
BFI London Film Festival 2026: What’s On and Where to Go Between Screenings
Twelve days, 251 films, 88 countries. The BFI London Film Festival turns 70 this year and the whole thing is anchored about five minutes from our front door. Wednesday 7
Everybody has been to that Christmas do. Long table. Three-course set menu chosen six weeks earlier by someone in operations. Crackers. A …
A fashion mogul cancels Christmas because it’s getting in the way of her landmark show. Three visitors turn up to explain why …
Last season the London Lions won everything. All four domestic trophies – the Championship, the Cup, the Trophy and the play-off title, …
The Music is Black Festival from East Bank closes with a bang. Black to the Future – the fourth and final live …
There’s a moment that happens at almost every bottomless brunch in London. You’re about 50 minutes in. The glasses are half full, …
London’s queer collectives are taking over Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park this August. Queer Frequencies – the third weekend of The Music is …
Lee Valley VeloPark is one of the most impressive sporting venues in London. Whether you are there to watch elite cycling, race …
West Ham United are back at London Stadium for the 2026-27 season – this time in the EFL Championship. The club, the …
When Sadler’s Wells East opened on the East Bank of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in January 2025, it arrived as one of …
Tumbling Bay Playground in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is one of the best playgrounds in London – and it is completely free …

Twelve days, 251 films, 88 countries. The BFI London Film Festival turns 70 this year and the whole thing is anchored about five minutes from our front door. Wednesday 7

Most of London does Christmas theatre in the West End, where you pay West End prices, eat at a chain because it’s the only thing with a table, and fight

Everybody has been to that Christmas do. Long table. Three-course set menu chosen six weeks earlier by someone in operations. Crackers. A DJ playing Slade at a volume that makes

Right, the important bit first, because plenty of listings get this wrong. Oktoberfest at Between the Bridges is not a three-week continuous run. It’s eight nights, Fridays and Saturdays only:

A fashion mogul cancels Christmas because it’s getting in the way of her landmark show. Three visitors turn up to explain why that’s a mistake. It is exactly the story

Waterloo gets treated as somewhere you pass through. Four million people a year come up those escalators, look at the departure boards, and leave. Which is a shame, because between