Ed Cunningham

We'll always be NYC's biggest cheerleaders, why wouldn't we be? The city has it all! But everyone needs a breather from the bustle of city life every once in a while. Luckily, you don't need to travel very far for some well-deserved R&R. The Catskills are the place to be. Not too far from the city, but far enough to escape the center. So, pack your best knitwear, dig out those hiking boots, and book a weekend away. Okay so, you've got the destination down, but where to stay? That’s where we come in. We’ve scoured Airbnb to find some of the Catskills’ most unique, stylish, and memorable getaways, from group adventures near the mountains to romantic hideaways, we've ticked every box. Scroll on to discover your dream rental ...  RECOMMENDED: 🪵Check out the best Airbnbs in Hudson Valley🏊‍♀️See our list of best New York upstate resorts⛰Discover the best of upstate New York Who makes the cut? While we might not stay in and review every Airbnb featured, we've based our list on our expert knowledge of the destination covered, editorial reviews, user reviews, hotel amenities and in-depth research 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.

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. 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 parlours in town and try not to drool on your screen. Recent additions to the list include the Dough Hands residency at east London pub the Spurstowe Arms, Alley Cats' crispy New York style slices in Marylebone, and the Bing Bong Pizza pop-up at You Call The Shots in Hackney.  RECOMMENDED: The finest fish and chips in London.  Leonie Cooper is Time Out London’s Food and Drink Editor. For more about how we curate, see our editorial guidelines.

The humble brunch is perhaps one of the greatest inventions of the modern age. Breakfast is too early to really get stuck into, while eating eggs and downing buckets of coffee at lunchtime seems odd. Brunch, then, is the one true morning-ish meal, especially if it incorporates pancakes, bacon and those aforementioned eggs – or a totally vegan take on proceedings like at LD's at The Black Heart in Camden or WAVE in Hackney. London is particularly well stocked with places to indulge in the famous breakfast/lunch hybrid – the latest addition to this list is FKA Black Axe Mangal in Highbury, which has just started serving weekend brunch (don’t forgot to order a pig cheek and prune donut). Let us guide you to the best restaurants for a fabulous brunch in our city, from a traditional full English to innovative twists on the majestic meal, such as a bacon bao brunch. And it’s not just a weekend treat; some of these spots serve brunch every single day.  RECOMMENDED: Like unlimited fizz with your fry-up? Here are the best bottomless brunches in London.  Leonie Cooper is Time Out London’s Food and Drink Editor. For more about how we curate, see our editorial guidelines. Want to brunch for less? Check out the awesome selection at Time Out Offers.

On the surface, we in the UK can hardly compete when it comes to French finesse or Italian charm, but think about it: our generations of world-renowned poets, hopeless romantic playwrights and Hugh Grant types have gotta come from somewhere.  Across the country’s lovely, cobbled villages, cutesy beachside retreats and dramatic, literature-inspiring scenery, there are nods to our history of romance all over the shop, but the lovey-dovey vibes are still buzzing today. So, if you’re planning a loved-up getaway, you’re in luck, as the UK is dusted with a fine collection of romantic places – here are our top picks. RECOMMENDED:🍃 The most beautiful national parks in the UK🌤️ The best places to visit in the UK🏄 The best extreme outdoor activity breaks in the UK🏰 The most amazing UK castles that you can actually stay in🌲 The best treehouses in the UK you can actually stay in At Time Out, all of our travel guides are written by local writers who know their cities inside out. For more about how we curate, see our editorial guidelines. This guide includes affiliate links, which have no influence on our editorial content. For more information, see our affiliate guidelines.

The UK really does boast quite a lot of coastline – we’re an island, after all – and seeing every little lighthouse, cliff collection, sweeping bay and dramatic headland would be no walk on the beach. That’s not even all our coasts have to offer.  Our shores are decorated with a vast number of marvellous coastal settlements, from the characterful fishing villages of Wales and the upmarket enclaves of Cornwall to the pulsing party towns of the Sussex coast. Leave those clichés of soggy chips, rainy weather and nasty seagulls at home – our handpicked roundup of the country’s coolest and prettiest seaside towns includes knock-out restaurants and cutting-edge museums, as well as plenty of sandy walks for the sunniest days of the year. Without further ado, here are the UK’s very best seaside towns. RECOMMENDED:🌊The best outdoor swimmming pools in the UK🏖️The most amazing hidden beaches in the UK🐟The best fish and chips shops in the UK🌤️The best places to visit in the UK🏠 The best Airbnbs in Somerset, Devon and Cornwall

Manchester is one of the UK’s most happening cities, and the Northern Quarter, the patch centred around Oldham Street known for its hub of creative spaces, independent shops, bougie cafés, cutting-edge bars and eclectic street art, is arguably its most happening neighbourhood.  This city is pretty great all-round, but you’d be hard pressed to find such a high concentration of vibrant, original places to eat, drink, shop and boogie, all set against the backdrop of Manchester’s characterful Victorian industrial-era architecture – it just adds to the vibe. No wonder then we named the Northern Quarter as one of the world’s coolest neighbourhoods in 2022. Here’s our up-to-date guide on the best things to do in this marvellous ‘hood. RECOMMENDED:🍝 The best restaurants in Manchester🌤️ The best things to do in Manchester🍸 The best bars in Manchester🎭 The best attractions in Manchester🏠 The best Airbnbs in Manchester This guide was written by Rob Martin, a writer based in Manchester. At Time Out, all of our travel guides are written by local writers who know their cities inside out. For more about how we curate, see our editorial guidelines.

