A Blue Plaque to remember the Match Girls’ Strike
One of the most important strikes in modern British history has been commemorated by English Heritage with a blue plaque at the site of the former Bryant and May match factory in East London.

Inside the revamped Royal College of Surgeons
A grand classical-looking building facing onto Lincolns Inn Fields conceals a totally revamped interior with a huge new floor to ceiling atrium. This is the Royal College of Surgeons headquarters which hasn't been revamped but entirely rebuilt behind its stone facade.

Tickets Alert: Chess the Musical extra date added
A revival of the 1980s musical, Chess, was due to run for just one day, but a second day has been added, and tickets are now on sale.

London’s weekly railway news
A weekly round-up of London's rail transport news…

London Underground’s mobile phone coverage to expand by end of this year
The expansion of mobile phone coverage in the London Underground is expanding, with five stations confirmed to go live within the next six months.

The V&A opens its landmark Africa Fashion exhibition
A new exhibition at the V&A takes a look at post-colonial fashions across the African continent, showing off not just their diversity, but also how they've influenced Western tastes.

Late summer openings at Greenwich’s Painted Hall
The Painted Hall in Greenwich -- often called the UK's own Sistine Chapel -- will be open late on a number of evenings through July and August.

Wallace Collection putting on a Richard III exhibition
A decade after the remains of King Richard III were found under a car park in Leicester, there's an exhibition about the discovery opening in London later this year.

Around 200,000 journeys each day in the new Elizabeth line tunnels
TfL's Elizabeth line Committee has confirmed that it is now seeing an average of 200,000 journeys each day on the new section of the Elizabeth line between Abbey Wood and Paddington.

Elizabeth line upgrade for the Pudding Mill power supplies
An upgrade to the Pudding Mill transformer that provides power for the Elizabeth line will take place later this month, closing the railway between Liverpool Street and Shenfield.

Freddie Mercury’s stamp album going on display
When he was young, as many of us do, Freddie Mercury collected postage stamps, and now his 54-page stamp album is going on public display at the Postal Museum.

New entrance opens at Imperial Wharf railway station
A new entrance has opened on the northbound platform at Imperial Wharf station in Chelsea Harbour to help reduce overcrowding on the narrow staircase that leads to the existing entrance.

London’s Pocket Parks: Distaff Lane Garden, EC4
Shortly before the pandemic locked us all in our homes, the City of London gained a lovely new pocket park very close to St Paul's Cathedral, and if you've not seen it yet, that could be because it's on a side street that hardly anyone walks down.

London City Airport wants more flights at weekends
London City Airport in the docklands has opened a public consultation as it seeks to increase the number of planes that can use the airport at weekends.

British Museum celebrates 200 years of reading Egyptian hieroglyphs
This year marks the 200th anniversary of one of mankind's great achievements, the decyphering of Egyptian hieroglyphs, and the British Museum is planning an exhibition that explores this pivotal moment.

Bollardology – an unexpected history of London’s street bollards
Wander around London, and you can always tell when you're in the City of London, thanks to the ubiquity of the City's striking red, black and white street bollards. And now a book uncovers the surprising history of these often overlooked elements of street furniture.

Derelict Silvertown development gets the go ahead, again
The redevelopment of derelict land in docklands that surrounds the dominant Millennium Mills for new housing is getting started after a number of lengthy delays.

A second entrance opens at Hackney Central railway station
A new southern side entrance has opened on the London Overground's westbound platform at Hackney Central station removing the need to use the footbridge to leave the station.

See Greenwich’s painted hall sketches in the V&A
There's an easy to miss exhibition at the V&A at the moment of the drawings by the painter, Sir James Thornhill, who amongst many things, was responsible for the Painted Hall in Greenwich.

Bluebell heritage railway planning a western extension
The Bluebell Railway, a heritage railway that runs through Sussex has filed a pre-planning application as it seeks to extend the railway westwards along a partially disused railway alignment.

Amazon switching to e-bikes for London deliveries
Amazon is planning to swap lorries for bicycles with the opening of a micro mobility hub in Hackney that will support around a million deliveries a year to the local area.

London’s Alleys: Oldbury Place, W1
This is a quiet set of low-rise mews houses and offices that can be found just off bustling Marylebone.