Ed Cunningham

Another year, another stellar lineup of UK music festivals. Sure, Glastonbury – the UK’s tentpole music event, no pun intended – has taken 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). 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 have been even better. The 15th anniversary of Outbreak in Manchester had Alexisonfire and Basement topping the bill; Mighty Hoopla scooped a headline performance from Lily Allen (performing West End Girl in full); FOCUS Wales boasted Fat Dog, Idlewild and Shame. Still deciding which festivals are for you this year? Look no further than our guide. Time Out knows the UK’s festival

July 2026: We've updated our roasts list to reflect the fact it's sunny and pretty warm out. Try the Macbeth in Hoxton, which offers a great Portuguese-style Sunday sesh, the ravishing Jamaican-inspired roast at Buster Mantis in Deptford, or Rice Paddy's northern Thai meat platter in Peckham. 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; a 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

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. London’s best pizza at a glance: 🍞 Best in central London: Rudys, Soho 🌋 Best in north London: Bar Etna, Newington Green 🚗 Best in east London: Short Road Pizza, Leyton and Bethnal Green  🌸 Best in south London: Spring Street Pizza, Borough 🇮🇹 Best in west London: Napoli on the Road, Chiswick and Richmond Recent additions to the list include some nifty kitchen residencies; Dough Hands at the Spurstowe Arms and All My Friends in Hackney Wick, Fresh Hot Pizza at The Fox in Haggerston, 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 also have a standalone parlour in Victoria Park. Try as well Spring Street Pizza in Borough for pie with a Michelin-starred touch, Carmela’s on Upper Street for a cosy slice, Vincenzo’s in Shoredi

September 2026: There's a brand new Number 1, with the frankly exceptional Impala in Soho taking the top spot as our favourite new restaurant in London. Other fresh additions include Kismet in Borough Market, Cafe Clement by the Thames in Temple, Hon's BBQ in Hackney Wick, Cue Point in Notting Hill, Jackson Boxer's Vesper in Clerkenwell and Kinz in Notting Hill. 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 September 2026. London's best new restaurants at a glance: 🥩 Central: Impala, Soho 🍷 North: The Golden Tooth, Newington Green 🦐 South: The Victory, East Dulwich 🍝 East: Hon's BBQ, Hackney Wick 🥗 West: Maai by Nikita, 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 tastiest tips, the spiciest reviews: we’re serving it all on our London restaurants WhatsA

Lebanese food has been available in London for roughly a half century, with Fakhreldine opening in Mayfair in the 1970s and the first branch of Maroush on Edgware Road in 1981. While there is still plenty of decent Lebanese fare on Edgware Road, it is further west in Park Royal, that some of the best Lebanese – and Middle Eastern food in general – can now be found. But what is Lebanese cuisine anyway? And what makes it distinct from Syrian or Palestinian food? In the late 1990s, when the Arab world’s first TV chef Ramzi Choueiri began chronicling rural culinary traditions across Lebanon, a more coherent nationalist idea of the cuisine emerged, while the urban restaurant culture of Beirut was exported across global cities with an idea of Lebanese cuisine as a uniquely elegant take on Middle Eastern cuisine. While this image of Lebanese food has stuck, it is at its core characterised by the Arabic saying baynatna khubz wa-milih (between us there is bread and salt). In other words, it is food to be eaten communally; dishes to be shared. The interesting thing about Lebanese restaurants in London is that the differences between menus can be so subtle they’re hard to notice. Menus are often organised the same way: cold mezze, hot mezze, and then mains, often organized into stewed dishes and charcoal grill items. So the differences can be put down to three things. First, service style. At the more upmarket end of the spectrum, home-baked pita or taboun bread are served over industr

Here at Time Out, we love all hotels equally: the flashy five-stars, the cool boutiques, the well-thought-out budget stays. But some are, undoubtedly, better looking than others. Whether ‘beautiful’ to you is a secluded jungle lodge or an eco-cool city stay, a kitschy motel or a reawakened royal residence, we’ve got them all on this list (and then some).  Now, it goes without saying that any list of the world’s most beautiful hotels is entirely subjective and by no means exhaustive. But what we can offer is real-life experience: every place on this list has been visited by one of Time Out’s editors, writers and hotel experts. From Punjab to Palermo, California to Costa Rica, we can guarantee that each hotel packs serious wow factor, and you’ll have an excellent stay at them all.  The world’s most beautiful hotels at a glance 🏰 Best heritage hotel: Ashford Castle  ⛰️ Best for show-stopping scenery: The Hiramatsu Karuizawa Miyota 🌺 Most beautiful gardens and grounds: Four Seasons Hotel Firenze 🎨 Best for avant-garde art and design: Jackalope Hotel 👑 Best for all-out maximalism: The Fifth Avenue Hotel 🏊 Most beautiful pool: The Phoenicia Malta 🏙️ Most beautiful city-centre hotel: Le Pavillon de la Reine How did we choose the world’s most beautiful hotels?  Our global team of editors, writers and hotel experts spend a lot of their time reviewing hotels in their corner of the world. Every hotel on this list has been selected for a reason: show-stopping scenery, beautiful i

