London holidays
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Ditching the usual tourist suspects, Guardian Travel’s reporter takes us on a tour of his favourite clubs, bars, venues and restaurants around London
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The City of London is yours on Christmas Day. The cordon of noise replaced by a calm that allows a walker to take in history, heritage, beauty – and change
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This floating hotel has river views and a communal spirit, giving work to unemployed locals and inviting guests to relax in ‘living room’ spaces
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Gentrified Peckham Rye now has a pub with rooms to match. And the food’s pretty high-end, too
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A Christmas drink, be it mulled, pulled or poured, comes with an extra splash of seasonal cheer at these classic London pubs, where the festive season is celebrated in style
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This new gallery inside the (otherwise free) museum invites children to become scientists through 50 interactive displays and regular live shows
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Pilgrimages were once common in the UK. Now, a new trust aims to revive the tradition, in secular form. Alan Franks joins a walk from London to West Sussex to celebrate the song Jerusalem’s centenary
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The acclaimed L’Antica Pizzeria da Michele in Naples featured in the book and film – now a branch is opening in north London
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If you’re after a well-crafted cocktail or beer, these late-drink hangouts keep the party going across the capital. They’re what the Night Tube was made for
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This new arts hotel in a converted art deco showroom is a bargain by London standards – especially for artists and creatives, who are offered discount rates
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Out in the capital and in need of quality post-pub food? Our experts have selected their favourite after-hours havens for bagels, burgers, pizza, noodles – and yes, kebabs
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The show must go on, and whether it’s late-night music, cabaret, queer or circus shows, the stars of the scene know just where to go in London after hours
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Fiery sculptures and art installations will combine with talks, exhibitions and performances to mark 350 years since flames from Pudding Lane set the capital ablaze
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London’s long-awaited night tube is a gift to the capital’s clubbers. As the Victoria and Central lines start a non-stop weekend service – with other lines to follow in the autumn – we asked the cream of London’s club scene to point us to the party
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A new giant beehive installation is creating a real buzz at Kew, an attraction so brimming with botanic wonders that kids can’t help but learn as they play
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A 370-room hi-tech hotel offering rooms from £109 a night – plus a terrace bar with City views – is aiming to offer visitors to London affordable and stylish stays
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From September, Newham’s Royal Docks will be the base for The Good Hotel, a 144-room property offering training to unemployed people, and a chance to find long-term work
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Tourist numbers continue to grow as London welcomed a record-breaking 31.5 million international and UK tourists in 2015, according to new figures from the Office for National Statistics
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Local campaigners, and the Thames Baths architects, are hoping to turn the disused south London lido into an Olympic-size pool and community attraction
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A new London drinking tour focusing on the gin-vermouth-Campari magic that is the negroni takes in clubs, hotels and speakeasies across the city
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This establishment is a pub, a great restaurant and now a fairly priced hotel (with a rooftop terrace in the offing) – and each element is handled with panache
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Cruising through the capital on a canal boat has given writer Helen Babbs a new perspective on London. Here she suggests some lesser-known places to visit along its navigable waterways, including a lost canal south of the river
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If Sunday evenings will feel empty once the hit BBC drama finishes, follow Christopher Beanland’s guide to visiting sumptuous Night Manager locations used in filming
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If your idea of hell is being locked in a room, give this enthralling escape game a miss: your team has just one hour to crack the clues and get out of there
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No longer just the preserve of TV contestants, the Crystal Maze is returning as an interactive game, in London, for everyone to play. Though as Team Guardian discovered, a quick refresher of the rules would be useful
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With London Beer Week about to kick off, it’s an ideal time for a crawl south of the river to savour the burgeoning craft brew scene around Bermondsey, Brixton, Penge and Peckham
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London flicks the switch on its first festival of light – the art includes a goldfish in a Grosvernor Square phone-box and a luminescent Westminster Abbey
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London’s first light festival will feature illuminated artworks across the city, including a Garden of Light in Leicester Square and a net sculpture at Oxford Circus
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This revamped hotel on London’s South Circular road admirably overcomes the challenges of its noisy location by getting everything else right
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Amid the waterways and warehouses of east London are the breweries and pubs that give the area its reputation as the epicentre of the UK craft beer movement
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