing system
• Chick ’n’ Sours
• Chick ’n’ Sours
• The best restaurants in Dalston
• The Magician's Table
• The east London borough that is the city’s worst place for bicycle thefts
• The best places to see cherry blossom in London this Spring
• The City of London’s biggest and oldest park has reopened after a massive makeover
• Dave's Wine Bar
• Alexandra Metcalf at The Perimeter
• The 7 best sausage rolls in London have been crowned by the New York Times
• A new map shows where people get robbed the most on Oxford Street
• 54.60 Africa
• After the Act
• Lovestuck
• Our Cosmic Dust
• Failure Project
• Romeo and Juliet
• Fight for America!
• King of Pangea
• Claire Dowie’s Swansong
• The Reckoning
• The best May 2025 half-term things to do in London
• The 5 Best Airbnb Services in London for 2025
• Haystack Dating at Bermondsey Bar and Kitchen
• One of Britain’s most ‘boring’ towns is in London
• The 15 best bookshops in London, according to a luxury travel magazine
• Britain’s happiest places to live have been revealed – and two are near London
• How to enter the 2026 Hackney Half Marathon: price, date, charity entries and what you need to know
• Travellers are avoiding London this year, per Google data – here’s where they're going instead
• Cross the Tracks 2025 in Brockwell Park: set times, full lineup, tickets and everything you need to know
• Five of the best free things to do in London this May bank holiday weekend
• First look: inside plans for a major revamp of Crystal Palace National Sports Centre
• Spurs Europa League Trophy Parade: date, time, route and everything you need to know
• London is officially the second-best city in the world, according to a prestigious new ranking
• Wide Awake 2025 in Brockwell Park: set times, full lineup, tickets and everything you need to know
• Letters from Max
• Mrs Warren’s Profession
• Rebel Radio
• This foodie feast one hour from London is the perfect summer day trip
• Gala Festival at Peckham Rye Park: set times, full lineup, tickets and everything you need to know
• 8 London parks you can barbecue in this summer
• London’s legendary Highgate Wood could soon be available to hire for weddings
• A London record shop is giving away 1,000 free pints this bank holiday weekend
• London’s Tate Modern will soon start opening earlier for special tours
• The Crucible
• London travel disruption this late May Bank Holiday weekend: full list of tube and train closures for May 23-26
• The best picnic spots in London
• David Harewood and Toby Jones will star in Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’ in London’s West End this autumn
• Othello
• Big Mamma Group is launching a new London restaurant in Canary Wharf
• A hit stage adaptation of John Le Carré’s classic ‘The Spy Who Came In from the Cold’ is heading to London’s West End
• Ikea Oxford Street
• The best department stores in London
• Fenwick Brent Cross
• Anselm Kiefer at White Cube Mason’s Yard
• Christelle Oyiri, The Infinities Commission at Tate Modern
• London is officially one of the world’s best cities to explore on foot
• Felicity Hammond: Variations at the Photographer's Gallery
• Part of Borough Market is finally being pedestrianised
• Hamad Butt: Apprehensions at Whitechapel
• Serpentine Pavilion 2025
• One of the West End’s most famous streets is getting a cycle-friendly makeover
• Harvey Nichols
• Camino Farringdon
• House of Fraser
• Tyler the Creator at London’s O2 Arena: start time, tickets, potential setlist and what you need to know
• Fortnum & Mason
• Fenwick
• John Lewis
• Browns
• Shucked
• AJ Tracey and Big Zuu: ‘London is becoming the food capital of the world’
• The 25 best things to do this May bank holiday in London
• The 6 best Spurs pubs in London to watch the 2025 Europa League final
• How to get cheap tickets to ABBA Voyage in London
• London’s Guinness microbrewery in Covent Garden just got a step closer to opening
• It’s official: 5 of Britain’s happiest places to live are in London
• An urgent snake warning has been issued for parts of the UK – here’s how it affects London
• Ten incredible wild swimming spots near London
• A massive summer West End theatre ticket sale is now happening in London
• Fashion District Festival
• The 18 best alternative attractions in London
• Two major central London bus routes are being partially axed
• Fashion in Film Festival
• Camino King's Cross
• The best restaurant in London in 2025 has been crowned by Time Out
• Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Playground
• The Fifth Step
• Woolwich Foot Tunnel has reopened
• Offside Festival
• The 7 best fish and chips shops in and around London, mapped
• Spectacular new images have been revealed of the Barbican’s upcoming £240 million makeover
• Where to stay in London: our ultimate guide to the best areas (updated 2025)
• BFI Film on Film Festival
• Brockwell Park festival organisers say that events will go ahead this summer despite High Court ruling
• Legendary north London cafe Norman’s is closing
