Ed Cunningham

Who doesn’t love sunflowers? Those golden, spindly, great-vibe giants are always a real treat to see in people’s gardens come the summer months. But seeing the vibrant blooms en masse is even better.  For those not so in the-know, sunflowers usually hit their bright yellow peak from August to September. And while, sure, you can see sunflowers in countless gardens and parks throughout London, there are few things quite so joyous as seeing an entire field of ‘em – and picking your own to put in a vase back at home. There are plenty of gorgeous pick-your-own sunflower fields within very easy reach of London. Before you head off on a sunny adventure, make sure to check in with these sites in advance to be sure of fresh crops and full blooms – Mother Nature is an unruly and unpredictable force. The best sunflower fields near London at a glance  🌻 Best for a family day out: The Patch MK 🚇 Best for car-less Londoners: Meopham PYO 📸 Best for photoshoots: Hitchin Lavender RECOMMENDED: 🐝 The best lavender fields in and around London💐 The best day trips from London for flower lovers🌸 The best places to see cherry blossom in London

June 2026: There's a brand new Number 1, with Holy Carrot in Spitalfields taking the top spot thanks to creative and delicious vegetarian cookery. Other fresh additions include Auguste and Cafe Kowloon in London Fields, the latest branch of YeYe's Noodle & Dumpling in Soho, pizza and Lambrusco at Bar Etna in Newington Green (and the nearby Golden Tooth gastropub), Greek goodness at Maza in Mayfair, and Logma, a sensational supper club at a Haggerston cafe. Hungry yet? Every week, a frankly silly amount of brilliant new restaurants, cafés and street food joints arrive in London. Which makes whittling down a shortlist of the best newbies a serious challenge. But here it is. The 20 very best new restaurants in the capital, ranked in order of greatness and deliciousness. All of them have opened over the past 12 months and been visited by our hungry critics. So go forth and take inspo from this list, which is updated regularly. Check in often to find out what we really rate on the London restaurant scene. And look here for all the info about the best new openings in June 2026. London's best new restaurants at a glance: 🍝 Central: Osteria Vibrato, Soho 🍠 North: The Golden Tooth, Newington Green 🇹🇭 South: Kruk, Peckham 🍝 East: Holy Carrot, Spitalfields 🥗 West: The Wei, Fulham Leonie Cooper is Time Out London’s Food and Drink Editor. For more about how we curate, see our editorial guidelines. RECOMMENDED: The 50 best restaurants in London. The hottest new openings, the tasti

Another year, another stellar lineup of UK music festivals. Sure, Glastonbury – the UK’s tentpole music event, no pun intended – is taking a fallow year, but other lineups are more than making up for Worthy Farm’s absence. Established musical feasts (Reading and Leeds, Latitude) will return amid tantalising new blockbuster additions (Roundhay Festival), alongside the usual more specialised genre and scene events (Supersonic, AVA, FOCUS). While it might seem a little early (and a tad chilly) for planning a sun-glazed weekend of outdoors live music, these days the UK festival season lasts beyond the summer months. The festival calendar is pretty much a year-round affair, with events taking place not just in fields or parks but in venues across cities, from early spring all the way through to late November. Already confirmed for 2026 are several lineups that’ll have the heads drooling at the mouth. Reading and Leeds has Charli XCX, Chase & Status, Dave, Florence + the Machine, Fontaines D.C and Raye. Download has Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit and Guns N Roses. London’s Victoria Park, across All Points East and LIDO, will host Tyler, the Creator, Deftones, Lorde, CMAT and Maribou State. Looking beyond the major fests, the lineups get even better. The 15th anniversary of Outbreak in Manchester has Alexisonfire and Basement topping the bill; Mighty Hoopla has scooped a headline performance from Lily Allen (performing West End Girl in full); FOCUS Wales will boast Fat Dog, Idlewild and S

June 2026: We've updated our roasts list to reflect the return of sunnier days. Try the Macbeth in Hoxton, which offers a great Portuguese-style Sunday sesh, and the ravishing Jamaican-inspired roast at Buster Mantis in Deptford. There are a couple of posh restaurants in the mix too, with a Nordic roast at the plush Ekstedt at the Yard near Westminster, and a serious meat feast at Quality Chop House in Clerkenwell. We also have a new Number 1 to welcome summer in; the masterful roast at The Golden Tooth on Green Lanes. London’s best Sunday roasts at a glance: 🥩 Central: Sessions Arts Club, Clerkenwell 😇 North: The Golden Tooth, Newington Green ⛪ South: Old Nun’s Head, Nunhead 🌈 East: The Nelson’s, Hackney 🍻 West: The Mall Tavern, Notting Hill Sunday lunch. There’s nothing quite like it. An elemental meal, one that Londoners take incredibly seriously. Debates about what constitutes the ‘perfect’ Sunday roast have been known to last for hours. There is no shortage of top roasts and Sunday lunch options in London. We’ve rounded up the city’s best Sunday meals from a host of pubs, restaurants and breweries all around town. What makes a good roast? For us, it’s simple; a welcoming room is a good start, maybe in a pub with an open fire during the winter months. Then it comes to the plate – we need perfect roast potatoes, well-cooked lamb, beef or pork and a decent plant-based option too. A Sunday roast is more than just lunch - it’s self-care. From snug neighbourhood staples

Need a fun restaurant for your birthday dinner, or a classy dining spot for a celebration? In London, you've loads of great options to dine in style, no matter if you're a party of two or 20. Here's our pick of the best restaurants in London where you can dine in a larger group. It's all here: spaces big, small, cheap and fancy. Now let the planning commence.  RECOMMENDED: The most romantic restaurants in London.  Leonie Cooper is Time Out London’s Food and Drink Editor. For more about how we curate, see our editorial guidelines.  