Make no mistake, the UK’s most beautiful places rank among the world’s most visually stunning locations. And what’s more, Britain looks good in so many ways. Sure, there are mighty natural landscapes like mountains, coasts and forests – but lots of the UK’s most spectacular sights are manmade: age-old architectural marvels, idyllic towns and feats of revolutionary design.   Time Out’s revamped guide to the most beautiful places in the UK has all the above and more. Compiled with the expertise of our travel experts – who’ve seen more than their fair share of spectacular stuff – it documents the length and breadth of Britain’s grandest and most memorable locations. In the market to see something mind-boggling? Here’s our definitive ranking of the UK’s most beautiful places right now. RECOMMENDED FOR UK TRAVEL🥾 The best hikes and walks🏖️ The most stunning beaches🏛️ The most fascinating museums🌊 The greatest seaside towns

Once upon a time, hikes across the British countryside were far from as accessible as they are today. While it’s now easy to take for granted the ability to go out and hike the country’s countless trails, it’s thanks to grassroots campaigners in the 1930s and laws passed in the decades that followed that we’re able to walk so much of this island’s landscape.  And what a landscape it is! Britain has romantic rolling hills and plunging valleys, extinct volcanoes and foreboding mountain ranges, idyllic beaches and sweeping coastal cliffs, wildflower-covered moorlands and breathtaking lakes – the list could go on. Among all that natural beauty, you’ll find age-old castles, charming villages and boozers that have been providing refuge to weary travellers for centuries.  Whether you’re planning a pleasant afternoon ramble or an arduous two-week expedition, we’ve compiled a list of 10 walks, country hikes and coastal routes that show off some of the greatest scenery the UK has to offer (whatever weather gets thrown at us). Lace up and get out there.  RECOMMENDED:🏖️ The best seaside towns and most spectacular beaches in the UK🇬🇧 Britain’s best places to visit in 2026🌆 The UK’s most underrated city breaks🏛️ The greatest museums in Britain right now Time Out’s best UK walks mapped Image: Time OutMap of the best hikes in the UK 2026

Once upon a time, the only reason to grab a bite at King’s Cross was if you were waiting for your train. But this once-grimy post-industrial area has undergone an enormous regeneration, and these days it’s packed with fine restaurants and great places to grab a decent bite. These are the best King’s Cross restaurants at a glance: 🍴 Best for a long lunch: The Yellow Bittern 🦆 Best for Chinese cuisine: Dim Sum Duck 🍛 Best for Indian favourites: Tamilla 🍠 Best for vegetarians: Bubala 🌮 Best for Mexican classics: Mestizo Be it the lofty, warehouse-sized joints around Granary Square, the trendy cafés in Coal Drops Yard or the hip little spots around lower Pentonville and a selection of Cantonese cult classics, there’s something for all tastes (and budgets, high or low). Check out our list of the best. RECOMMENDED: These are the best pubs in King’s Cross. Leonie Cooper is Time Out London’s Food and Drink Editor. For more about how we curate, see our editorial guidelines. 

Colorado’s a state of contrasts: snow-capped mountains, lush forests and sprawling metropolises (for all the deets, check out our best things to do in Colorado). Lucky for you there’s a plethora of Airbnbs here, too. With all that adventuring you’ll be doing, we’ve handpicked the best Airbnbs that come with a hot tub so you can enjoy a post hike soak. From ski-in/ski-out chalets in Breckenridge to secluded mountain cabins in Estes Park perfect for stargazing, we’ve rounded up the best of the best for your Rocky Mountain trip. Best Colorado Airbnbs with a hot tub, at a glance:  ⛷️ Best Airbnb for skiing: Ski in and out flat in Breckenridge 🫰 Best budget-friendly Airbnb: Affordable cabin in Durango 🍼 Best Airbnb for families: Family-friendly home in Colorado Springs 🐶 Best dog-friendly Airbnb: Dog-friendly Airbnb near Cripple Creek Who makes the cut? While we might not stay in every Airbnb featured, we’ve based our list on top reviews, hosts, and amenities to find you the best stays. This article includes affiliate links. These links have no influence on our editorial content. For more information, see our affiliate guidelines.

Lace up your hiking boots, California’s wilderness is calling. Finding where to stay near the Yosemite comes down to comfort and access. If you want to book an Airbnb inside Yosemite National Park grounds itself opt for Yosemite West. But there are plenty of other options. From facility-heavy areas like Oakhurst to Ahwahnee in Yosemite Valley or the further-out likes of Mariposa, Yosemite’s surrounding area is home to stunning Airbnbs. The best Airbnb cabins in near Yosemite National Park, at a glance:  🏞️ Best Airbnb inside park gates: Affordable loft in Yosemite West 👶 Best for families: Cabin with a hot tub in Groveland 🎊 Best Yosemite Airbnb for large groups: Cascades Grandview Lodge 🧖‍♀️ Best Yosemite Airbnb with hot tub: Large A-Frame Airbnb in Oakhurst Who makes the cut? While we might not stay in every Airbnb featured, it’s our mission to help you make your trip as smooth sailing as possible. For this, we've based our list on top reviews, hosts and amenities to find you all the best stays whatever your budget. You might come across the odd affiliate link but rest assured, they have no influence on our editorial content – we pinky swear. For more info, see our affiliate guidelines.