This powerhouse of a city has all you could want from pretty much any destination. Vast and fascinating history? Check. Diverse and vibrant cultural scenes? Of course. Some of the UK’s finest restaurants and plenty of its most brilliant boozers? You bet. And that’s only scratching the surface. Mighty Manny has everything from majestic institutions and museums to pretty parks and gardens. Throughout its iconic districts and neighbourhoods are awe-inspiring works of architecture and dazzling bits of street art, scores of shops, theatres, cinemas and nightclubs. Overwhelmed? Never fear, as we’re here to help – these are the best attractions in Manchester to get you started on this marvellous city.  RECOMMENDED:🏛️ The best museums in Manchester🎨 The best art galleries in Manchester🌃 The best things to do in Manchester🏠 The best Airbnbs in Manchester This guide was written by Rob Martin, a writer based in Manchester. At Time Out, all of our travel guides are written by local writers who know their cities inside out. For more about how we curate, see our editorial guidelines.

Like ’em, hate ’em or blast ’em 24 hours a day as soon as September starts, there’s no getting away from Christmas songs. And we’re not just talking about Mariah and the Pogues – Christmas songs are an exhaustive genre, from ’40s jingles to 2024 bangers.  On our list, we thought it would be best to include it all. The classics, sure, but some of the more rogue choices too. Like the ‘Eight Days of Christmas’ mash-up by Destiny’s Child, and the underrated classic ‘Dominick the Donkey, the Italian Donkey’. Whatever gets you feeling festive, you’ll find it on this list. Here are the best Christmas songs ever written.  RECOMMENDED:🎤 The best karaoke songs🕺 The best pop songs💧 The best sad songs🎅 The best places to go at Christmas

There’s nothing quite like a proper London pub. Maybe we’re old romantics, but old school boozers are the beating heart of this city. After many evenings of tipsy research, we’ve done the impossible and ranked the 50 best pubs in London.  The pubs on this list are heavy with the powerful whiff of history – though that just might be the sticky carpets – and throbbing with heart, soul and community charm.  How did we decide what made the final 50? With a scary amount of the UK’s pubs closing by the week, we wanted to highlight some of this city’s less well-known and independent inns. The pubs included here are places where you’ll not only get perfect pints, but pickled eggs, epic karaoke nights and intense darts sessions. There’s no gatekeeping here at Time Out and these spots are where old-school regulars rub shoulders with the new wave of pintspeople, from Clapton to Catford, via Walthamstow, Woolwich, Peckham and more. Want cosy and convivial? You’ve come to the right place.  Of course, in a city with well over 3,000 pubs, not everything can make the cut. If you’re looking for pubs with fancy food, you’ll find them in our list of the best gastropubs in London. Wondering where London’s most legendary drinking dens are? They’re all in this list of London’s most historic pubs. Cheers. RECOMMENDED: These are the best pubs in Soho. Leonie Cooper is Time Out London’s Food and Drink Editor, and has spent an impressive amount of time drinking in London's many pubs. She even used to

Vinyl is back, baby. After decades in the dumps, records are now even more popular than CDs and are officially the best-selling of all physical music form. Suddenly your parents’ dusty Fleetwood Mac collection in the attic is looking a bit cooler, eh? London is one of the world’s best cities for crate-digging. Driven by stuff like dazzling vinyl-only editions and massive events like Record Store Day, this city’s independent record shops are thriving. Where, in the past, you’d have to head to Camden, Brixton, and Soho for your vinyl fix, these days, stores are flourishing all over the capital. Whatever your music taste, from reggae and hardcore to new wave and hip-hop, there’s a London record shop for you. Here are 30 of our absolute favourites. Get thumbin’ through those discs! RECOMMENDED:🛍️ The best markets in London.🎤 The best music festivals in London.👩‍🎤 The best London songs.🎸 The best shows and live gigs this month.

Want a drink? You've come to the right place. This is Time Out’s list of best bars in London, our curated guide to London’s drinking scene, featuring the buzziest booze dens in the capital right now. If it’s on this list, it’s excellent. These are the 50 places we'd recommend to a friend, because we love drinking in them and have done many times over. From classy cocktail joints to delightful dives, hotel bars, speakeasys, bottle shops, rooftops and wine bars, London's got them all. But what makes a truly good bar? Well, our critieria for inclusion on this list is simple; a menu of genius drinks is important, but so is overall vibe – there’s no point having the perfect paloma if you have to drink it in a bar that smells of bins. To make the Top 50 a bar has to be fun, full of lovely folk, be inclusive and also look the part.  The latest additions to our list include Below Stone Nest in Chinatown, Rasputin’s by London Fields, Bar Lina, an Italian aperitivo spot underneath the famous Soho deli, Jumbi hifi bar in Peckham, Oranj's vertitable wine warehouse in Shoreditch, and Helgi’s, a suggestively Satanic rock bar in Hackney. Now go forth and booze. RECOMMENDED: Like bars? Then you'll love London's best pubs.  Leonie Cooper is Time Out London’s Food and Drink Editor, and she'll have a dirty gin martini if you're buying. For more about how we curate, see our editorial guidelines.