In 2026, the UK’s coastline is more in the spotlight than it has been in a long, long time. The opening of the long-awaited King Charles III Coastal Path means that the entire coasts of England, Wales and Scotland are now fully walkable – giving you even more of a reason to visit this nation’s extraordinary roster of seaside towns. Of course, being an island nation, the UK has no shortage of coastal spots. Prim, proper, picture-postcard-worthy idylls? Check. Remote, blustery retreats from stormy seas?  Yep, plenty of that. Thrill-packed resort spots with something for everyone? Britain has all of the above and much more. If you’re on the hunt for British seaside towns that are worth checking out right now – the ones that should be on your radar specifically in 2026 – that’s what we’re here for. Time Out assembled our UK travel experts to pick out the country’s most exciting seaside, port, harbour and resort towns to visit this year. RECOMMENDED: 🏖️ The best beaches in the UK (and mapped).📍 The best places to visit in Britain in 2026.🇬🇧 The best new things to do in the UK in 2026. Time Out’s best seaside towns, mapped Image: Time Out

Make no mistake, the UK has some of the planet’s finest stretches of coastline. Sure, Britain isn’t always outlined by beaming vast stretches of white à la Caribbean, but there’s extraordinary variety in our coast. Dramatic dunes, towering chalk cliffs and secret coves. Beaches fashioned out of pebbles, shingle and rock pools. Some attached to busy seaside towns, others blissfully remote. That diversity is all part of Britain’s seaside charm. The UK’s coast stretches thousands of miles, within which are around 1,500 beaches. How do you choose which ones are most worth visiting? Well, that’s where Time Out’s recommendations come in. Our latest guide to Britain’s top beaches has something for every kind of beach fanatic: sun-lounging spots in legendary seaside towns, creamy sands on far-off islands, newly-revived destinations, old favourites and much more. Our 2026 guide to the greatest beaches in Britain features 40 coastlines, five of which are new entries. From Cornwall’s world-famous sandy destinations all the way up to Scotland’s West Isles, here’s where to lay down a towel and go for a dip. RECOMMENDED: 🏖️ The best seaside towns in the UK to visit in 2026. 📍 The best places to visit in Britain in 2026. 🇬🇧 The best new things to do in the UK in 2026. The UK’s 20 best beaches, mapped Image: Time OutA map of the UK’s 20 best beaches, according to Time Out

With more than 70 cities across the UK, you’d be a fool if you only ever visited heavyweights like London, Manchester and Edinburgh. Everyone knows how brilliant those cities are, with their cultural offerings and culinary scenes. But we all know how expensive they can be, too – so it’s about time other spots got their flowers.  Every British city has a distinct personality. We have places that are packed with reminders of their medieval history, that are emerging as sporting hotspots, that offer world class nights out and that have bars and restaurants good enough to give London a run for its money.  So, who better to let you in on the UK’s best-kept secrets than Time Out’s editorial staff and expert local travel writers, who hark from all over the nation? From Derby to Dundee, here’s our roundup of the UK’s most underrated city breaks.  What is the cheapest UK city break? Smaller cities on the list, like Sheffield, Wells, Stoke and Dundee, offer more affordable accommodation than their larger counterparts. The sames tends to go when it comes to the price of a pint. Pubgoers in Dundee get to enjoy a cold one for an average £3.96 and in Durham and Sunderland, the average pint is around £4.60.  What is the best UK city to get to by train? If you’re travelling from London, you’re less than two hours on the train from Canterbury, Salisbury, Bristol and Bath – as well as from Sheffield and Stoke, if you can get a speedy service. Fast trains from London also regularly service Leed

Whether you’re in one of the UK’s diverse, underrated cities, our picture-perfect seaside towns or anywhere in between, there’s always a museum to educate, explain, enlighten. Far from just places to hide from grim weather, Britain’s greatest museums tell stories, explore histories and get you fascinated by stuff you’d never previously spared a thought for. Here at Time Out, we are, obviously, huge museum nerds. You’ll find countless of the cultural institutions peppered throughout our UK city guides, whether that’s a mighty, storeyed national behemoth or an adorably niche local exhibition space. Even better, plenty of those museums are totally free to visit (and they remain so, despite suggestions of change). But which British museums are most essential to visit this year? Which ones are having a moment, basking in a refurb, putting on the most tantalising exhibitions? We’ve rounded up the most unmissable, all chosen by Time Out UK editors who’ve recently visited them. Before we get stuck in, a quick note. The vast majority of the list below is outside London, and that’s intentional. If you’re looking for stuff in the capital, we have an excellent guide to the city’s museums here. We’ve also steered clear of conventional art galleries – watch out for a dedicated upcoming guide. RECOMMENDED: 📍 The UK’s top places to visit in 2026.🎨 The UK’s best new things to do in 2026.🎵 The best music festivals in the UK. At Time Out, all of our travel guides are written by writers who k

London is full of perfect pizza. The finest of fast foods, this delicious staple has been elevated far beyond its humble roots by great Italian restaurants in London, pop-ups, street food vendors and pub residencies, and we know just where to find these world-class wonders, because we’ve been eating our way across London in order to discover the best. Whether it’s delivered in a cardboard box or served in a swish restaurant, excellent pizza is hard to beat. Browse our list of the best pizza places in town and try not to drool on your screen. Recent additions to the list include some nifty kitchen residencies; Dough Hands at the Spurstowe Arms and All My Friends in Hackney Wick, Hot Saint at the Old Queen’s Head in Angel, Little Earthquakes at the Railway Tavern in Dalston, and Short Road Pizza at the William The Fourth in Leyton and Three Colts in Bethnal Green. You can find Ace Pizza at the Pembury Tavern in Hackney Downs, but they have a standalone parlour in Victoria Park. Try also; Spring Street Pizza in Borough for pie with a Michelin-starred touch, Carmela’s on Upper Street for a cosy slice, Vincenzo’s in Shoreditch for no-flop pizza and Bar Etna in Newington Green for a slap-up pizza feast. RECOMMENDED: The finest fish and chips in London.  Leonie Cooper is Time Out London’s Food and Drink Editor. For more about how we curate, see our editorial guidelines.

