June 2023

• Five new rainbow plaques have been announced for London
• ‘Unruly Bodies’
• A magnificent Jacobean manor is reopening to the public
• Two London universities are ranked among the top 10 in the world
• The DLR is getting a load of new, shiny, high-end trains
• Five queer DJs curate your ultimate Pride playlist
• St Paul’s is getting a new public square
• Pride in London Parade
• A terrifying climate clock has gone up in Piccadilly Circus
• A Playlist for the Revolution
• A Strange Loop
• A Harry Styles waxwork is coming to Madame Tussauds
• Can London’s queer nightlife keep out the heterosexual hordes?
• Putt with Pride
• Stormzy and Wilfried Zaha have gone and bought a football club
• Big Screen London Wimbledon Tennis Finals
• Crofton Books
• Robin Hood
• Are we not drawn onward to new erA
• Mercedes de Córdoba: Sí, quiero
• Gala Flamenca
• Alma: Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras
• Carlos at 50
• Joss Arnott Dance at Greenwich Dance’s Summer in the Park
• Jane Hayes Greenwood: ‘A Little History’
• The 15 best LGBTQ+ club nights in London right now
• These four London boroughs have the longest life expectancy in the UK
• Proud West End
• Red House
• Six London exhibitions we can't wait to see in July 2023
• Eyeball tourists from this penthouse overlooking the London Eye
• Alice in Wonderland
• The best wheelchair accessible restaurants in London
• London buses and trains are getting a rainbow-tastic makeover for Pride
• A fairytale mushroom house is up for sale in London
• The National Portrait Gallery has reopened, and it looks fantastic
• LGBTQ landmarks in London you can visit
• A super-rare penthouse in Neal’s Yard is up for sale
• Win the ultimate BST Hyde Park experience this summer
• Three London restaurants are on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list
• You can live on the Thames, in this boat, for just £220k
• The Way Old Friends Do
• London has been crowned the best city in Europe for culture
• Empire Empire
• Stumped
• Disruption
• Hamilton
• Cinderella in-the-round
• Noci
• Acme Fire Cult x Jameson Black Barrel
• Neighbourhood
• Mrs Doubtfire
• Horse Meat Disco: 12hr Day & Night Pride Disco
• Leon are bringing back their much-missed fish finger wrap
• Evelyn Hofer
• Ride
• Then, Now & Next
• The Pillowman
• Hear the stories of the Windrush generation from the people who were part of it
• These ‘unashamedly modern’ Scandi homes could be coming to north London
• Jack Whitehall: ‘It turns out people love watching privileged arseholes – and thank god they do’
• Benito's Hat
• Zapote
• The Wind and the Rain
• Tulum Terrace
• There’s a ‘Berlin-themed ball pit’ coming to London this summer
• Bones
• The Swell
• The Leyton Star
• National Portrait Gallery
• The Star of Bethnal Green
• Star of Kings
• Sonora Taquería finally opens its first restaurant
• West End hit ‘A Little Life’ is getting a UK cinema release
• Carrie Mae Weems: ‘Reflections for Now’
• The Star in Shoreditch
• Beyoncé donated £8,000 to a beloved north London Nigerian restaurant
• This east London restaurant has been named the best in the city
• You can eat Branston pickle, Maldon salt and Birds Eye pea ice cream in a London bag shop
• The Third Man
• Rampage: Carnival Classics
• Tiella at The Compton Arms
• Meet the intrepid rescuers showing London’s wildlife some love
• Mommi
• A Barn owl has been spotted on Hampstead Heath for the first time since 1946
• Windrush 75 at Brixton Village
• The most splashtastic waterparks in and near London
• The electric rise and fall of London’s most notorious party pub
• Children and teens can see West End shows for free this summer as Kids Week returns
• When Winston went to War with the Wireless
• A luxury penthouse with views of Tower Bridge is for sale
• Arctic Monkeys at London Emirates Stadium: timings, setlist and everything you need to know
• London's first ever Scottish deli to open in Angel
• Trooping the Colour in London: everything we know about the flypast, timings and how to watch
• Two Olympic-sized skating rinks are opening in north London this weekend
• A snazzy new Apple Store has opened in Battersea Power Station
• Romeo and Juliet
• Martin Wong: ‘Malicious Mischief’
• Six Bullets Tattoo
• BBC Proms 2023
• Black Venus
• Herzog & de Meuron
• Dog Day Afternoon