Ask someone to describe a postcard-perfect island paradise and there’s a decent chance they’ll describe somewhere that sounds exactly like Maui. Hawaii’s second-largest island has it all: from its huge number of idyllic beaches and vast crystalline Pacific waters to vast tropical forests and spectacular volcanic landforms. Ooooh, ahhhh.  And Maui is more than just its magnificent natural landscapes. The island is also home to loads of stuff to see and do, from tucking in at its scrummy restaurants and gulping down delicious and exotic drinks at innovative craft beer bars to just chilling out at its uber-cool selection of hotels and resorts. The best way to experience Maui in all its glory is to stay in an Airbnb – and the rental site has plenty of incredible and unique options (not just ya standard room). Whether you want a gorgeous villa, cool apartment, or retro campervan, the island’s Airbnbs can be found all over its valleys, beaches, and population centers like Wailuku, Kihei and Kula. Here are our top picks of the coolest, most interesting Airbnbs in Maui. Make sure you have plenty of sun lotion and swimwear! RECOMMENDED:🌺 Check out the best things to do in Maui 🌴 Book a stay at the best hotels in Maui🏄 Still undecided? Take a look at Hawaii's best Airbnb rentals Who makes the cut? While we might not stay in and review every Airbnb featured, we've based our list on our expert knowledge of the destination covered, editorial reviews, user reviews, hotel amenities and i

On the face of it, Portobello’s neat, proper Holy Carrot and Dalston’s fire-worshipping feast ACME Fire Cult share little common ground. ACME is roaring and showy, as much a swaggering religion as a restaurant; Carrot is prim as a perfume shop, soft clay surroundings fronting a menu that is plant-forward, ‘root to peel’ and sustainable.  But there’s a clear link between the two – namely Daniel Watkins. The ex-ACME founder is now executive chef at the first permanent home of Holy Carrot (previously known for its supper clubs and Knightsbridge residency), and brings his ‘fire and ferment’ ethos across the capital from one neighbourhood of cool to another.  More than just Holy Carrot’s first proper restaurant, it’s also a Watkins-helmed reboot – and it has plenty of his signature punch. From the off, the pre-starter ‘snacks’ offer a studied but unshowy sort of tastiness. Pillowy insides dramatically burst out of crisp ‘honey’ drenched Jerusalem artichokes; one couldn’t help but mop up the warming chilli ragu with ultralight koji bread. Two cold ‘smalls’ followed suit, both intricately flavoured: each mouthful of the smoked beetroot breathing freshness, each spoonful of the stracciatella with persimmon and bitter leaves with deftly measured amount of creamy tang and gentle crunch. This is innovation of a dependable, not reckless, sort Imprinted upon my memory the most, however, was one of Holy Carrot’s ‘larges’: the crispy celeriac with pickle butter. I know what you’re thinking

The Nobu brand, in a word? Dependable. Nobu Matsuhisa’s Japan-via-USA restaurant empire both draws celebrities and is a celebrity itself, but it’s best regarded for its high-quality dining: nearly 30 years after it opened, Nobu’s Park Lane spot remains one of London’s best places for sushi. These days Nobu isn’t just a restaurant chain but a hotel brand too, with two outposts in London. The Shoreditch one, which opened in 2017, was the first of these – not just London’s first Nobu hotel (since followed by Nobu Portman Square in Marylebone) but the first in all of Europe. The greatest compliment one can pay to this place is that the dependability of the Nobu name transfers seamlessly from restaurant to hotel. This is a sleek and comfortable choice, a beacon of minimalist taste in the midst of Shoreditch’s gaudy pick-me bars and tech-bro co-working spaces. Nobu as a chain is Nippon-by-’Murica, and its hotels are too – Japanese style meets American comfort and convenience. From the front Nobu Shoreditch resembles a Pacific battleship, from the side it’s a hillside Kyoto villa. And inside the hotel offers plenty of that same cultural middle ground: polished black wood, sleek furniture and a tea set in every room, but also huge plasma TVs, delightful staff and an in-house spa.  All aided, of course, by housing a Nobu restaurant, the chain’s third in London. You know exactly the deal here: a spoiled-rich clientele, sure, but also generous portions, attentive service (I did exceptio

