Christmas will soon be with us, and preparations are already underway!
Oxford Street in Christmas lights
It’s time for the big Christmas lights switch on and the transformation of Oxford Street, Regent Street and Bond Street, as well as local shopping centres such as Kingston upon Thames for the festive season.
Regent Street
Thursday 6 November
This year, Regent Street [...]
For over a hundred years, the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run (LBVCR) has been held on the first Sunday in November.
This annual event started as The Emancipation Run on 14 November 1896 to celebrate the raising of the speed limit for ‘light locomotives’ from four to 14 mph!
The annual London to Brighton Veteran Car [...]
It’s over 400 years since Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators’ unsuccessful bid to blow up King James I and the Houses of Parliament. Now, each year on 5 November, the failure of the Gunpowder Plot is celebrated by letting off fireworks and burning a Guy on a bonfire.
Across London there are a number of Bonfire [...]