London’s South Asian food scene is a mosaic of flavours showcasing the culinary traditions of everywhere from India and Pakistan to Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal. Rather than one unified cuisine, it reflects the complex cultural tapestry that has evolved through centuries of migration, trade, and gastronomic exchange across the subcontinent. For the diaspora, food goes beyond sustenance; it’s an expression of identity, memory, and community.  London’s best Indian and South Asian restaurants at a glance: 🇱🇰 Best for Sri Lankan food: Rambutan, Borough Market 🍛 Best for a quick curry: Tamila, Kings Cross ⭐ Best for a Michelin star meal: Trishna, Marylebone 🍚 Best for a street-food snack: Shree Krishna Vada Pav, Fitzrovia 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Best for a family feast: Kokum, East Dulwich Rooted in philosophical teachings, including the mindful and balancing principles of Ayurveda, South Asian food in London emphasises reverence for natural ingredients and the simple joy of eating. From masala-rich Pakistani karahis and delicate vegetarian Gujarati thalis, to the spicy thrum of Bangladeshi bhortha, this list spans the diversity of the cuisine in the city. Whether it’s fine dining, street food at a community centre, trailblazing female chefs, or a family-run canteen, these establishments are love letters to their heritage, connecting Londoners through the warmth of South Asian hospitality, shared flavours and stories.  RECOMMENDED: The 50 best restaurants in London. Shekha Vyas is

With its patterned patio flooring, leafy greenery and vast streams of sunshine, Kinz has the Eastern Mediterranean in its soul. More than just a place for Lebanese food, the triple-height space encourages a celebratory atmosphere as far as can be from the building’s previous life as a cold-hearted bank. Creamy, slick hummus was dappled with tickly spice Founded by Jad Lahoud, Karim Lahoud and Rasha Khouri Bruzzo (co-owner of nearby Palestinian restaurant Akub), Kinz is an all-day brasserie with Lebanese dishes and wine from independent producers, lavishly spiced cocktails and transportive photographs of the country. Dinner is a offering of classic small dishes (fatayer, rikakat), larger plates (fatteh, kibbeh), salads and mashawi grilled skewers. In true mezze style, food arrived just minutes after being ordered, our table suddenly populated with over half a dozen handsomely-presented plates: elegant swirls of hummus, plump discs of pitta, neat parcels of pastry, a rich, green bowl of tabouleh, cheese impaled on grand skewers.   Any worries that speed might equal slapdash were quickly hushed. Highlights of Lebanese cuisine are often humble, and so were Kinz’s most impressive dishes: the creamy, slick hummus was dappled with tickly spice and baba ganoush combined earthy aubergine with tart pomegranate. Fat chunks of halloumi were miraculously un-squeaky, complemented by a fresh coriander dip, and the cheese rikakat and spinach fatayer were fragrant, well-crisped and just grea

Treehouses don’t seem to be as popular among young ’uns as they used to be, but the idea of a treehouse is as vivid as ever. A place of independence, adventure, exclusivity, cosiness and getting away from it all – it’s a clever inspiration for a hotel. Well, assuming you leave the splinters, leaks and critters behind, of course. Treehouse Hotels is a mini-chain founded on the ‘ideas that inspire a child to build a treehouse’. With a heavy focus on local sourcing, handmade goods, found objects and general eco-friendliness, it’s a cousin of American boutique brand 1 Hotels (and shares the same parent company, SH Hotels & Resorts). Treehouse Hotel London opened in 2019 and was the first in a chain that has since expanded to Manchester and Silicon Valley (and has plans for future locations in Miami, Adelaide and more). Treehouse Hotel London is viewable from Oxford Circus, though it doesn’t stick out. It occupies floors nine to 16 of an old office block that is remarkable simply for how unremarkable it is: a great big hulk of dreary grey. Up close, however, a grand sculpture of a robin at ground level is a teaser of the character within. What are the rooms like at Treehouse Hotel London? A ‘treehouse’ doesn’t have to be at canopy height, but this one is – and that’s very much part of the appeal. I stayed in a ‘lookout king’ on the 12th floor (the Treehouse’s rooms are on levels nine to 14) and the views were among the finest of any London hotel. Boosted by the lack of skyscrapers

Just how much of a Parisian brasserie can you transplant to London? Plenty have tried, with varying degrees of success, but Brasserie Olivia feels different. It is, after all, from actually-French restaurant group Nouvelle Garde, which boasts locations all over L’Hexagone.  Onion soup was as good as anything I’ve had in the motherland Much of Brasserie Olivia is uncannily Parisian. Fitted neatly beneath the entire length of an angular block just off Sloane Square, it beams with handsome red-and-white striped awning and matching wicker chairs. Stepping through the door is transportive: an energetic crowd, Euro-disco on the speakers, and a tastefully eclectic mishmash of gold picture frames and gleaming light fittings. It’s the sort of place that doesn’t want you to think it’s put an exceptional amount of effort into curating a vibe, but has – and that’s fine. The result is naturally appealing. After all, who wouldn’t rather be in an arrondissement? Food-wise, Brasserie Olivia succeeds most in its Frenchest dishes. The onion soup was as good as anything I’ve had in the motherland, its baked top spilling out over a china chalice, and a rich, sweetly stringy pot of ale-enhanced onion and gloopy comté within. Elsewhere, cuts of meat were plump and fries were crisp and substantial right down to the bottom of the bowl, with mustardy mayo and fresh, tangy ketchup. As you’d expect, the wine list is superb. Nouvelle Garde is known for its cellars and an entire corner of Brasserie Oliv