Think treehouses are just for children? Well think again – and fulfil your inner child’s dream with one of these unique elevated stays across the UK. Don’t worry, these getaways aren’t your typical treehouse with damp and woodlice. Think panoramic forest views, hot tubs under the stars, and interiors worthy of a design mag. Whether you’re after a five-star hideout suspended in the treetops or a rustic perch for some proper peace and quiet, these stays prove that nature and luxury can coexist beautifully. May 2026 update: Time Out editor Ella Doyle finally checked in at a treehouse we’ve had our eye on for a while – and it didn’t dissapoint. Check out our brand-new number one.   Best treehouse getaways at a glance  🚆 Best near London: Treehouse Retreat, Kent 🧸 Best for families: Toad Hall treehouse, Norfolk 💘 Best for couples: Elmore Wild Treehouses, Gloucester 💫 Most luxurious: Cherrybrae Cottage, Saint Fillans 💰 Best on a budget: Little Tree House, Gwynedd When is the best time of year to stay in a treehouse? Naturally, the warmer months are ideal for simpler, less-insulated treehouses – and for making the most of the great outdoors. That said, it really depends on the spot. If your chosen perch comes with heating (and you don’t mind a little nip in the air), you can head up there any time of year. In fact, winter stays have their own kind of magic: think frosty morning walks, crackling fires, and the bonus of off-peak prices, not to mention fewer bugs for the squeam

As much as we at Time Out all love London, from its restaurants and boozers to its theatre, art and museums, sometimes it’s nice to get out of the city for a bit. And while, sure, you could limit that city-escape to a swift day trip (find all the inspo you need for that here), there are also plenty of options for a longer getaway. The UK’s capital city is, naturally, extraordinarily well-connected to the rest of the country. Whether it’s a happening city like Glasgow, Bristol or Manchester or a rural idyll like the Cotswolds, Peak District or Lake District, very few places are more than a few hours’ travel away. And Time Out has definitive travel guides for all those places. From restaurants in Edinburgh to Stratford-upon-Avon’s RSC programme, we’ve got you covered wherever you pick for your weekend jaunt.  This article includes affiliate links. These links have no influence on our editorial content. For more information, click here. Best weekend trips at a glance 🎭 Best for theatre lovers: Stratford-Upon-Avon ⛪ Best for history buffs: Cambridge 🛁 Best for literature fans : Bath 🐴 Best for hikers: Scottish Highlands 🏖️ Best for seaside fun: Cornwall RECOMMENDED: 🇬🇧 The best places to visit in the UK in 2026.📍 The best new things to do in Britain in 2026.🌊 The best seaside towns in the UK in 2026.🎤 The best music festivals in the UK to book for 2026..

Do you count The Hague among the coolest cities in Europe? Well, you absolutely should. I know what you’re thinking: what could be ‘cool’ about all those embassies and government offices, about the International Criminal Court? But Den Haag has a phenomenal bar scene and a lively Chinatown, a thriving seaside resort district and world-leading music festivals, bags of history and spectacular works of architecture. It is quietly one of the continent’s most happening spots. The Hague boasts a casual, unshouty sort of cool – and so does its first TRIBE hotel. TRIBE Den Haag Centraal may be yet another outpost of a global hotel chain (it’s one of Accor’s ‘midscale’ brands) but it suits the city well. Prim and practical, yes, but with far more style and depth to it than first appears. TRIBE Den Haag Centraal is a great hunk of a building, a sleek and bold navy-blue tower surrounded by the shinier, glassier structures of the surrounding Spui neighbourhood. It opened in December 2025, not just rebranding a former Mercure hotel but overhauling it with all-new furniture and fittings. What are the rooms like at TRIBE Den Haag Centraal? Spacious and wisely proportioned, clean and well-equipped, heaps of style combined with the slick dependability of a chain – TRIBE is all of that. Its 159 rooms have pretty much all the features you’d expect of a brand-new hotel in the year 2026: plugs with a range of charging options, tonnes of storage, immaculate soundproofing, a bed you can truly spraw

Padella truly changed the London pasta game. The city is now chock-a-bloc with excellent hand-rolled fresh pasta and you have Tim Siadatan and Jordan Frieda to thank: first for opening the excellent Islington eatery Trullo, then for the debut Padella in Borough Market in 2016, which was followed by a Shoreditch location. Ten years later comes the duo’s statement West End opening: a two-floor, 80-seat Padella just off the south end of Carnaby Street. Step through the door and devotees of the original restaurant will find themselves in familiar surroundings: a simple but sleek establishment with stools in the window, bulbous mid-century lampshades and framed fashion mags on the walls. The pici cacio e pepe purrs, and remains one of the city’s great beige foodie wonders Three restaurants in 10 years is a steady and certainly not rapid rate of expansion. Would Padella’s founders prefer to take their time and not overstretch? Padella Soho certainly feels that way, like a chain primed for take-off but never losing sight of the foundations of its success. Padella’s classics are as dependable as ever. The pici cacio e pepe purrs, and its juicy mouthfuls of salt, pepper and butter remain one of the city’s great beige foodie wonders. Similarly coloured ravioli satisfies a similar part of the mouth with semi-translucent sacks of crumbly ricotta. The luminous green spinach tagliarini, with its beaming egg yolk, isn’t quite so immortal – a tad on the stuffy side – but undeniably punchy wi