If you plonked a point on a map denoting Stuttgart’s absolute centre, I’m fairly certain it’d be directly right on top of the EmiLu. Or it may as well be. Dead opposite the city’s Rathaus (town hall) and a few steps from Königstrasse (Stuttgart’s main shopping street), EmiLu is within easy walking distance of most city-centre sights. Just a couple of years old (it opened in 2022), EmiLu occupies an old mid-century city government building and gets its name by combining the names of its co-owner (Petra Luise Bräutigam) and her daughter (Emilia). A self-professed ‘design hotel’, it boasts 90 ‘unique and special’ rooms that range reasonably in price per night from €85 to €200 (£72 to £170). So, the good: EmiLu, with its focus on individual, tasteful design, is a handsome and neat establishment. The chic reception is kitted out with dark wooden furnishings, while the rooms are airy and uncluttered. Cuboid furniture and crisply-shaped décor work well with bare-material walls; an open shower-room (with a curtain) and a mini-bar cut into the corner wall fit the minimal, trendy vibe. In another positive, my room looked out over the atmospheric street below (with floor-to-ceiling windows and a balcony) but also boasted exceptional sound insulation – an entire crowd of football fans in the space outside were reduced to noiseless silhouettes. Elsewhere, EmiLu’s staff are delightful, the rooftop space is great for taking in Stuttgart’s skyline and the ‘fitness area’ is remarkably well-eq

Over the years, London has done a fabulous job of finding new uses for its many, many historically fascinating buildings. The Bankside Power Station is now the Tate Modern. Churchill’s Old War Office is a hotel and apartments. County Hall houses restaurants, an aquarium and That Shrek Thing. Another of those retrofits is the Great Scotland Yard Hotel, a Grade II-listed building which dates back to the 1820s and was once the Ministry of Defence’s old library. Sitting at an address best known for also housing the original headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, the building has been a hotel for a while – though was spruced up a few years ago with a £75 million revamp.  Admittedly, the words ‘Scotland Yard’ do not exactly scream ‘mega-luxe five-star hotel stay’, but… maybe they could? This 151-room Hyatt is as deeply, thoroughly refined as hotels in this city get.  Each step of a stay at Great Scotland Yard is virtually faultless. The neat rooms are full of light, with floor-to-ceiling windows and balconies looking out over the turrets, towers and courtyards of the Palace of Whitehall. Full of modestly luxurious conveniences (like Chromecast TVs and fancy Japanese Toto loos), the rooms are also of a satisfyingly comfortable size: neither small and cluttered nor massive and awkwardly empty.  Beyond the rooms, Great Scotland Yard is far from a copy-paste Hyatt. Playing into the history of the building and address, the doors are slathered in a deep and polished police blue. The fo

If you’ve ever spent time in Leeds, you’ll know the Queens Hotel. Quite literally on top of (part of) the Yorkshire city’s train station, it’s an art deco concrete titan and inarguably the city’s most famous hotel. Dating back to the 1930s, the Queens was the first British hotel to have air con and ensuite bathrooms in every room, and over the years it’s welcomed the likes of Cary Grant and Nelson Mandela. While the Queens could easily rest on its historical prestige, in recent years it’s attempted to keep with the times and undergone a vast refurb. A whopping £16 million has been pumped into bringing the place back up to snuff, glamming it up with communal areas, a huge new dining venue and more rooms. How does all that sprucing up actually feel? In short, pretty damn good. The moment you step into the Queens’ lobby, with its endearingly gauche décor and genially raucous ambiance, you get a proper sense of occasion that feels appropriate for somewhere so stacked with history. The Queens might have been hauled into the 21st century, but it embraces its historical glamour – and the refurb certainly hasn’t sucked out any of its soul. The Queens is entirely decked out in stuff that harks back to the art deco 1930s – and what isn’t from the Queens’ original period (or directly linked to it, like the hallways’ historic photographs) is tastefully matched. The Queens balances modern polish and historical character in a caring, detailed sort of way, ensuring all additions – everythin

Few London hotels so boldly take inspiration from their surroundings as the Ampersand. Steps from Kensington’s Museums Quarter, this boutique riffs off the studies and research of nearby world-leading institutions like the Science Museum and Natural History Museum, combining it all with many of the bells and whistles of a luxury hotel. From ornithological wallpapers and artworks to complimentary galactically-themed macarons, everything at the Ampersand plays heavily into the hotel’s neighbours. Its ‘science’ afternoon tea spectacularly involves making your own lemonade (with wacky test tubes and all) plus dry-ice and space-themed treats. Sure, this sort of stuff will no doubt be naff to anyone wanting a frilly, snooty sort of posh hotel; but it also makes everything a bit more fun, much less stuffy, and a lot more memorable. Beyond that, lots of the rest is solid, occasionally a bit more. Rooms are decked out with nice stuff: vast, comfy beds, sizeable TVs, Malin + Goetz toiletries, a standalone bath (with full view of the telly), nifty, sleek desk and huge, glitzy headboard. You’d be hard-pressed to criticise the style or function of any individual pieces within the Ampersand’s rooms, while the first three floors of Victorian ceilings are spacious and fresh.  The staff are as helpful as you’d want them to be, everything is delightfully clean, there’s a gym and two restos (one, Apero, is Mediterranean-themed). There’s also a general sense of calm. Compared to the shoulder-to-