You can spot the building that hosts Club 360 from miles around, a repurposed 1960s industrial tower standing tall above Tottenham Hale’s retail parks and marshland. Under its previous moniker as short-lived but much-loved nightclub Archives, it hosted blockbuster nights, from James Blake’s CMYK to 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).

Plenty of bars are below ground, reached via narrow, dark, perilously steep staircases, but few subterranean hideaways go so far out of their way to be as welcoming as Lowcountry. Beneath an Old Street corner building that was once a handsome Victorian pub called the Duke of Wellington, Lowcountry is inspired by the American South. That it has a resplendent whiskey selection tracks, but also means it thrives off its own hospitality. Beaming staff, chic boudoir décor, and squealing rock belters on the speakers. But Lowcountry doesn’t rest on its outward charms – its drinks are so boldly, fascinatingly flavoured they can end up blocking out everything else. The seasonally-shifting cocktail menu eye-catchingly name-drops classic American things, from Kool-Aid to banana pudding, and each item is something not just to savour but be actively fascinated by. Popular choice the Jam Sour was a glinting exhibition of different sweetnesses: sharp and silky, tart and creamy. But my standout was the Chow-Chow Martini, crisp and potent with an icy blast of fresh veg. And that’s not even touching on the whiskies, of which Lowcountry has hundreds of bottles. Order this The Banana Pudding Sazerac grabs your nose with a waft of fruit, cloaks your tongue with earthy, vanilla-flecked butter-washed rye, then offers a swift kick up the rear with a dash of absinthe. Time Out tip Visit during the opening hours of street-level restaurant Appalachia, which sends down truly elite bar snacks. The cornb

Stepping off Rambla de Catalunya (not to be confused with Barcelona’s iconic central street La Rambla) into NH Collection’s Gran Hotel Calderón feels more like entering an art gallery or bank headquarters than a hotel in the city’s heaving tourist heart. It isn’t just the bright white furnishings, shiny full-length glass windows and vast screen, it’s the sense of calm. The Calderón may not be Barcelona’s most traditional hotel stay, but it is an effective remedy to what can be a manic, intense city. The Gran Hotel Calderón is part of the NH Collection, a Spanish brand that is part of a wider international group called Minor Hotels. It was built in the 1970s on the site of the old Teatro Calderón, which was once one of Barcelona’s biggest theatres, and had a major refurb in 2016. What are the rooms like at NH Collection Gran Hotel Calderón? It’s easy to see how the Calderón may once have been a beacon of modern hotelling, full of neat capsules designed to accommodate Barcelona’s hordes of visitors. These days its rooms are showing their age – 2016 is, after all, a decade ago – with no shortage of scuffs and wonky fittings (and a very dated looking mini-fridge). That said, there were plenty of positives. My room, a ‘superior with terrace’, had most things you need from functional city-centre accommodation. Amenities were slotted into a tidily sized space, with a few wardrobe fronts’ worth of storage and a bathroom kitted out with fragrant toiletries, a bidet, hairdryer and a sh

Calle Colón is arguably Valencia’s premier shopping destination, an elegant stretch running from the bullring to Puerta del Mar with countless big-name fashion retailers and a vast El Corte Inglés department store. Sandwiched between a Bershka and a Brazilian café, you’ll find the Hotel NH Collection Valencia Colón. One of several central Valencia outposts of NH (but the only upscale ‘Collection’ hotel), the Colón is in a 19th century building once used by the city’s regional government. It catches you a bit off-guard. One minute you’re on one of the city’s most heaving, high-footfall areas, the next you’ve slipped into a tall-ceilinged reception with a classy chequered floor, flashy mirrored panels and taxidermy busts ogling you from the walls. NH Collection Valencia Colón almost goes out of its way to be at odds with the shopping mania outside. Valencia’s blazing summer sun is countered by cool and dim décor. Roaring traffic is replaced by ambient jazz in the corridors. Street fumes are blocked out by powerful – but obviously more pleasant – smells from various diffusers. What are the rooms like at NH Collection Valencia Colón? An historic building fashioned into a modern hotel, there is good variety – and no shortage of character – in the selection of rooms at NH Collection Valencia Colón. Lower-floor options have juliette balconies, while mine had a hatch overlooking Calle Colón. A slight lack of light was more than made up for in the charisma of the suite, which was thou

