May 2026

• The best facials in London
• One of London’s best weekend trips just got a brand new train service – with tickets from just £30
• From ‘Disclosure Day’ to ‘Toy Story 5’: 10 Massive Movies Hitting UK Cinemas This June
• Fanzone4D
• North London is getting a brand new leisure centre
• 26 London hotels are the best in the UK
• Arsenal Premier League trophy parade: Confirmed date, route, start time, road closures and what you need to know
• 7 London bus routes will be hit by strikes in June 2026 – full list of routes and strike dates
• Fortnum and Mason is launching posh boating picnics on the Thames
• Catch the Tube to '80s New York at Moco Museum’s immersive new Keith Haring exhibition
• Mighty Hoopla 2026 in Brockwell Park: set times, full lineup, last-minute tickets and everything you need to know
• This ‘gothic masterpiece’ is the greatest music venue in London right now, according to Time Out
• The 7 best Arsenal pubs in London to watch the Champions League Final this weekend
• The best restaurants in Islington
• Sambal Shiok
• Black Comedy
• The 10 best new London theatre openings in June 2026
• Review: ‘Beetlejuice the Musical’ at the Prince Edward Theatre
• The Cause 8th birthday
• Eid on the Square
• Another Thought 2026
• The 30 best music venues in London in 2026
• Things to do in London today
• The 6 best free things to do in London this weekend [May 29-31 2026]
• Lost Music Venues
• London’s best gastropubs
• When will London’s heatwave end?
• SXSW London 2026: tickets, lineup, timings and everything you need to know
• The 9 best things to see at SXSW London 2026
• It’s official: you can eat one of the best burgers in the world in London
• Gail’s is opening a vast new cafe in the West End
• Waitrose is opening a major new supermarket in north London – one of its first new full line stores in eight years
• London travel disruption this weekend: full list of tube and train closures for May 30-31 2026
• One of London’s most famous abandoned tube stations will start family tours this summer
• Hyped London vegetarian restaurant Bubala is opening its biggest location yet
• Jacket potato influencers SpudBros are opening a new flagship store in London
• London events in July 2026
• Serpentine Pavilion 2026: ‘a serpentine’ by LANZA atelier
• Mount Street Neighbourhood Summer Festival 2026
• Your Story Festival at Union Chapel
• London’s best cafés
• Angel Dabang
• Cây Tre
• The best Mexican restaurants in London
• The best dance and ballet shows in London this June
• Shoreditch’s iconic rooftop tube carriages are finally opening to the public as a new bar
• Designs have been revealed for a major overhaul of London’s Fleet Street
• Waldorf Astoria London Admiralty Arch
• The best Christmas hotels in London for the ultimate festive stay
• Where to watch the World Cup 2026 in London
• Exclusive: A massive new 7,000-capacity warehouse and riverside venue is opening in east London
• Marco da Silva Ferreira: F*cking Future
• This is Rambert
• A new nature trail in southwest London has been named after Sir David Attenborough
• The Sleeping Beauty
• 8 London parks you can barbecue in this summer
• Be At One Cocktail Lounge & Late Bar Piccadilly
• 93 Feet East
• London’s best French restaurants
• Jurassic Oceans: Monsters of the Deep
• Barbican Outdoor Cinema
• Hampstead Summer Festival
• Camille
• London’s Piccadilly line will be almost completely shut on two weekends this summer – full list of London Underground closure dates
• Soho Village Fête
• A Midsummer Night’s Dream
• Inside plans for a gargantuan new arena in east London, which will be the city’s biggest indoor music venue
• A posh new French bakery is coming to north London next month
• Cross the Tracks 2026 in Brockwell Park: set times, full lineup, tickets and everything you need to know
• The heat is on! Here are the 8 best open air theatre shows to see in London in 2026
• Iconic Islington restaurant Trullo has been painted red to celebrate Arsenal’s Premier League title win