Some five-star hotels are all-guns-blazing affairs: immaculate service, supremely stylish décor, spotless cleanliness, peerless comfort. Others? Well, others aren’t. Some AA-awarded five-star hotels get a top-tier rating by simply doing all the basics really, really well. Sort of technical, no-frills five-star hotels, if you will. Where does the brand-new Hyatt Regency Blackfriars fit with all that? It’s somewhere between the two, but mostly falls into the latter category. You get the feeling here that the comfort is well-honed, that it’s part of a formula thoroughly, thoroughly tried and tested. And that’s because it is: it’s a Hyatt Regency hotel, meaning that it’s one of American hotel giant Hyatt’s signature outposts. Looking at Hyatt Regency Blackfriars functionally, there’s very little it doesn’t do. The rooms are spacious and bright with Scandi-ish décor that is a few notches swisher than Ikea. The beds are plush, the Chromecast-compatible TVs are big, the standards of cleanliness are decent, the curtains are marvellously blackout and the bathrooms are well-equipped. In the rooms, the closest you get to a bit of OTT luxury are the floor-level lights specifically designed to show you the way to the loo. Though those are, admittedly, pretty snazzy. The flashiest part of Hyatt Regency Blackfriars is almost certainly the building itself, which is Grade II-listed and on the former grounds of Henry VIII’s Bridewell Palace. The location’s pretty unbeatable, too: in the City o

Looking to seriously broaden your musical horizons? Colour Green could well be just the ticket. Pitching an evening of tremendously diverse sounds and styles – with a focus on women and non-binary musicians – this brand-new night has a line-up teeming with music from the world over. Camden’s intimate Green Note (our very own ‘London’s Favourite Music Venue 2015’, no less) will be graced by the soaring Latin/jazz/R&B of XATIVA, marvellously textured electronica from Alice Boyd and the studious jazz and South American folkloric music of Delfina Cheb. Musical adventurers, don’t miss it.

On the hunt for the heights of convenience and cleanliness with a healthy helping of luxury and space? Look no further than the Henrietta. This sort-of boutique hotel (it’s a little bigger than most boutiques) sits steps away from the main Covent Garden piazza on Henrietta Street. It’s technically not one site but two; split between two townhouses that aren’t connected but aren’t more than a dozen feet or so from each other  As the townhouse location beckons glamour, so does the hotel’s inner chambers. Hidden behind an otherwise-unassuming door, you’ll find a place that reeks with design, from its loud wallpaper to the carefully placed Henry Moore, Man Ray and Roy Lichtenstein books in the lobby. The Henrietta was made with an eye for design and it wants you to know – but there’s nothing wrong with that. In fact, it’s all an exhilarating change from the dime-a-dozen, copy-paste rooms of many of the West End’s ginormous multinational hotel brands. The rooms are also exceptionally design-y (this time taking from art-deco, from golden lamps to swishly round sofas, stools and coffee tables) but don’t skimp on the essentials. The beds are massive and plush, the windows and huge and airy, the lighting is controlled and tasteful. There’s a decent mini-bar and tea/coffee selection, effective air-con, plenty of cupboard space and a well-equipped bathroom. If you want the basics covered – and a little more – few do them better than the Henrietta. Neighbourhood When it comes to the West

London’s Latinx music scene has a lot going on at the mo – and there’s nowhere better to get a taste of it than Alturas, which returns to Stoke Newington’s Doña this January. From the Latin/folk/jazz fusion of singer-songwriter XATIVA and silky, dark pop of Sophie Castillo to the Andean-inflected dancefloor concoctions of ANTIK’ARA and classic bossa nova of Cláudia Marques, revel in a diverse blend of contemporary Latinx sounds. And better yet, the deliciously kitsch Bar Doña will be dishing up its usual array of tacos and mezcal all night.

Would you ever imagine that a mere 33 metres below Clapham High Street, there lies one of the UK’s most cutting-edge urban farms? Us neither, yet that’s where you can find Growing Underground, a farm fashioned out of a former Second World War bomb shelter. Cultivating veggies using LED tech and hydroponic systems, the farm produces pesticide-free, carbon-neutral and nutrient-rich greens that taste delicious. Snoop around and discover more about the history of the tunnel and the farm’s sustainable credentials during a 75-minute tour, which includes a fresh micro herb salad to take home with you. Green in more ways than one. 