Calle Colón is arguably Valencia’s premier shopping destination, an elegant stretch running from the bullring to Puerta del Mar with countless big-name fashion retailers and a vast El Corte Inglés department store. Sandwiched between a Bershka and a Brazilian café, you’ll find the Hotel NH Collection Valencia Colón. One of several central Valencia outposts of NH (but the only upscale ‘Collection’ hotel), the Colón is in a 19th century building once used by the city’s regional government. It catches you a bit off-guard. One minute you’re on one of the city’s most heaving, high-footfall areas, the next you’ve slipped into a tall-ceilinged reception with a classy chequered floor, flashy mirrored panels and taxidermy busts ogling you from the walls. NH Collection Valencia Colón almost goes out of its way to be at odds with the shopping mania outside. Valencia’s blazing summer sun is countered by cool and dim décor. Roaring traffic is replaced by ambient jazz in the corridors. Street fumes are blocked out by powerful – but obviously more pleasant – smells from various diffusers. What are the rooms like at NH Collection Valencia Colón? An historic building fashioned into a modern hotel, there is good variety – and no shortage of character – in the selection of rooms at NH Collection Valencia Colón. Lower-floor options have juliette balconies, while mine had a hatch overlooking Calle Colón. A slight lack of light was more than made up for in the charisma of the suite, which was thou

Stepping off Rambla de Catalunya (not to be confused with Barcelona’s iconic central street La Rambla) into NH Collection’s Gran Hotel Calderón feels more like entering an art gallery or bank headquarters than a hotel in the city’s heaving tourist heart. It isn’t just the bright white furnishings, shiny full-length glass windows and vast screen, it’s the sense of calm. The Calderón may not be Barcelona’s most traditional hotel stay, but it is an effective remedy to what can be a manic, intense city. The Gran Hotel Calderón is part of the NH Collection, a Spanish brand that is part of a wider international group called Minor Hotels. It was built in the 1970s on the site of the old Teatro Calderón, which was once one of Barcelona’s biggest theatres, and had a major refurb in 2016. What are the rooms like at Gran Hotel Calderón? It’s easy to see how the Calderón may once have been a beacon of modern hotelling, full of neat capsules designed to accommodate Barcelona’s hordes of visitors. These days its rooms are showing their age – 2016 is, after all, a decade ago – with no shortage of scuffs and wonky fittings (and a very dated looking mini-fridge). That said, there were plenty of positives. My room, a ‘superior with terrace’, had most things you need from functional city-centre accommodation. Amenities were slotted into a tidily sized space, with a few wardrobe fronts’ worth of storage and a bathroom kitted out with fragrant toiletries, a bidet, hairdryer and a shower with grea

Mid-century modern is such a thing at the mo. The interior design style, which was established in the middle of the 20th century and is known for its distinctly sleek, boldly curved, earthily coloured and fashionable-but-functional furnishings, is currently dominating everything from TikTok’s design algorithm to Ikea’s latest collections. While plenty attempt to blend MCM with the mod-cons of the 2020s, hardly anywhere does so well. All too often the style requires too much attention to detail, too much flair (and, usually, too much money) to effectively pull off. Sir Devonshire Square is an example of mid-century modern (plus the influence of a few other design schools) pulled off with marvellous panache. The first London hotel from Amsterdam-based boutique chain Sircle Collection – which also has Sir outposts in Barcelona and Prague – boasts rooms that are exquisitely put-together. Whether you’re an academic design-head or a casual social media admirer, there’s plenty to gawp at (and take inspo from) in this handsome Liverpool Street/Shoreditch establishment. What are the rooms like at Sir Devonshire Square? Plenty of hotel rooms are perfectly pleasant. Very few do I get serious home envy from quite like I did at Sir Devonshire Square. I spent a fair amount of time just sitting back and admiring the handsome corner space, its dog-leg an exhibit of carefully chosen fittings, furniture pieces, colours and textures. Soft greens and rich oranges, papery cream lampshades and cou

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

Have you had Charli xcx’s 2026 album Music, Fashion, Film on repeat all summer? Well, us too. And soon Angels in the UK will get to hear tunes like ‘Camera’ and ‘Wink Wink’ blasted out at the country’s biggest arenas, as Charli’s Music, Fashion, Film Tour has been extended to the UK and Europe. The Music, Fashion, Film Tour was first announced back in June 2026, though it initially only included dates in North America. Newly added dates will see the Brat star perform in British cities in February 2026, with shows in Glasgow, Manchester and London. Up for seeing Charli xcx live next year? Here’s what you need to know about UK dates on the Music, Fashion, Film Tour, from when general sale goes live to ticket prices. SKIP TOTour datesGeneral sale infoPresale detailsTicket pricesSupport acts RECOMMENDED: The best music festivals in the UK. When is Charli xcx going on tour? The pop star’s UK and European tour will take place in February 2027. What UK tour dates have been announced so far? There are currently only three British city shows on Charli’s Music, Fashion, Film Tour: February 15 2027 – Glasgow, OVO Hydro February 17 2027 – Manchester, Co-op Live February 19 2027 – London, The O2 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Charli (@charli_xcx) When do Charli xcx tickets go on sale? General sale is on Friday September 18 2026 at 9am BST. You’ll be able to purchase on Ticketmaster here. Presale details There are a few presales to know about (all through