• The Deep Blue Sea
• London travel disruption this week: full list of TfL tube and train closures for May 19-22
• Photo London 2025
• The Playboy of the Western World
• Quiz Room
• Miga
• Five of the best free things to do in London this weekend
• The ultimate guide to the Hackney Half Marathon 2025: route, start time, best places to watch and everything you need to know
• Hackney Half Marathon 2025: all of the best freebies, perks and afterparties for runners this weekend
• The king of all London caffs: an oral history of E Pellicci
• Thousands of ceramic poppies have returned to the Tower of London – here’s how to see them
• It’s official: 6 of the UK’s dirtiest beaches for water quality are near London
• Kurt Cobain’s $6 million guitar is going on display in London for the first time
• The UK’s first ‘mind spa’ is opening on Oxford Street
• Gilded Balloon at Appleton Tower
• The 12 best places to watch the FA Cup Final in London this weekend – best pubs for Crystal Palace and Manchester City fans
• Talk & Trim
• Tate Britain has unveiled designs for its leafy new Clore Garden – featuring a wildlife pond and sculptures
• The 20 best things to do in Leyton and Leytonstone
• F1® Arcade
• The 20 best things to do in Harringay and Green Lanes
• The 20 best things to do in Bayswater
• The 20 best things to do in Hackney
• Win two tickets to the “Big Dish Energy” Time Out and Uber Eats
• The 20 best things to do in Soho
• Fake Barn Country
• London’s Princess Diana Memorial playground is getting a £3 million upgrade
• This award-winning pizzeria is opening its first permanent restaurant in east London
• The best beer garden in London in 2025, according to Time Out
• London travel disruption this weekend: full list of tube and train closures for May 16-18
• A spy-themed immersive experience is coming to Covent Garden this month
• Aures London
• Lyle's
• House of Life
• This is My Family
• Space: Could Life Exist Beyond Earth?
• London’s best restaurants for a business lunch
• Kew Gardens Open Air Cinema
• Camden Arts Projects: London has a brand-new free art gallery
• Summer Screens at Canary Wharf
• British Summer Time Outdoor Cinema
• The Frogs
• Derry Boys
• Pop Off, Michaelangelo!
• London’s best British restaurants
• Wiltons
• The Comedy About Spies
• 3 Henrietta Street
• The best building in London has been crowned for 2025
• The Young Vic has announced its first season under new artistic director Nadia Fall
• ‘Tina: The Tina Turner Musical’ will close on London’s West End after seven years
• 1536
• Jurassic World: The Experience
• A lavish new immersive Titanic exhibition is coming to London this summer
• A brand-new tube map celebrates London’s grassroots music scene
• The best Thorpe Park 'coasters: ranked
• Parasol
• London’s iconic Prince Charles Cinema has been given extra protection with ‘asset of community value’ status
• Moo Canoes
• The 12 best new London restaurant openings in May 2025
• Londoners will soon get a rare chance to go into disused Jubilee line tunnels
• Mauby
• Deptford Creek Low Tide Walk
• All the London pubs you can get a free pint in this week
• Smash ’00s romcom ‘50 First Dates’ is being turned into a major new London musical
• House of Games
• Pamela Bar
• Pamela
• London Trans+ Pride
• The Danish Fair
• Phantom Peak
• The best hotels in Soho, London
• Angelina
• Dabbers Social Bingo
• The Yellow Bittern
• The 21 best online flower deliveries in London
• Kim Kardashian’s Skims brand will open a flagship London store on Regent Street
• Transport Explorers: A Live Show
• Story Explorers
• A new interactive map shows how much it costs to live at every London tube stop
• Disney is opening a pop-up store in London this summer
• London’s e-scooter network is being expanded to a new borough
• Twenty One Pilots at London’s O2 Arena: start time, tickets, potential setlist and what you need to know
• The best pub in London in 2025, according to lifestyle guide Muddy Stilettos
• NEON at Battersea Power Station
• London travel disruption this week: full list of TfL tube and train closures for May 12-15
• Viet Hoa Cafe
• How London’s ‘Little Italy’ is making a comeback
• The best pubs in King's Cross
• Encounters: Giacometti x Huma Bhabha
• L’ETO Compton Eurovision Screening
• Hackney Church Brew Co. Eurovision Party
• A campaign has been launched to defend music festivals in Brockwell Park
• A replica of Christopher Columbus’ ship will dock in London later this month
• Radiant Boy: A Haunting
• Sophie Duker: But Daddy I Love Her
• London’s 10 best gardens, according to the Telegraph
• Dishoom is opening a tiny hotel in London
• ‘17th Boys’ Zine Launch
• London is getting three new Wetherspoons pubs this summer: locations and opening dates
• All Tate Modern exhibitions will be free for loads of Londoners this weekend
• Two Brewers Eurovision Party
• Panam
• There is now a new cheaper and greener way to get to London Stansted Airport
• Outpatient
• Diagnosis
• The Crown
• Meow Meow: It’s Come to This