The Overground’s newly rebranded lines have officially started being rolled out. Tube maps have been redrawn (or at least updated), countless signs have been changed – all welcome the Lioness, Mildmay, Windrush, Weaver, Suffragette and Liberty lines! The Overground’s splurge of orange is now neatly divided into yellow, blue, red, maroon, green and grey parallel lines. But what do those services all look like on a map? And exactly which stops are on which lines?  If you’ve been searching for answers to those questions, we’ve just the thing. Below you can find a full list of all the stations on each newly-rebranded line, plus a map of them all.   RECOMMENDED: 🚇 Everything we know about the London Overground’s rebranding💡 What all the London’s Overground line names mean. What stations are on each line name? Here is each newly-rebranded Overground line, with the stops they serve. Lioness line Euston South Hampstead Kilburn High Road Queen’s Park Kensal Green Willesden Junction Harlesden Stonebridge Park Wembley Central North Wembley South Kenton Kenton Harrow & Wealdstone Headstone Lane Hatch End Carpenders Park Bushey Watford High Street Watford Junction  Mildmay line Stratford Hackney Wick Homerton Hackney Central Dalston Kingsland Canonbury Highbury & Islington Caledonian Road and Barnsbury Camden Road Kentish Town West Gospel Oak Hampstead Heath Finchley Road and Frognal West Hampstead Brondesbury Bro

Beaujolais Nouveau Day is one of the biggest days in a wine drinker’s calendar, but it’s also a great excuse for a party. This year, Bojo Novo Day takes place this Thursday November 21 – and, as always, London will be marking the occasion.  Now, a fair few of you may be thinking: what on Earth is ‘beaujolais nouveau’? And why does it have its own day? Beaujolais nouveau is a red wine produced in France’s Beaujolais region. It’s a vin de primeur, which means it’s a wine sold in the same year it’s harvested – and it’s famously released at 12.01am on the third Thursday of November. In France the day is famous for its festivals, celebrations and parties. But France doesn’t hog all the fun when it comes to Bojo Novo. The day is marked all around the world, including London. Whether you’re a Frenchie abroad or simply fancy a bit of wine-based fun, here are the best places to mark Beaujolais Nouveau Day 2024 in the capital.  Le Beaujolais  Where else? The clue’s in the name at Le Beaujolais, which currently sits at third in Time Out’s list of the best wine bars in London. On Thursday Bojo Novo Day will be marked by Le Beaujolais in a very classic, French sort of fashion – which is no less than we’d expect from a very classic, very French sort of place. 25 Litchfield St, WC2H 9NJ. Find out more. Marceline  Looking for a bit more than a few glasses of fresh gamay? Canary Wharf joint Marceline has both vino and a solid deal to celebrate Bojo Novo Day, offering a steak French dip sandw

What’s your favourite sign in London that Christmas is coming? Is it the turning on of festive lights displays? The opening of ice rinks? The city’s many Christmas markets setting up stall? The capital sure knows how to get into the festive spirit. In recent years, another way for Londoners to get revved up for Christmas has come courtesy of Coca-Cola. Every year Coke’s festive truck tours the land, stopping to host lucky dips, play festive games and, of course, give away lots of free fizzy stuff. The Coca-Cola truck’s route is usually kept under wraps until a day or two before it arrives in each location. Excitingly for Londoners, however, we won’t have to wait too long before the Coke truck arrives in town: London will be the truck’s first stop on its 2024 tour of the UK. The truck will arrive in the capital tomorrow (November 21) at Elys Yard in the Truman Brewery (just off Brick Lane). As well as lots of free Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, the pop-up promises Coca-Cola merchandise and games, plus performances by DJs, a gospel choir and, tantalisingly, ‘a chart-topping artist’. This year the truck is partnering with food charity FareShare, with Coca-Cola donating 20p for every person who visits the truck at its various stops. You can find all the latest updates about the Coca-Cola Christmas truck’s UK-wide route for 2024 here. Did you see that IKEA is opening a pop-up shop on Oxford Street all about its legendary blue bags? Get the latest and greatest from the Big Smoke – from new

Noticed something different on the Overground this morning? Today (November 20), the first few of the (previously) orange network’s stations will start getting rebranded by TfL, with the majority of the 113 Overground stations getting updated by next week.  The rebrand will see TfL change 6,000 wayfinding signs across the city, changing transport maps in stations, on trains, online and in apps. Six new lines – Lioness, Mildmay, Windrush, Weaver, Suffragette and Liberty lines – will feature on the maps, each with their own colour. You can see what a map of the Overground network looks like on its own here.  But what does the newly renamed and recoloured Overground look like on TfL’s London-wide transport map, alongside the likes of the tube, DLR, Elizabeth line, trams and IFS cable car? Well, here’s exactly that: Image: TfL Pretty, isn’t it? Here’s that map zoomed in, in four parts. Image: TfL Image: TfL Image: TfL Image: TfL You can find out all about the meanings of the new Overground line names here. Get the latest and greatest from the Big Smoke – from news and reviews to events and trends. Just follow our Time Out London WhatsApp channel. Stay in the loop: sign up to our free Time Out London newsletter for the best of the city, straight to your inbox.