How’s this for a pitch? Shack up for the weekend (or longer) in a luxury, design-focused cabin right by the beach. The surrounding complex has its own spa, sauna, hot tub and pool complex. For your soundtrack, there’s just the softly-crashing waves of the English Channel. Your sights are streaking sunsets, seabirds riding the wind, a distant pulsating lighthouse. Not bad, eh? All the above is promised at CABÜ by the Sea, the Kent outpost of a company that also has a site in Ireland’s Killykeen Forest Park and is set to open a new Oxfordshire Cotswolds venue in 2027. CABÜ’s Kent location was its first, and it has been open since 2019. Self-catered and with a two-night minimum stay, CABÜ by the Sea doesn’t pretend to offer anything like the slick, in-and-out efficiency of a typical hotel. Guests are encouraged to use it to ‘relax and rewild’, making the most of the beach, pool, spa treatments and social areas. What are the rooms like at CABÜ by the Sea? The shepherd’s hut-style cabins range in size from one-bed studios to three-beds, and they’re all detached. I stayed in a one-bed ‘luxury’ cabin – one level above a one-bed studio – which had more than enough space for two people. A passion for design and ecology was on full-display through the accommodation, from ‘Cabin Porn’ books and flora prints on the walls to mid-century-ish furniture. There was a lot to like. The tall ceilings were gorgeous but a log fire, thick blankets and board games ensured properly cosy cabin vibes.

The Culpeper (the pub) is among east London’s most gorgeous boozers. Tall ceilings, vast windows onto Commercial Street, an extraordinary wraparound bar and – in the warmer months – one of the city’s great rooftops. The highest praise one can heap upon the Culpeper’s boutique hotel, therefore, is that it is a more than worthy accompaniment to its downstairs boozer. The Culpeper’s boutique hotel is neatly slotted into a four-floor Victorian pub that opened under its current name in 2014. The five rooms are all on the second floor – to regular pub-goers, that’s two floors above the pub, one above the restaurant and one below the rooftop. The restaurant’s ethos and décor continues to its rooms, which are shabby-chic in a very design-led, sustainable, waste-free sort of way. Even after being open for a decade, there’s an endearing familiarity to arriving at the Culpeper. You wander through an exceedingly pretty pub, pick up your keys at the restaurant’s booking desk, climb steep creaky stairs and head down a winding corridor to the rooms. What are the rooms like at The Culpeper? Like all great boutique hotels, staying at The Culpeper is like having discovered a secret, like being somewhere you shouldn’t really be – in this case, delightful rooms hidden away in a pub in prime E1. As downstairs, the room décor is shabby-chic with washed walls and ceilings, rugged furnishings and doors of various pleasing squeaks. The harsher features – a chunk of oak for a headboard, another hunk a

It’s alright to break the rules sometimes – especially if you’ve made them up yourself. Have that fourth pint on a weeknight. Nip to the 24-hour bagel shop for a post-dinner snack. You won’t get ill from oysters this time. Because, sometimes, very special things come from such rebellion: a miraculous non-hangover, a quiet joy, or one-of-a-kind deliciousness. In a decade of vegetarianism, I’ve been to few places better Depending on your degree of plant-based militancy, Holy Carrot’s second restaurant either vaguely bends its own rules or totally upends them. At the original outpost in Portobello, head chef Daniel Watkins’s live fire cooking and ferment laboratory established Holy Carrot as one of London’s great pioneers of vegan cuisine. But this new outpost in Spitalfields is not vegan, with all manner of dairy- and/or egg-based wonders across the menu. I previously reckoned that the first Holy Carrot was ‘[not] out to blow your mind’. Well, the second very much is. Their ‘sexy’ tofu – two mighty chunks loaded with a raucous display of Watkins’ fermenting chops (pickled carrot, onion and more) – shone in a blaze of fried orange and golden yellow. Each bite – thick with crunch but juicily tender inside – was accompanied by an eye-widening flash of sweet pickle and creamy smoked carrot XO. Burrata was my first experience of non-vegan Holy Carrot, and made for a similarly vivid sequence of textures and flavours: a plump dollop with a delicately brittle lemongrass pineapple hair

Sketch. You know it. That one from Instagram. Space pod loos. Loud art on the walls. Sort of like eating in an immersive theatre experience. But the Conduit Street institution is more than just a place for selfies and soundtracked bowel movements. Over two decades after opening it’s still very much a serious restaurant – and one that’s just had a redesign. An iconic dining destination In January 2026 Sketch revealed the first major rehang of its main Gallery restaurant since 2022, with Yinka Shonibare’s masks and quilts replaced by Jonathan Baldock’s faces and cocoons. The Gallery remains sunshine yellow, with its gorgeous domed skylight, though woven cocoons now curl down from the ceiling and 84 clay masks line the walls. The loos, you’ll be glad to hear, are the same: 2001-esque egg cubicles with ambient music and convex mirrors. Plenty might go somewhere like this with a certain wariness. Nice art doesn’t necessarily mean decent food, service and value for money. But Sketch is more than just a pretty face. In the Gallery, the menu is of the modern European variety, though with plenty of Asian touches and – in a way that fits the surroundings – a pleasing penchant for bright colours and presentational flair. All of which was clear from the off. We opened with the lily sing salad; creamy miso mayonnaise spun over avocado, tofu, mango, tomatoes, pomegranates and freeze-dried raspberries. Rather than just a garish splurge of colour on balmy yellow crockery, it was a mastercla