West Londoners and Suffragette line users in particular, watch out. This weekend (September 12-13) planned disruption on Transport for London services will hit tubes and trains across the city. Three major services – the District, Circle and Suffragette lines – will be impacted by closures, with several other lines set for minor service changes. Heading to see the Bayeux Tapestry? Snooping around Open House Festival? Wising up at London Podcast Fest? Whatever you’re up to in London on Sep 12-13, you’ll want to be in-the-know about tube closures. Worried about navigating the city? Time Out’s definitive weekly travel guide is here to help. Read on for all the TfL train and tube closures on September 12-13 2026. London travel disruption and tube closures, September 12-13 2026 Circle line On Saturday September 12 and Sunday September 13, no trains between Edgware Road and Aldgate (via Victoria). District line On Sat Sep 12 and Sun Sep 13, no trains between Tower Hill/Edgware Road and Ealing Broadway/Kensington (Olympia)/Richmond/Wimbledon Westbound trains will not call at Barons Court until late 2026. If travelling west, go one stop east to West Kensington and then change trains for westbound services. Photograph: ShutterstockLondon Underground signs for the Circle and District lines Suffragette line (Overground) On Sun Sep 13, no service on the entire line. Mildmay line (Overground) On Sun Sep 13, no trains between Willesden Junction and Richmond. Windrush line On Su

London bus strikes involving 1,500 drivers and impacting more than 40 routes have officially been called off. The strikes were over lack of air-conditioning in the vehicles – during the most brutal weeks of summer’s heatwaves, the in-cab temperatures would soar beyond 40C.  Drivers working for Arriva London North were supposed to walk out on eight occasions from September 4 until October 20. They were postponed for a while, but now a deal has been agreed and the industrial action has been completely cancelled. Arriva and Transport for London have confirmed the air con will be fitted into the buses by May 2027. The agreement also says that any vehicle with a defect in their cooling/heating system must be repaired before returning to service, and not reallocated to another driver. More than 1,500 drivers who are part of the Unite union were supposed to walk out. The action was set to impact more than 40 routes including not just normal London buses but also night buses, school services and Superloops. Here’s everything you need to now about the now-cancelled London bus strikes.  When are London bus drivers going on strike? The following walk-outs were called but have since been cancelled: September 4 (4am) to September 5 (4.30am) September 7 (4am) to September 8 (4.30am) September 18 (4am) to September 19 (4.30am) September 21 (4am) to September 22 (4.30am) October 2 (4am) to October 3 (4.30am) October 5 (4am) to October 6 (4.30am) October 16 (4am) to October 17 (4.30am) Octob

Doesn’t June 2025 feel like an age ago? Glastonbury took a fallow year in 2026, but otherwise the event would have taken place around this time – and there’s certainly been a Glasto-sized hole in our summer. But worry not, Glastonbury 2027 has been confirmed and tickets will be up for grabs at the start of October  If you’re already excited at the prospect of being back on Worthy Farm next summer, well, us too. Glastonbury is undeniably the UK’s greatest music festival and there’s nowhere else like it on Earth. However, Glasto’s supremacy isn’t a well-kept secret: every year millions attempt to get tickets, and most fail to do so.  In the market for tickets to Glastonbury Festival 2027? Of course you are. Here’s absolutely everything you need to know, from the confirmed festival dates to and how much tickets will cost.  RECOMMENDED: 🎤 Time Out’s ultimate guide to Glastonbury Festival. When is Glastonbury 2027? Glastonbury’s 2027 dates have been confirmed: block out your calendars for Wednesday June 23 to Sunday June 27 2027. When do Glastonbury 2027 tickets go on sale? Standard tickets for Glastonbury 2027 will go on sale at 9am on Sunday, October 4. Coach and ticket packages will be available a few days earlier from 6pm on Thursday October 1.  How to register for Glastonbury 2027 tickets Registration is now open for Glasto 2027. Registration is free but requires a passport-style photograph and personal information (including your address). You can register on SeeTickets h

On Friday September 4, Bon Jovi made a triumphant return to London. It was the first time that the American rock band has played in this city in seven years. Jon Bon Jovi and co brought their biggest hits, a couple of covers and some new stuff to the 90,000-strong crowd at Wembley Stadium. They did it all over again on Saturday and will do it one final time on Wednesday September 9.  The group is currently celebrating the release of their 16th album Forever, which was released in 2024, and its 2025 follow-up Forever (Legendary Edition). London is one of just two UK cities feature on Bon Jovi’s 2026 Forever Tour, with Edinburgh having hosted the band last week. Heading to Wembley to see Bon Jovi for their last London show? Warming up your vocal chords for ‘Livin’ on a Prayer’? Here’s what you need to know about the shows, from the timings and setlist to remaining ticket availability. SKIP TO: ⏱️ Bon Jovi start time 🔈 Support act and timings 🏟️ Seating map 🎟️ Last-minute tickets 🎤 Setlist 🎒 Bag policy and banned items 🚇 Transport 🛍️ Merch ⛅️ Weather forecast When are Bon Jovi playing London’s Wembley Stadium? The ‘Livin’ on a Prayer’ hitmakers are in northwest London on the following dates: Friday September 4 2026 Sunday September 6 2026 Wednesday September 9 2026   Photograph: Mark SeligerBon Jovi press image What time do doors open? Gates open at 5pm. What time will Bon Jovi come on stage? Expect Bon Jovi’s set to start at 7.45pm on Sep 4 and 9. What time does the