• 30 beaches near London have received a prestigious Blue Flag award for great water quality – full list of brilliant beaches within a day trip of the capital
• The 17 best May half-term things to do in London
• Frameless
• Enigma Quests
• A £99 million project will transform this central London tube station
• One of London’s best restaurants has launched a fast food counter
• Beloved west London Ukrainian restaurant Mriya is closing down
• Full May bank holiday 33C heatwave weather forecast for London: dates and temperatures for first heatwave of 2026
• The 25 best things to do this May bank holiday in London
• End of the Rainbow
• Field Day 2026 in Brockwell Park: set times, full lineup, tickets and everything you need to know
• This South Bank boozer on the river is officially London’s best rooftop bar in 2026, according to Time Out
• Mapped: the 15 best rooftop bars in London
• The opening date has been revealed for Canary Wharf’s massive new lido – the Olympic sized pool will open in time for summer
• A new ice cream shop has opened in west London – and it’s inspired by classic Italian gelaterie
• This central London neighbourhood is getting its first ever rooftop bar
• The 6 best free activities and things to do with kids in London in May half term 2026
• The Clove Club Archive Sale
• The Golden Tooth
• Top 10 exhibitions in London (updated for 2026)
• The best restaurants in Soho
• Edami
• A new map shows the sunniest (and shadiest) walking routes in London
• The best pilates classes in London
• London’s best outdoor bars and drinking terraces
• GALA Festival 2026 at Peckham Rye Park: set times, full lineup, tickets and everything you need to know
• Angel Comedy Street Party
• On the Rye
• London’s iconic Trocadero is being turned into one of the city’s biggest Wetherspoons pubs
• Quartet in Autumn
• The 6 best free things to do in London this bank holiday weekend [May 22-25 2026]
• London travel disruption this weekend: full list of tube and train closures for May 23-25 2026 bank holiday weekend
• James McNeill Whistler
• Holy Pop!
• We Crip Film Festival
• The world’s oldest seagoing paddle steamer is coming to the Thames
• Royal Hospital Chelsea
• The best restaurants in Notting Hill
• This American health food brand is coming to London for the first time with three new restaurants
• The Latimer
• Ron
• A Fine Idea
• Soldiers of Tomorrow
• We Had a World
• Slaughterhouse-Five
• The England Football Team is launching its first ever pop-up shop in central London – and it opens this week
• Lower Marsh Lates
• This Michelin-recognised Indian restaurant in west London is opening a second site
• Royal China Club
• Royal China
• The best restaurants in London Bridge
• Gunpowder
• London's best Persian restaurants
• Churchill’s Urinal
• The ticket prices have been revealed for the British Museum’s massive Bayeux Tapestry exhibition this summer: full list of ticket types, discounts and prices
• London restaurants where you can get bargain oysters
• CARE
• A swanky new bar is opening in London – you can order a negroni by rolling a dice
• LSE Festival 2026: How to save the planet
• Ten incredible wild swimming spots near London
• Wimbledon Tennis Championships 2026: your ultimate guide
• The 20 best things to do in Wimbledon
• Wimbledon Tennis Championships: our top tips
• London’s best afternoon teas
• Tao of Glass
• This free London museum is officially one of the greatest in the world
• Wimbledon tennis screenings in London
• Springwood
• Lost Oasis
• The best picnic spots in London
• Archduke
• ‘Stranger Things’ star Gaten Matarazzo will make his West End debut in a new London production of ‘Rent’ this summer
• Festok
• ‘A once-in-a-generation opportunity’: Europe’s biggest exhibition of James McNeill Whistler in 30 years will open in London this week
• Equus
• London’s best restaurants for pizza
• Bar Etna
• Competitions
• Museum of Illusions
• Relics
• London Tube Strikes May 2026: Is the Elizabeth Line affected by industrial action this week?