Soho, Marylebone and Mayfair – these are not London neighbourhoods that are in short supply of luxury. A hotel that sits at the intersection of all three, therefore, might be expected to be very glamourous indeed. And that the BoTree certainly is, though in a very modern and unstuffy sense, having only opened in 2023. Those familiar with this particular link between Oxford and Wigmore Streets might recognise the BoTree’s address from its previous life as home to the brutalist, geometrically-dazzling Welbeck Street car park. These days it doesn’t really resemble that structure, the eye-catching multi-storey replaced with a shiny grey-ish block – though latticed decoration on the corner does ever-so-slightly hint at the site’s previous life. Approaching the BoTree from Oxford Street, it’s miraculous – and a bit eerie – how the atmosphere shifts so quickly from the hectic stress of Europe’s longest shopping street to sleek, calm, palpably wealthy Marylebone. By the time you’ve stepped into the lobby, the blaring pedicabs, roaring buses and general hubbub of the West End are nowhere to be seen or heard. Why stay at The BoTree? The BoTree’s standout feature is its location, no contest. The primest of prime West End, stumble out of Bond Street station and you’re here – practically all of Soho and Marylebone is within walking distance, and the rest of the city is just a tube away. What are the rooms like at The BoTree? My room was the BoTree Suite, a seventh-floor space wrapping aro

Detroit-style pizza is on the up in London – but which of the capital’s pizzerias will perfect it first? Ria’s in Notting Hill stylishly flicks its hat in the ring. Detroiter pizzas have a rep for being weighty on both the scales and the stomach – instead Ria’s are delicate and scrupulous, each bite meticulously measured to sink just the right amount, to crunch at exactly the right depth. The toppings are equally weighted, dollops of mozz, sweet caramelised onions and tangy lemon basil sauce all sitting atop airy crispness. We recommend the roasted king prawn pizza with slow cooked marinara sauce, a parmesan crust, salsa macha marinated king prawns, and gorgonzola cream drizzle. Motor City flawlessly refined in the heart of west London.

art'otel and Hoxton: on paper, at least, a match made in heaven. Famously arty hotel chain meets famously arty London neighbourhood (well, if you lump Hoxton in with Shoreditch, which is fine by us). The address has arty history, too: the hotel occupies a site formerly home to the legendary Foundry, an ale bar and arts venue once described as ‘crucible of the Britart movement’. Not familiar with art'otel? Let us bring you up to speed. The brand posits its outposts as both hotels and art galleries, with your stay being a chance to encounter real pieces of art. Each location has its own ‘signature artist’, around whom not only is the hotel themed but who gets to actually design a lot of the hotel, from its wall artworks to its furniture. art'otel Hoxton’s signature artist is D*Face (Dean Stockton), titan of English street art known for his chaotic, colourful, attention-demanding works. Approaching the hotel there’s a sense of occasion fitting for D*Face’s rep: the building towers over the fork of Great Eastern Street and Old Street. Two original Banksys sit above the doorway; dramatic escalators glide past gigantic, blinding screens of video art; a human-size sculpture of ‘D*Dog’ (one of D*Face’s best-known figures) greets you at reception as a kind of concierge. It is very much like entering a proper art gallery. Why stay at art'otel London Hoxton? If you’re fond of art – specifically street art, even more specifically the work of D*Face – art'otel Hoxton is a real treat. It’s

You can spot the building that hosts Archives from miles around, a repurposed 1960s industrial tower standing tall above Tottenham Hale’s retail parks and marshland. And it’s a worthy local landmark: since opening in 2024 Archives has regularly hosted blockbuster nights, from James Blake’s CMYK to the second edition of Eastern Margins’ festival Margins United. The space itself is an 8,500-square-foot ground-floor blank canvas with thick concrete columns and capacity for 1,600; the 360-degree soundsystem is solid, the dancefloor is well-proportioned and the outdoor/rest areas are sizeable. The only downside is the bar prices. When I was last here pints were flatly priced at a very steep £8.50 (and £7.50 for cans).

A country home amid gargantuan piles of slate, Plas Weunydd sits atop a hill overlooking not just an old industrial town but the vast landscape of Snowdonia National Park. Needless to say, the hotel is all about its location: the location on a map, sure (it’s pretty much at the dead-centre of Snowdonia and surrounded by all manner of outdoorsy activities) but also its topographical location, with views galore.  For my visit to Plas Weunydd, the approach by car saw me wind my way past the hills and valleys of the national park, through old mining town Blaenau Ffestiniog and most of the way up a not-unsteep hill. The hotel is perched near the top, at the same turning as much-hyped adventure attraction Zip World and a mountain-biking course.  Why stay at Plas Weunydd? If you’re in Snowdonia for an adventure or outdoorsy holiday (and this is very much a region famous for that), Plas Weunydd is extraordinarily well-located. Hiking, cycling, mountain biking, zip-wiring and more is almost literally on your doorstep – as previously mentioned, Zip World is across the road – while countless mountains, waterfalls, lakes or rivers in Snowdonia National Park are no more than a half-hour drive away.  The building itself was built in 1870 as the home of John Whitehead Greaves, the founder of nearby Llechwed Quarry. It was turned into a hotel in 2021, and it relaunched in April 2025 following further refurbishment. Plas Weunydd prides itself on being an adventure holiday base, but also for b