This summer rap titan Jay-Z is celebrating several huge anniversaries. 2026 marks 30 years of his career so far and his debut Reasonable Doubt, as well as 25 years since his classic record The Blueprint. To mark the occasion, the JAŸ-Z 30 Tour is in London for two massive stadium gigs this Friday and Saturday.  The two shows are Jay-Z’s first solo London gigs since the 4:44 Tour way back in 2017. They’re his only UK dates of the year and London is one of only four cities around the world on the JAŸ-Z 30 Tour. Hov is at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, which this summer has hosted massive gigs by System of a Down, BTS, Bad Bunny, Gorillaz and Zach Bryan. Heading to Spurs to see Jay-Z over the next to days? Here’s what you need to know about the JAŸ-Z 30 Tour, from the timings and setlist to remaining ticket availability. SKIP TO: ⏱️ Jay-Z start time 🏟️ Seating map 🎟️ Last-minute tickets 🎤 Setlist 🎒 Bag policy and banned items 🚇 Transport 🛍️ Merch ⛅️ Weather forecast When is Jay-Z playing London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium? The ’99 Problems’ rapper is in north London on the following dates: Friday September 4 2026 Saturday September 5 2026 Photograph: Maciej Rogowski Photo / Shutterstock.comJay Z in London What time do doors open? For both dates, gates open at 5pm. What time will Jay-Z come on stage? Based on previous tour dates, you can expect Hov’s main set to start at around 9pm. Official timings haven’t been released, so get down early to avoid disappointment. What time

Gutted to miss Fontaines DC at Reading and Leeds Festival over the weekend? Worry not. You’ll have another chance to see Grian Chatten and co live at UK arenas this year. The Dublin band will play Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow, Leeds, Birmingham and London in November. Missed out on tickets for that? No stress. The band is doing another tour next summer, playing their biggest headline shows yet across five stadiums and parks.   Both tours will support the release of Fontaines DC’s new album Dopamine Chamber, the follow-up to their popular break-out Romance (which was also Time Out’s 2024 album of the year). On the arena tour, they’ll be supported by Belfast rockers Chalk on all dates and in 2027, they’ll be joined by huge stars Little Simz and the Viagra Boys.  In the market for Fontaines DC tickets? Here’s what you need to know about the band’s 2026 and 2027 UK tours, from the dates and general sale to ticket prices. SKIP TOTour datesGeneral sale infoPresale detailsTicket pricesSupport acts RECOMMENDED: The best music festivals in the UK. When are Fontaines DC going on tour? The band’s UK arena tour will take place in November 2026. They’ll then come back to the UK for a huge outdoor tour in July 2027.  How to watch Reading and Leeds Festival 2026 on TV and streaming: full schedule. What UK tour dates have been announced so far? Here are all the current British city shows on Fontaines DC’s 2026 tour: Friday November 20 – Liverpool, M&S Bank Arena Saturday November 21 – Man

London was the final stop on Ariana Grande’s global Eternal Sunshine Tour – and Ari’s 10-night residency at the O2 lived up to the billing. The dates, which are now finished, featured everything from dressed-up fans and lengthy setlists to huge surprise guests. The Eternal Sunshine Tour was named after the release of Ariana Grande’s seventh album Eternal Sunshine, and followed the release of her eighth record Petal. The arena tour started in Oakland in June and stopped in cities across the United States and Canada. Wondering what songs Ariana Grande played on the Eternal Sunshine Tour? Well, we’ve got all the info. While the tour setlist mostly stayed the same, there were variations – including a few surprise songs and special guests. Read on to find out all the songs that Ariana Grande has played on the London leg of the Eternal Sunshine Tour. RECOMMENDED: Where to buy Ariana Grande merch in London. The full setlist for Ariana Grande’s Eternal Sunshine Tour These are the songs that Ari played each night of the tour in London. yes, and? positions dandelion the boy is mine eternal sunshine just like magic thank u, next 7 rings imperfect for you warm safety net One Last Time Rain on Me (Lady Gaga cover) Break Free twilight zone past life Dangerous Woman Honeymoon Avenue Hampstead Into You hate that i made you love me [surprise song] [surprise song] petal we can’t be friends (wait for your love) supernatural Photograph: Julian DakdoukAriana Grande performing in London, Eterna