• Is the London Overground affected by the May 2026 tube strikes? Essential information about RMT industrial action this week
• This week’s London tube strikes have been called off
• Venus & Adonis
• Sting
• Jamavar
• Delcy Morelos: origo
• London’s big summer theatre ticket sale is back for 2026 – here are the best deals
• London’s first official open water swimming area in the River Thames is now open
• ATEEZ London 2026: date, presale, ticket prices and what you need to know about BST Hyde Park festival
• Logma
• RAYE at London’s O2 Arena: timings, set list, last-minute tickets and everything you need to know
• Mother Courage and Her Children
• Terms and Conditions: Museum of Illusions
• It’s official: 12 of Britain’s best music venues are in London
• 4 iconic Manchester food spots taking part in Doritos Loaded Month
• How to enter the Hackney Half Marathon 2027 – deadline, cost and everything you need to know
• 21 London curry restaurants have been named in the 100 best curries in the UK
• ‘My Neighbour Totoro’ is leaving London’s West End – here’s how to get tickets for the hyped theatre show before it closes
• Gordon Ramsay is taking over the restaurant in a five-star London hotel next to the River Thames
• Prices have gone up at four of north London’s most popular open water swimming spots
• After 70 years, beloved London pasta restaurant chain Spaghetti House has closed all its branches
• ‘Our new favourite brunch’: This pink Fitzrovia coffee shop is officially the best café in London right now
• The ultimate guide to the Hackney Half Marathon 2026: route, start time, best places to watch, unmissable freebies and everything you need to know
• Hackney Half Marathon 2026: the 16 best freebies, perks and afterparties for runners this weekend
• Hackney Half Marathon 2026 road closures: all the essential information you need to plan ahead this weekend
• Hackney Half Marathon 2026: full schedule of start times and waves
• Lahpet
• Poolhouse
• London’s newest theatre will open this summer with two huge musicals
• Tower Of London River Tour
• Stage Kiss
• Driftwood
• Covent Garden Hotel
• Ad test Feature Alex
• Hot Mess
• The 6 best free things to do in London this weekend [May 15-17 2026]
• The P Word
• Children’s theatre in London: the best shows for kids of all ages
• Is Mayfair actually cool again?
• Arthur
• Affordable, high-quality steak chain Flat Iron is opening its first restaurant in south London
• Where to find (and eat) the best pasta in London
• The best Italian restaurants in London
• Ian McKellen is coming back to the stage as London’s coolest theatre returns
• Padella Soho
• The British Museum will be transformed into a medieval forest this summer
• An Ideal Husband
• Plaza Khao Gaeng
• This beloved south London bakery is opening a new location
• London’s best British restaurants
• Sherlock Holmes
• The Market Coffee House & Bar
• Oula
• The London distillery that has opened its own bar serving the city’s biggest old fashioned menu
• London travel disruption this weekend: full list of tube and train closures for May 16-17 2026
• Exclusive: Take a first look at the legendary London cinema reopening later this year
• Ralph Yard Parties
• London Rivers Week
• Foodies Festival
• Eat Around the World on Camberwell Green
• The Podcast Show
• Hampton Court Palace’s Big Bahooey
• The Price
• The 11 best new London restaurants opening in May 2026
• Zurbarán
• Is the Elizabeth line affected by the April 2026 tube strikes? Everything you need to know about the London train line today [Friday April 24 2026]
• The best free things to do in London
• London’s 10 prettiest walks
• The 25 best museums in London
• V&A East
• The posh north London neighbourhood that is set for a new square and marketplace
• Three London bars were just added to a very prestigious guide to the best bars in the world
• 1536
• London is officially the best city in the world for culture in 2026, according to Time Out
• Secret Cinema’s first spectacular show at its new Greenwich home will be a massive ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ adventure
• Moco Museum
• The best restaurants in Shoreditch
• Plans have been revealed for a bonkers rooftop pool at London’s iconic BT Tower
• Exclusive: iconic London venue the Barbican has just announced its summer outdoor movie season
• Soho’s viral Noodle Inn has revealed the location of a new London restaurant
• A Delicious Misteak Tattoo Parlour
• Amadeus
• Electra/Persona
• London is getting a new museum for The Beatles at a very famous location – here’s everything you need to know
• Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
• This iconic London riverside building is being transformed into the city’s next big dining and shopping destination
• India’s biggest snack brand is opening its first British restaurant in London
• Krapp’s Last Tape
• The Coconut Island
• Tender
• Hay Fever
• ‘House party’ style bar Little Door is opening its biggest ever London location in Shoreditch
• Fortnum & Mason is opening a ‘biscuitorium’ this week – what you need to know about the immersive biscuit paradise