Prince Durairaj and Glen Leeson are good at this by now. Excellent, in fact. The pair have put together a small chain of top Indian eateries; Islington’s Tamil Prince and Tamil Crown, and the first Tamila in Clapham. Fourth time around with Tamila King’s Cross, the experience is more refined than ever. London’s second Tamila is at the other end of Caledonian Road from the Tamil Prince, and, like the Clapham edition, isn’t a ‘desi pub’ but a curry house for fast, casual dining and with an all-day menu. Without the loveable musk of an ex-pub, the space is much airier and restaurant-y, while the service is sharper and more attentive. Food-over-booze indicators don’t get much more obvious than Tamila’s massive interior window directly into the kitchen.  The dhal flashed all sorts of vegetables across your tongue, while paneer butter masala was creamy and mightily generous Our drinks flew out at an impressive pace. A bold harbinger of the strong, spiced flavours to come, the gunpowder margarita, boasting masala dust for salt and earthy smokiness, was sumptuous. The paloma had grapefruity sweetness but a proper, heaped dash of ginger that lingered powerfully.  Tamila’s dishes verge on the more generous side of ‘small plates’. On platters so spotless and shiny they’re genuinely mirrors, come miraculously un-greasy onion bhajis, each one just more than a mouthful of prickly, salty crackle. Retaining integral crispiness beneath dollops of mint chutney, one gets the impression that th

Zach Bryan is one of country music’s fastest-rising stars. Fresh from two sell-out London festival shows last summer, the singer and songwriter is embarking on a huge UK stadium tour this June. First up on his With Heaven On Tour here in Blighty is Liverpool’s Anfield Stadium. The tour marks the release of Bryan’s latest album With Heaven On Top, which was released this past January and boasted hits like ‘Say Why’ and ‘Plastic Cigarette’. His current tour will see Zach play huge stadiums and venues in Edinburgh, London and Belfast. Off to see Zach Bryan at Anfield this week? Or planning on getting last-minute tickets? Here’s what you need to know about the show, from doors and start time to the potential setlist and where to find eleventh-hour tickets. When is Zach Bryan playing Anfield? The country star is in Liverpool on Friday June 12 2026. What time do doors open? Doors open at 5pm. What time will Zach Bryan come on stage? Judging from previous tour stops, expect Bryan on stage at around 8.30pm – or just before. As always, get down to the stadium early to avoid disappointment. What’s the seating plan? This is a map of the stadium, according to Ticketmaster. Image: TicketmasterAnfield Stadium map for Zach Bryan concert Who’s supporting Zach Bryan at Anfield? Experimental pop artist Dijon and folk singer Fey Fili are supporting Bryan in Liverpool. Setlist For an idea of what Zach Bryan will play in Liverpool, this was the setlist in the Netherlands last week (according to

There are few country musicians on the planet who’re quite as huge as Zach Bryan right now. To prove it, the Oklahoma-raised songwriter is currently on a tour of UK arenas, which started in Liverpool on Friday (June 12) and will continue with another show at Edinburgh’s Murrayfield. With Heaven On Tour marks the release of Bryan’s latest album With Heaven On Top, which was released in January and featured songs like ‘Say Why’ and ‘Plastic Cigarette’. After Edinburgh, he’ll go on to play vast venues in London and Belfast. Have you got tickets to see Zach Bryan at Murrayfield this week? Or are you a little less well-organised and planning on getting last-minute tickets? In any case, here’s what you need to know about the show, from doors and start time to the potential setlist. Zach Bryan at Murrayfield: At a glance Date: Sunday, June 14, 2026 Early Entry Doors: 4:30 PM General Admission Doors: 5:00 PM Expected Zach Bryan Stage Time: 8:30 PM Support Acts: Dijon, Fey Fili When is Zach Bryan playing Murrayfield? The country star is in Edinburgh on Sunday June 14 2026. What time do doors open at Murrayfield? Doors at Scottish Gas Murrayfield – as it’s known for sponsorship reasons – open at 5pm for normal ticketholders. Early Entry Ticketholders can arrive from 4.30pm. Photograph: Michael715 / Shutterstock.comMurrayfield during the Oasis gigs last summer What time will Zach Bryan come on stage? If previous tour stops are anything to go by, expect Bryan on stage at ar

Legendary rock band Muse have announced a huge European tour for later this year – and it includes dates in Britain. The ‘Starlight’, ‘Hysteria’ and ‘Plug In Baby’ hitmakers are touring in support of their upcoming 10th studio album The Wow! Signal, which will be released later this month. Matt Bellamy, Dominic Howard and Chris Wolstenholme are renowned for their live spectacle. Since forming in 1994 the trio has churned out countless arena-rock bangers and put on suitably massive performances – often with elaborate staging and production. The Wow! Signal Europa Tour will see Muse play well over a dozen arena shows across Europe. Are you in the market for Muse tickets? Here’s what you need to know about getting your hands on tickets to The Wow! Signal Europa Tour in the UK. RECOMMENDED: The best music festivals in the UK. When are Muse going on tour? The ‘Knights of Cydonia’ trio’s The Wow! Signal Tour starts in the US in July 2026 and ends in Switzerland in December. What UK tour dates have been announced so far? At time of writing, four dates have been confirmed for Muse in Britain this year. They are as follows: November 12 - Manchester, Co-op Live November 13 - Manchester, Co-op Live November 15 - London, The O2 November 16 - London, The O2 View this post on Instagram A post shared by MUSE (@museband) When do Muse tickets go on sale? General sale starts at 10am BST on Friday June 19. You’ll be able to get tickets on Ticketmaster here. Presale details T