The O2’s biggest residency of 2026 is coming to a close. Ariana Grande’s Eternal Sunshine Tour will have been at London’s biggest indoor music venue for a huge 10 nights, and the shows so far have been full of surprises. Wicked co-star Cynthia Erivo even came out for a surprise appearance on the second date, August 16. Ariana’s 10 shows at the O2 aren’t just the only UK dates on the Eternal Sunshine Tour – they’re the tour’s only shows in Europe. Demand for the shows was so high that, when the initial five dates were revealed last September, another five were added during presale. All nights are officially sold out, though resale options are available. A huge 200,000 fans will have seen Grande by the time the run ends on September 1. The Eternal Sunshine Tour is Ariana Grande’s first major run of shows in London since 2019’s Sweetener World Tour. It’s named after her seventh studio album Eternal Sunshine, but the current dates follow the release of her eighth record Petal in July. Going to see Ariana Grande at the O2 this summer – or hoping to get last-minute tickets? You can find everything you need to know about the shows below, from the start time and setlist to tickets. SKIP TO: ⏱️ Ariana Grande start time 🏟️ Seating plan 🎟️ Last-minute tickets 🎤 Setlist 🎒 Bag policy and banned items 🚇 Transport 🛍️ Merch Plus – in pictures: Ariana Grande fans bring ‘Eternal Sunshine’ to London. When is Ariana Grande playing London’s O2? The ‘hate that i made you love me’ singer is i

Is Olivia Rodrigo’s third studio album one of your favourite records of the year so far? It’s one of ours. You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love has been on heavy repeat in the Time Out office this summer. Even more excitingly, more tickets for O-Rod’s upcoming UK tour are going on sale today (September 1).  At 8pm this evening, special ‘Silver Star’ tickets will go on sale for The Unraveled Tour. And better yet, the tickets cost just £20.  Rodrigo is going on a 60+ date world tour that will span North America, Europe and the UK called The Unraveled Tour. It will kick off in the USA in this month and won’t reach Britain until April 2027. She’s announced 11 dates at London’s O2 Arena. Don’t want to miss out on seeing Olivia Rodrigo live next year? Here’s how to get tickets for the London dates, from when tickets go on sale and presale details to how to get ‘Silver Star’ tickets. RECOMMENDED: The best music festivals in London. When is Olivia Rodrigo going on tour? The tour will span nine months, starting in September 2026 and ending in May 2027. What London tour dates have been announced so far? Find all the London dates confirmed by the ‘Déjà vu’ singer so far below: Monday April 5 2027 – The O2 Tuesday April 6 2027– The O2 Thursday April 8 2027 – The O2 Friday April 9 2027 – The O2 Monday April 12 2027 – The O2 (additional date) Wednesday April 14 2027 – The O2 (additional date) Thursday April 15 2027 – The O2 (additional date) Monday April 19 2027 – The O2 (additional

This week Edinburgh is hosting rock royalty – that’s right, Bon Jovi are in town for their Forever Tour. Auld Reekie is one of only two UK cities to feature on the tour, which most recently had a nine-date run at New York’s Madison Square Garden. The Forever Tour marks Bon Jovi’s first UK shows since 2019. The tour is celebrating the band’s 16th studio album Forever, which was released in 2024, and its follow-up Forever (Legendary Edition), which came out last year. Can’t wait to hear Jon Bon Jovi and co belt out some classics at Murrayfield? Here’s everything you need to know about the Forever Tour in Edinburgh, from timings and ticket availability to the weather forecast. SKIP TO: ⏱️ Bon Jovi start time 🔈 Support act 🏟️ Seating map 🎟️ Last-minute tickets 🎤 Setlist 🎒 Bag policy and banned items ⛅️ Weather forecast When are Bon Jovi playing Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium? The ‘Livin’ on a Prayer’ and ‘It’s My Life’ hitmakers are at Scottish Gas Murrayfield on Friday August 28 2026. Photograph: Mark SeligerBon Jovi press image What time do doors open? Gates to Murrayfield will open at 5pm. What time will Bon Jovi come on stage? The rockers’ main set will start at 7.45pm. What time does the Bon Jovi concert finish? Expect Bon Jovi to finish by 10.15pm. What’s the seating plan? According to Ticketmaster, this is the seating map for Bon Jovi in Edinburgh. Murrayfield will be set up fairly conventionally, with the stage down the stadium’s north end. Image: TicketmasterMur

Lido Festival debuted last year with a stellar lineup of headliners that included Massive Attack, Jamie xx, Charli xcx and London Grammar. The Victoria Park event is returning in 2026 but, in an effort to help protect the ground, in a reduced capacity. Lido 2026 will take place on just one day, headlined by Maribou State. Lido might be scaled down, but it’s still got a heck of a lineup. Kelis and Folamour are sub-headliners on a bill that also features the likes of Kelly Lee Owens, Marie Davidson and Alabaster DePlume. Heading to Viccy Park to see Maribou State and co? Here’s what you need to know about the day, from the set times and full schedule to ticket availability and the weather forecast When are Maribou State playing Lido Festival? The ‘Midas’ and ‘Steal’ duo are in Victoria Park on Monday August 31 2026. This is a rescheduled date – the show was supposed to be on June 20. Image: LIDOLido Festival lineup, 2026 What time do gates open at Lido? On Monday gates to the festival site will open to normal ticketholders at 2pm. Anyone with a Primary Entry or VIP ticket gets access from around 1pm (60 mins before everyone else). Entry gates close at 8.30pm and the box office shuts at 8pm. What time will Maribou State come on stage? Chris Davids and Liam Ivory’s headline set will be on the Main Stage at 8.55pm. Full schedule and set times There’s a full breakdown of stage splits and set times below. Main Stage Alabaster DePlume – 2.35pm-3.25pm Lady Wray – 3.55pm-4.45pm Keli