• A new London travel hack will get you a weekend of unlimited bus travel for the price of a single ticket
• Arcade Covent Garden
• London’s best gastropub has been crowned by OpenTable
• This legendary New York bakery (which featured in ‘Sex and the City’) is coming to London
• OXO Tower Restaurant, Bar and Brasserie
• Hendrick’s Anotherland
• Mapped: the best British seaside towns near London
• Two of the world’s best new hotels are in London
• The Lives of Others
• A Star Wars Grogu Café is landing in London next week
• This totally charming part of England is officially one of the best weekend trips from London
• Gifford’s Circus: Waterfield
• This popular London theatre is opening its own pub
• Luminarium: Luxart
• This viral Korean corndog brand is opening its first south London restaurant
• West London is getting a brand-new park next to the River Thames
• National Theatre
• Royal Albert Hall
• Olivia Rodrigo’s The Unraveled Tour is coming to London in 2027: dates, presale, ticket prices and everything you need to know (including new date information)
• Glengarry Glen Ross
• 135 Bar and Lounge
• Ne-Yo and Akon at London’s O2 Arena: timings, set list, last-minute tickets and everything you need to know
• A Michelin-starred chef is opening a new Italian restaurant in south London
• This London hotel is hosting a swish Wes Anderson season this month
• Take That have joined the lineup for the 2026 Capital Summertime Ball – here’s how to get tickets to see RAYE, Calvin Harris, Lola Young and more
• MEATliquor W1
• Get ready to Rock in Rio Lisbon
• The first ever high-tech Pizza Express is opening in London
• This hyped New York-style pizza restaurant is opening a new slice shop in central London
• London travel disruption this weekend: full list of tube and train closures for May 9-10 2026
• The 6 best free things to do in London this weekend [May 8-10 2026]
• Jamie Oliver Catherine St
• Legendary toy shop Hamleys is opening two new London stores
• The Waves
• The Old Blue Last
• Swingers West End
• Skate 50
• Donutelier
• This is officially the best beach near London for summer 2026
• How to get tickets to see Harry Styles at London’s Meltdown Festival this summer: prize draw explained
• Rosalía at London’s O2 Arena: timings, set list, last-minute tickets, reviews and everything you need to know
• The 2027 London Marathon ballot has closed – here’s how you can still get a place in the legendary race
• 9 Franco Manca pizza restaurants will close in London: full list of locations shutting for good
• 7 of the best seaside towns in Britain are near London
• The Ginstitute
• Here’s how to get tickets to see Cate Blanchett at London’s National Theatre this summer as ticket sale dates have been announced
• I went to the world’s first PAW Patrol theme park area – and this is my honest review
• Vintage Poster Market
• The Jolly Hog Butchers
• We’re giving away 10 wristbands to SXSW London
• The best theme parks near London
• Independent Label Market
• The world's biggest museum for illustrations is coming to London – and the official opening date has been revealed
• One of London’s busiest train stations will close this summer
• London local elections 2026: Everything you need to know, including date, where to vote and what you need to vote
• Posh coffee shop chain WatchHouse – with brews that cost £25 – is opening a new cafe in north London
• London’s 26 most ‘iconic’ restaurants have been named by OpenTable
• The world’s best airport for shopping is in London
• Passport to Norway
• The massively underrated ‘Venice of England’ that is the best weekend trip from London in 2026
• NIGO: From Japan with Love
• The 20 best London gigs and music concerts in May 2026 that you can still get tickets for – with RAYE, Olivia Dean, Rosalía, Tame Impala and Doja Cat
• August events in London
• Monica Galetti is creating the menu for a new restaurant in Primrose Hill
• East West Shoreditch
• The London train station named one of the most ‘luxurious’ in the world
• The 26 best weekend trips from London in 2026
• Terms and Conditions: SXSW London Competition
• The 50 best things to do in London
• Six reasons you have to see Cleopatra: The Immersive Experience
• To Kill a Mockingbird
• A game-changing new £20 million attraction at London Zoo will let visitors get closer to the animals than ever before
• ‘High School Musical’ will return to the London stage this year, starring McFly’s Harry Judd
• South London is getting a fancy new gastropub headed up by a popular chef
• Pink Cereal Café
• Nigerian Modernism closing party
• Chat Noir!
• Franklins [CLOSED]
• The viral cheesecake shop that is opening a new location in north London this month
• London events in May
• How to get last-minute tickets for Olivia Dean’s London shows this weekend
• A Midsummer Night’s Dream
• The 8 London restaurants that were added to the Michelin Guide in April 2026
• Bar Kroketa - St Christopher's Place
• Olivia Dean at London’s O2 Arena: timings, set list, last-minute tickets and everything you need to know
• Grace Pervades
• Teeth 'n' Smiles