London

Kickstart for bad birdwatchers: joining an expert-led tour on the Thames

Hugh Thomson identifies as a ‘bad birdwatcher’: someone who likes birds, but doesn’t really know much about them

Hugh Thomson

26, Oct, 2021 @6:00 AM

Everywhere there is a whiff of the wild: walking London’s Capital Ring

London’s trees technically make it a forest, and there’s greenery all around. But the city’s real pleasures are found in the urban-rural tension that you come across on this 78-mile route

James Gingell

06, Oct, 2021 @6:00 AM

10 of the best independent record shops in London

It’s Record Store Day on Saturday. To celebrate we asked the author and photographer of London’s Record Shops to choose their favourites

Garth Cartwright and Quintina Valero

11, Jun, 2021 @6:00 AM

London tourism gets £6m boost with new advertising campaign

The Let’s Do London project will remind Britons ‘that one of the world’s top tourist destinations is on their doorstep’

Isabel Choat

10, May, 2021 @4:34 PM

A very British grand tour … for 2021

Our writer reimagines the cultural odyssey, selecting 12 highlights that together celebrate Britain’s history and modernity

David Bramwell

20, Mar, 2021 @7:00 AM

Monsters, music and faded glamour: Crystal Palace Park, south London

A place of triumphs and disasters, this green space may no longer boast a regal glasshouse but retains an eccentric charm

Tim Lewis

14, Mar, 2021 @4:00 PM

Designed with dreaming in mind: Sexby Garden, south London

A little ornamental oasis of calm and serenity in the middle of Peckham Rye

Kadish Morris

14, Mar, 2021 @7:30 AM

I walk around London at midnight – with my father's ghost for company | Barbara Nadel

The crime writer travels the City’s historic and deserted streets alone, but memories of her father are always there to guide her

Barbara Nadel

14, Nov, 2020 @7:00 AM

Wandle wander: a walk along my south London chalk stream

England is home to 85% of these often-pristine rivers – some running through our suburbs – but we may lose chalk streams unless we start protecting them now

Andy Pietrasik

08, Nov, 2020 @7:00 AM

Stanfords travel bookshop launches crowdfunding project as it fights for survival

Beloved London travel and map specialist has launched an online scheme to help stave off closure

Lois Pryce

02, Nov, 2020 @12:44 PM

It’s a brutal time for London’s National Gallery, but also a brilliant time to visit

With capacity drastically reduced visitors have a unique chance to enjoy the art without the crowds

Sophie Campbell

28, Aug, 2020 @8:11 AM

UK tourist attractions launch campaign to tempt younger visitors back to cities

With a quarter of urban business venues at risk of collapse, palaces and museums are reaching out to the less ‘risk-averse’