This weekend the 2026 FIFA World Cup will finally be in full swing – and while Thomas Tuchel’s England don’t get their campaign going until next week, there’s plenty of other games to watch at screenings across the capital. Football aside, there are plenty of other things to be seeing and doing in the city on June 13-14, from Harry Styles’ Meltdown festival to an optical illusions exhibition at Somerset House. Fair warning: if you need to get public transport to travel around London, this weekend you’ll have to watch out for major travel disruption. Several important tube lines are set to be impacted by closures, including the Piccadilly, Circle, District, Metropolitan and Hammersmith & City lines. But that’s no reason to stay at home. Find a full guide to this weekend’s travel disruption – and how to navigate it – below. RECOMMENDED: The 6 best free things to do in London this weekend. London travel disruption and tube closures, June 13-14 2026 District line On Saturday June 13 no service on the entire line until 10.30am On Sat June 13 no trains between Embankment/Edgware Road and Ealing Broadway/Kensington Olympia/Richmond/Wimbledon. On Sat Jun 13 (from 2pm) and Sunday June 14 (all day): no trains between Barons Court and Stamford Brook, no trains between Earls Court and Kensington (Olympia) and no trains between Fulham Broadway and Wimbledon. Photograph: ShutterstockLondon Underground signs for the Circle and District lines Circle line On Sat Jun 13, no service on the

And... breathe. London’s latest bout of tube strikes have finished. RMT union drivers on the London Underground walked out twice at the start of June, with no current plans for further industrial action.  RMT union members walked out in response to the introduction of a ‘compressed four-day working week’ for tube drivers, impacting the entire London Underground network. There were two rounds of strikes, with two 24-hour strikes in both May and June – the city’s first industrial action since September 2025.  While the RMT hasn’t yet announced further strikes, the union is yet to formally come to an agreement with TfL. More industrial action could be announced for the coming weeks and months.     Worried about more strikes hitting the capital? Here’s everything you need to know. RECOMMENDED:🛤️ When are the next UK-wide train strikes? What you need to know about nationwide industrial action. When are the next London tube strikes? At time of writing, no more strikes have been announced for the London Underground.  Which services are affected by strikes?  During major walk-outs, the entire tube network is affected. As a reminder, here’s a list of every London tube service:  Bakerloo Central Circle District Hammersmith & City Jubilee Metropolitan Northern Piccadilly Victoria Waterloo & City The Elizabeth line is not a London Underground service.  However, not all lines are always down in every strike. In April and June, for example, ASLEF union members did not walk out and so

The 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off this week – and you can already feel World Cup fever starting to grip the UK. Two home nations have qualified (England and Scotland) and this year’s event is its biggest yet. Thomas Tuchel’s England will get their World Cup campaign underway next week against Croatia. Only the Three Lions’ games in Group L have been confirmed so far, with matches against Ghana and Panama to follow the week after. The tournament will be taking place across Mexico, Canada and the USA, meaning that here in the UK matches will be mostly during prime – ie non-work, in-pub – hours (though some games will take place very, very late at night). All 2026 World Cup games will be broadcast on either BBC or ITV. But when exactly are England playing at the World Cup? Find everything you need to know below, from the fixture list and kick-off times to the TV channel. What group is England in for the 2026 World Cup? The Three Lions are in Group L, with Croatia, Ghana and Panama. Photograph: ph.FAB / Shutterstock.comHarry Kane and Jude Bellingham playing for the England national men’s team England World Cup 2026 Group Stage TV Schedule The Three Lions’ three Group L games are set in stone. Here’s when they are, with kick-off time (in BST) and TV channel. England v Croatia – Wednesday June 17, 9pm BST (ITV1 and ITVX) England v Ghana – Tuesday June 23, 9pm BST (BBC One and BBC iPlayer) Panama v England – Saturday June 27, 10pm BST (ITV1 and ITVX) England Potential Knockout S

Before the Tartan Army even get to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Scotland’s national men’s team has given fans memories to last a lifetime. That Denmark qualifier. Scott McTominay’s bicycle kick (now immortalised in a Glasgow mural). Kenny McLean’s scorcher from the halfway line. Steve Clark, Andy Robertson and co are playing in the team’s first World Cup since France 1998. They’ve got a tough group – with five-time world champions Brazil, technical AFCON champions Morocco and dark horses Haiti – but a decent chance of making it through to the knockouts nonetheless Can’t make it to North America to be a member of the IRL Tartan Army? Worry not. Every Scotland World Cup game is being broadcast on free-to-air telly in the UK. Here’s your complete guide to every game – confirmed and potential – at the tournament. What group is Scotland in for the 2026 World Cup? The Tartan Army are in Group C, with Haiti, Morocco and Brazil. Scotland World Cup 2026 Group Stage TV Schedule Here’s when Scotland’s three group stage games are, with kick-off times (in BST) and TV channels: Haiti v Scotland – Sunday June 14, 2am BST (BBC One and BBC iPlayer) Scotland v Morocco – Friday June 19, 11pm BST (ITV1, STV, ITVX, and STV Player) Scotland v Brazil – Wednesday June 24, 11pm BST (BBC One and BBC iPlayer) Photograph: Maciej Rogowski Photo / Shutterstock.comAndy Robertson playing for Scotland Scotland Potential Knockout Stage Dates & Times The dates and times of Scotland’s knockout games depend on w

One of the biggest tours of the year is officially underway. Take That’s The Circus Live 2026 Tour kicked off in Southampton in May and will see the legendary boyband play well over a dozen stadium dates in the UK this summer. This week it’s Glasgow’s turn, with Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen set for two shows at Hampden Park. The Circus Live Summer 2026 sees the return of Take That’s blockbuster 2009 tour, which marked the release of their chart-topping fifth studio album The Circus. The OG tour was at the time the fastest-selling tour in history and its 2026 edition will bring back the same setlist and same spectacular production. Off to see Gary, Howard and Mark at Hampden this week? Here’s Time Out’s ultimate guide to the shows, from the doors and setlist to any remaining ticket availability. When are Take That playing Hampden Park? The trio are at the stadium – these days officially known, for sponsorship reasons, as Barclays Hampden – on the following dates: Friday June 12 Saturday June 13 What time do doors open? Doors open on both days at 5pm. There is no re-entry What time will the band come on stage? Expect Take That’s set to start at around 8.30pm. Curfew is 11pm. Photograph: Emma TranterTake That, The Circus Live Tour in Southampton What’s the seating plan? This is a map of the stadium and the seating plan, according to the venue. Image: Barclays HampdenBarclays Hampden stadium map Who’s supporting Take That at Hampden Park? There are two supports