• London is officially the best city in Europe in 2025
• Six of the best free things to do in London this weekend
• Revealed: the worst London areas for roadworks
• Camden’s Jazz Cafe is turning an old east London theatre into a new venue
• The 10 best new London theatre openings in May 2025
• London travel disruption this weekend: full list of tube and train closures for May 9-11
• Post Malone at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Second Date: presale, ticket prices and everything you need to know
• Here We Are
• One of London’s oldest West End cinemas is closing down
• Terms and Conditions: Accor Live Limitless
• The best café in London has been crowned for 2025
• First look: inside the £85 million National Gallery revamp opening this weekend
• The 27 best bakeries in London, according to a luxury travel magazine
• Pubs and clubs in north London borough Camden will soon be allowed to stay open later
• The best deli in London has been crowned for 2025
• Desire Lines
• The shortlisted designs have been revealed for London’s Queen Elizabeth II National Memorial – and you can have your say
• You can now try exclusive Encona hot sauce dishes from London’s top food vendors at Time Out Eat Street in Between the Bridges
• Mason's Liverpool
• In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats
• Bad Bunny’s massive 2026 world tour is coming to London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium: dates, ticket prices, presale and everything you need to know
• The best gyms in London
• The Foundry
• Mezemiso, Rooftop Restaurant & Shisha Terrace
• The best rooftop gardens in London
• The Post Building Rooftop Garden
• How much the cost of a night out in London has changed over 30 years
• Twist Museum
• Minecraft Experience: Villager Rescue
• Squid Game: The Experience
• Live Odyssey
• Cross The Tracks
• Field Day
• Wide Awake
• The Empire Strips Back
• A free exhibition of Bob Dylan’s paintings is opening in London this week
• F45 Oxford Circus
• London is officially one of the happiest cities in the world in 2025
• Ivan Michael Blackstock’s TRAPLORD
• Iconic New York jazz club Blue Note is officially opening a venue in London next year
• Northern Ballet: Jane Eyre
• Alicia Vikander will make her theatre debut in London opposite Andrew Lincoln in ‘The Lady from the Sea’
• Future of Food
• A major Gianni Versace exhibition is opening in London this summer
• London Gatwick Airport strikes in May half term and June 2025: full list of dates and airlines affected
• Rotunda Bar & Restaurant
• The 7 best Arsenal pubs in London to watch the Champions League semi-final tomorrow
• All the London landmarks that will light up for VE Day this week
• The Boy with Wings
• Usher at London’s O2 Arena: start time, tickets, potential setlist and what you need to know
• SoulStreet London
• Ballet to Broadway: Wheeldon Works
• The King's Head Earls Court
• The best open air theatre shows to see in London this summer
• The Fire Station
• BFI Black Debutantes season
• Max Plays Murnau
• Romeo and Juliet
• The original Morley’s sign is going on display at a London museum
• The V&A East Storehouse has just revealed details of its first events and exhibits
• Marie and Rosetta
• Deer have returned to London’s Greenwich Park after four years away
• Little Brother
• Leonardo Drew: Ubiquity II at South London Gallery
• 8 ways to celebrate Cinco de Mayo in London this month
• Millennium Girls
• Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
• The V&A is planning a display about London’s lost music venues – and it needs your help
• We’re giving away 10 wristbands to SXSW London
• Terms and Conditions: Encona sauces
• Dear Annie, I Hate You
• Six London locations with ‘Star Wars’ history
• Einkvan
• A new interactive map shows where you are most likely to get your phone stolen in London
• Depop Marketplace
• Cicchetti Piccadilly
• Strand Palace Hotel
• Do Ho Suh: Walk the House
• Giant
• London events in May
• 4 legendary London attractions turning 25 in 2025
• The revolutionary high-tech London building named one of Britain’s most at risk from demolition
• Revealed: the London tube stations with the most escalators
• Michelin star east London restaurant Lyle’s is closing down
• The central London hotel just named one of the top 10 best in the world
• Westfield Good Festival
• Topshop is launching a London pop-up next week ahead of its UK high street return
• Jordan Gray: Is That A C*ck In Your Pocket, Or Are You Just Here To Kill Me?
• Terms and Conditions: SXSW London Competition
• Bat Out of Hell – The Musical
• Michelle Wolf
• Tickets for London’s epic new Wes Anderson exhibition are now on sale
• Brendan Gleeson will make his West End debut in Conor McPherson’s chilling classic ‘The Weir’
• London travel disruption over the May Bank Holiday weekend: full list of TfL tube and train closures for May 2-5
• The best sustainable restaurants in London
• Scenes from a Repatriation
• CMAT: ‘I had my first-ever lesbian experience at Koko – it was 10 out of 10’