• Rufus Norris is stepping down as artistic director of the National Theatre
• 42nd Street
• School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play
• Chungdam
• Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image the Musical
• Crust Bros
• The Princess Diana musical is finally coming to London this Christmas
• The Skims Selfridges pop-up lands today
• Why summertime sadness is hitting Londoners hard this year
• The National Portrait Gallery is finally reopening next week
• An amazing Roman tomb has been discovered near London Bridge
• Harry Styles at Wembley: ‘Love on Tour’ timings, set list and everything you need to know
• Ray-Ban SUN-DAY
• ‘Life Is More Important Than Art’
• Piccadilly Circus could be getting a new rooftop bar
• Daniel Kaluuya has become the Associate Artistic Director of the Roundhouse in Camden
• Citymapper is now offering air-conditioned route choices
• This London council wants to ban ice cream vans
• Ben Fogle’s eye-popping London home is up for rent
• There’s a new underground hotel in London
• The trans and intersex-inclusive Pride flags will fly on Regent Street again soon
• One of London's poshest gentlemen’s clubs has finally opened to women
• ‘Capturing the Moment’
• Hope Has a Happy Meal
• A new ‘Sex and the City’ pop-up is coming to London
• Outpost Bar, Kitchen & Lounge
• Diva
• Tickets for the V&A’s huge new Coco Chanel exhibition have just gone on sale
• Nobu Bar Portman Square
• Southbank Centre Refugee Week
• The Last Word
• Es & Flo
• La Gamba
• The best London art exhibitions to see in June 2023
• Chris Ofili: ‘The Seven Deadly Sins’
• Brixton Community Cinema Summer Programme
• Groundhog Day
• All of It
• Madness frontman Suggs’ townhouse (of fun) is for sale
• Beloved Soho speakeasy Trisha's is under threat of closure
• Turning Earth Ceramics Leyton Midsummer Market
• ‘Bathers’
• Jessie Ware, Suggs and Ashley Walters are raising dough for Dusty Knuckle's youth scheme
• An endangered orchid has bloomed for the first time in London
• Massively hyped Broadway musical ‘Shucked’ is coming to London
• Bancone are opening their third pasta paradise in Borough Yards
• The new Serpentine Pavilion is here, and it looks very chill
• London is opening loads of secret gardens to the public this summer
• Urban beaches in London
• 28°-50° Wine Workshop & Kitchen South Kensington
• Anselm Kiefer: ‘Finnegans Wake’
• King's Dog Daycare
• Bong! You’ll once again be able to go inside Big Ben from July
• A secret windmill in Croydon will reopen to the public for the first time in three years
• Gauthier Soho
• Dan Aykroyd is in London to sign vodka bottles and these are his favourite bars
• Faros Oxford Circus
• Wes Anderson’s ‘Asteroid City’ is getting a Lush pop-up in Soho
• A new café is opening in a London cabmen’s shelter
• Ten things we loved at this year’s Summer Exhibition
• Taste of London
• London’s Jewish Museum is closing down
• Father’s Day in London
• Re-Member Me
• Mason's Arms
• Understanding affiliate links
• Tequila Mockingbird Wimbledon
• Tequila Mockingbird Shoreditch
• Tequila Mockingbird Tooting
• Tequila Mockingbird Putney
• Tequila Mockingbird Brixton
• Nando's launches a brand new menu item – and we tasted it
• Junipalooza London
• Spy for Spy
• Duck
• Fury and Elysium
• Hamnet
• Urban swimmers want to build a floating lido in the River Thames
• ‘Midsummer Mechanicals’ review
• Thomas Struth
• BFI Film on Film
• London Design Biennale
• Nourished Communities Food Festival
• What will be the London hype dish of the summer?
• Beyoncé orders £2,000 of chicken for private London party
• Alexander McQueen’s childhood home in east London is getting a blue plaque
• ‘To Bend The Ear Of The Outer World’
• Bao Fitzrovia
• Beyoncé’s Renaissance Tour has landed in London – here’s everything you need to know
• Caffè Nero is now doing a special summer spritz and, yes, we’re interested
• Lawrence Lek: ‘Black Cloud Highway’
• Sir Ridley Scott’s massive former home is for sale in Hampstead
• Ciullosteria
• L'Escargot
• More wildflower meadows have been planted across London
• There’s a house for sale and it has a castle in the garden
• Colour Green
• Tomás Saraceno In Collaboration: ‘Web(s) of Life’
• World Naked Bike Ride London 2023: dates, starting points and how to get involved