Take That’s fifth studio album The Circus is one of their best. The chart-topping 2008 record contains some of the group’s best-known (and most commercially successful) tunes, including the likes of ‘Greatest Day’ and ‘Said It All’, and its release was originally marked with the record-breaking The Circus Live Tour, which toured the UK’s biggest stadiums back in summer 2009. At the time, The Circus Live was the fastest-selling tour in history (selling out in just five hours), and now the boyband are bringing it back. Last week (on September 19) Take That confirmed that in 2026, 17 years later, The Circus Live will return to British stadiums – and tickets go on sale this week. The Circus Live Summer 2026 will feature the same 2009 setlist (plus some surprises), as well as the same massive staging. It’ll even include Irish band The Script on support, who also warmed up the crowd for Take That back in ’09. The big difference is that the band are now a trio of Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen, with no Jason Orange. Keen to get a ticket to one of 2026’s biggest tours? Here’s what you need to know about buying Take That tickets for next summer. RECOMMENDED: How to get tickets for Ed Sheeran’s UK tour in December 2025. When are Take That going on tour in the UK? The Circus Live Summer 2026 tour will run in May, June and July 2026. What tour dates have been confirmed so far? Here are the UK dates confirmed by Take That for next summer. Note that the band has added several fur

Pitchfork Music Festival London is, by our reckoning, one of the top music festivals in the UK right now. Since launching in November 2021, the multi-venue, week-ish-long event has firmly established itself in the capital’s annual festival calendar, known for its eclectic lineups, high-spec production and yearly takeover of Dalston’s greatest music venues. On November 2-8 2026 Pitchfork Music Festival London will return for its sixth edition. This week it’s revealed the lineup and it’s huge. Well, huge if you’re a music geek and/or avid Pitchfork reader. As before, the festival will be set up as a series of individually ticketed events. Participating venues include EartH, Café OTO, Hackney Church, MOTH Club, Roundhouse, The Cause and Royal Festival Hall (several of which are on our lists of the top live music venues in London and the greatest independent music joints in Britain). On the bill are producer Actress (Darren J Cunningham) performing a ‘Radical Frame’ live show at EartH Theatre, legendary Aussie plunderphonic duo The Avalanches at the Roundhouse, rapper Noname celebrating 10 years of her breakout record Telefone (also at the Roundhouse) and BRITs Critics’ Choice Award winner Jacob Alon at Hackney Empire. Image: NonameNoname Dedicated Pitchfork-heads will be ecstatic to hear that post-rock innovators Tortoise are also in the first wave of artists announced, as are the Knife’s Olof Dreijer and creators of the publication’s 2025 album of the year Los Thuthanaka. Ph

Sure, only the flushest of Londoners can afford to shop at an M&S on the regs – but who’s complaining when a shiny new Marks and Sparks opens in their neighbourhood? Whether you’re after succulent fruits and veggies, luxe specific ingredients or legendary sweet treats like Percy Pigs and Colin the Caterpillar, a local Marks and Spencer supermarket can prove very handy indeed. It’s good news for plenty of Londoners, therefore, that M&S has revealed plans to open four new supermarkets in the capital. Better yet, a further six existing Marks and Spencer stores are getting a substantial refurb. Two of the brand-new M&Ses have already opened. An 8,900-square-foot store on Mitcham Road in Tooting Broadway went live last week, while M&S has also moved to a new location on Tottenham Court Road which is not just 45 percent bigger but slightly closer to the tube station (shifting from number 55 to 15-17). The new TCR spot opened today (June 9) and features an in-store bakery & coffee counter. Photograph: Marks and SpencerM&S Food Tooting Broadway Two more stores are set for Sydenham (at Bell Green Retail Park) and Elephant and Castle (at The Elephant Development), though these don’t yet have opening dates. They’re slated to start welcoming customers sometime this year. As for the glowed-up Marks and Spencer outposts? Well, one of those in Whetstone has already been ‘renewed’ and reopened in April. Two more will be finished this summer, with the upper two floors of the Pantheon Oxford

The 2026 edition of Pride in London is just under a month away. In the lead up to this year’s march, this week the UK’s biggest free-to-attend LGBTQ+ Pride has revealed more details about the event – including the theme and music lineup. This year’s theme is Many Voices. One Front, a call to stand together across generations and identities. Organisers are focusing the campaign on four critical issues:  trans healthcare rights, Black and Brown queer visibility, chosen family rights and ending hate crime. Pride in London’s interim CEO Rebecca Paisis said she wants 2026 to be ‘the most inclusive Pride in London event yet’, adding: ‘This year’s campaign is a reminder that whilst the community often faces challenges in isolation, it is by coming together that we can change history.’ Co-founder of Stonewall and LGBTQ+ activist Lisa Power MBE said: ‘Right now, we have a government and institutions meant to defend our rights that are attacking trans people’s rights, and the rest of ours will follow. So now’s the time to join hands and bring an ally, or someone you’re an ally to, along to Pride. Together, we can be stronger.’ Image: Pride in LondonPride in London ‘Many Voices. One Front’ campaign Pride in London 2026 will take place on Saturday July 4, 54 years after the first march in 1972. The parade will start at 12pm at Hyde Park Corner, heading down Piccadilly and along Haymarket before finishing at Whitehall. A whopping 1.8 million are expected to attend. Time Out will be a me