IKEA’s FRAKTA bags are iconic. Good for far more than just for shopping at IKEA, the massive blue bags are the ultimate hard-wearing, multi-use, huge capacity carrier bag. Apparently 45 percent of UK households own one, and they’re so legendary that IKEA even styled a bucket hat after them. If you’re a FRAKTA stan, today we come bearing exciting news. Later this month IKEA is opening a pop-up concept store in London all about the bag and giving it the ‘haute couture’ treatment. Called the ‘Hus of FRAKTA’, it’ll open on Oxford Street on Thursday November 28 at 11am. But Hus of FRAKTA won’t just open anywhere on Oxford Street: it’ll be right next to IKEA’s upcoming new Oxford Street store. IKEA’s new multi-floor West End shop (which was once covered in a giant FRAKTA bag) is expected to open in spring 2025. It follows the opening of a standalone IKEA restaurant in Hammersmith a few weeks ago. Exactly what’ll be sold at the pop-up isn’t yet known for sure, though there will, of course, be plenty of FRAKTA bags up for grabs – starting from just 75p. Hus of FRAKTA will be open daily until March 2025. Hus of FRAKTA, 216 Oxford Street, W1D 2JH. Mon-Sat 11am-8pm, Sun 12pm-6pm. Get the latest and greatest from the Big Smoke – from news and reviews to events and trends. Just follow our Time Out London WhatsApp channel. Stay in the loop: sign up to our free Time Out London newsletter for the best of the city, straight to your inbox.

The renaming of London’s Overground was first properly hinted at by Sadiq Khan way back in March 2023. While the rebrand was officially confirmed in February of this year, Londoners have been waiting on tenterhooks in the months since to see it actually happen. And now the wait is over. Today (November 20) the Overground is officially starting to get rebranded with new colours and names for each line. The roll-out has already begun, with most of the line’s stations getting signage upgrades by next Monday November 25.  Given that each London Overground route operates individually and that they effectively are separate routes, the move makes a lot of sense. TfL says the rebrand will ‘make it easier for customers to navigate the London Overground’, as well as celebrate ‘London’s diverse communities and histories’. Want to know about London’s newly renamed and recoloured lines? Here’s everything you need to know. London Overground new line names and meaning Here are the new Overground line names, plus a short detail on what they mean. The Lioness line: running between Euston and Watford junction, named after England’s Lionesses national football team. The Mildmay line: running between Stratford and Richmond/Clapham Junction, named after a charitable hospital in Shoreditch. The Windrush line: running between Highbury & Islington and Clapham Junction/New Cross/Crystal Palace/West Croydon, named after the Windrush generation and their legacy. The Weaver line: running betwee

More than nine months after details were revealed about the London Overground’s rebrand, it’s now officially happening. The Overground’s splurge of orange is being divvyed up into six new lines, each with its own name and colour – and the rebrand starts tomorrow (November 20). Transport for London says a ‘small number’ of stations will start seeing the new lines and colours from Wednesday, November 20, and that most stations will be updated from next Monday, November 25. Some Overground commuters may have already noticed changes to the network. Bits of signage had been taken down on trains and at stations this morning (November 19), prepping for the rebrand. The rebrand will require TfL to update a whopping 6,000 way-finding signs and update 113 Overground stations, as well as change in-train maps across the fleet. All stations will need new tube maps, while online and app versions of maps will also require changing. RECOMMENDED: 📍 What London’s tube map looks like with the new Overground lines.💡 What all the London’s Overground line names mean. Not all screens and announcements will be updated in the initial roll-out. On the Overground’s Class 378 trains, which run on the Lioness, Mildmay and Windrush lines, audiovisual passenger information system will be upgraded in the coming weeks, but other lines will see the full changes by January 2025. Digital channel updates, including on the TfL website and TfL Go, will be changed by mid-December. If you need a refresh, here are

With the rebranding of the Overground, London’s transport map just got a whole load more colourful. What was once tangled orange is now a glorious splash of yellow, blue, red, maroon, green and grey. But there’s more to the Overground rebrand than flashy new colours. Each new Overground line has not just a new colour but a new name – and each of those line names has been chosen for a reason. From the historic textile trade of east London to the Wembley triumph of England at Women’s Euro 2022, the new names all have something to do with the areas they run through. TfL said it worked with customers, stakeholders, historians, industry experts and local communities to come up with the names.  Keen to find out more? Here’s a breakdown of what the new Overground names are and exactly what they’re supposed to mean. RECOMMENDED: 💡 Everything we know about the London Overground’s rebranding📍 What London’s tube map looks like with the new Overground lines. The Lioness line Route: Between Euston and Watford junction Colour: Yellow parallel lines This one runs through Wembley and is named after England’s Lionesses national football team. It specifically commemorates the team winning the Euros in 2022, which is recognised as marking a ‘step change’ in attitudes towards women’s football across the UK. The line intends to honour the legacy of that team in empowering the next generation of women and girls in sport. The Mildmay line Route: Between Stratford and Richmond/Clapham Junction Col

The UK is getting colder and darker by the hour – it is, in other words, the perfect time of year to start thinking about your next getaway. Whether you’re pining for a dose of winter sun or planning on jetting off on a huge trip in 2025, travel magazines are out to inspire you. The likes of Lonely Planet, National Geographic and Condé Nast Traveller have all recently published their lists of the hottest places to travel next year. And now it’s the turn of news media outlet Euronews, which has just unveiled its take on the travel trends to watch out for in 2025. The platform’s trend predictions feature everything from ‘destination dupes’ (ie affordable alternatives to popular destinations) to ‘coolcations’ (holidaying to colder climates in summer). You can check out all Euronews’ 2025 travel trends here. And among Euronews’ travel trend predications for 2025 is a British destination. Euronews reckons next year that ‘cosmic getaways’ will be hot, and people will travel more to see stuff like comets and the northern lights. The publication highlighted Northumberland as a ‘suggested destination’ for a cosmic getaway. Listing Northumberland alongside Chile and Iceland, Euronews said: ‘Northumberland National Park, along with most of Kielder Water & Forest Park, offer some of the UK’s most pristine dark skies. ‘Together, they form England's first International Dark Sky Park, a designation awarded in 2013 by the International Dark Sky Association in recognition of their joint commi

Hear ye! Hear ye! Cheap pints! Cheap pints! Next week, one of Soho’s finest boozers will be selling pints for just £2.50 a pop. That’s right, you can nab a drink for well under half (or even a third) the typical price of pints in other pubs in the capital. The Shaston Arms, which features on Time Out’s list of the best pubs in Soho, will sell £2.50 pints for one day only on Thursday November 28. The giveaway is to mark the boozer’s 25th birthday. And that isn’t all. The Shaston will also be renamed The Lady Shaston as a nod to the pub’s landlady Sally Graham, who has run it since it opened in 1999. It’ll be Graham’s favourite beer – the Winter’s Tale by Badger, a seasonal cask ale – available for £2.50. In total, 250 pints will be available at the discounted price.  Photograph: Hall & Woodhouse / Sally Graham The Shaston Arms was opened in December 1999 by Dorset-based brewers Hall & Woodhouse, who fashioned the boozer out of two shopfronts on Ganton Street (just off Carnaby). Over the years it’s found fans in locals, tourists, theatre performers, us at Time Out and celebrities like Ewan McGregor and the Gallagher Brothers.  4-6 Ganton St, W1F 7QN. November 28 More info here. Did you see that this central London pub is charging £2 extra for pints after 10pm? Get the latest and greatest from the Big Smoke – from news and reviews to events and trends. Just follow our Time Out London WhatsApp channel. Stay in the loop: sign up for our free Time Out London newsletter for the b

Yep, you read the headline correctly: global pop superstar Katy Perry is heading out on a huge UK tour next year. The Californian popstar’s Lifetimes Tour will see her play several of the country’s biggest arenas, including the likes of London’s O2 and Glasgow’s OVO Hydro.  The Lifetimes Tour follows the release of Perry’s latest album 143, and it comes seven years after she last toured the UK. A bit like Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour and Madonna’s Celebration Tour, the Lifetimes Tour is intended to be a career-spanning series of shows.  And that isn’t all. Katy Perry will also follow the lead of the likes of Coldplay and Sam Fender and donate money from ticket sales to grassroot venues through the Music Venue Trust.  Here’s everything you need to know about Katy Perry’s UK shows in 2025, from dates to potential pricing.  Katy Perry UK tour dates in 2025 So far, the popstar has confirmed five UK dates, all in October 2025.  October 7 – Glasgow, OVO Hydro October 8 – Manchester, AO Arena October 10 – Sheffield, Utilita Arena October 11 – Birmingham, Utilita Arena October 13 – London, The O2 When do tickets go on sale?  General sale will go live on Friday November 22 at 10am. You’ll be able to buy on Ticketmaster here.  Presale Presales will begin at 10am on November 20, and you can sign up here. There will be presales in Sheffield and Birmingham for Utilita customers, as well as for OVO customers in Glasgow.  Ticket prices Tickets will range from £58.45 to £200.35. Image: AEG Pr

OneRepublic have announced a massive tour of Europe in autumn 2025. The Escape To Europe tour will see the US pop rock band play nearly 30 shows throughout Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and more.  Excitingly for the UK’s OneRepublic fans, the Colorado band have also revealed several huge shows at British arenas. The group, known for smash-hits like ‘Counting Stars’, ‘Apologize’ and ‘Stop and Stare’, will be playing cities like London, Glasgow and Manchester.  Fancy seeing OneRepublic live in the UK next year? Here’s everything you need to know about the tour, including dates, tickets and pricing. OneRepublic UK tour dates in 2025  The band has so far announced five UK dates, all in September 2025. Here are those: September 18 – Birmingham, Utilita Arena September 21 – Cardiff, Utilita Arena September 23 – Glasgow, OVO Hydro September 24 – Manchester, Co-op Live September 26 – London, The O2  When do tickets go on sale?  General sale goes live this Friday November 22 at 10am GMT. You’ll be able to buy on Ticketmaster here. Presale Artist presale kicks off at 10am on November 19 – sign up here. Ticket prices According to Glasgow’s OVO Hydro, OneRepublic tickets will range from £44.30 to £171.95. Expect similar pricing across the tour.  Tour supports Support for the entire European tour comes from English singer-songwriter Ella Henderson, whose chart-topping single ‘Ghost’ was co-written by OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder.  Image: OneRepublic Stay in the loop: s