A new lakeside community sauna is set to open in east London
According to Saunamap , there are 68 verified saunas in the area, including the floating sauna boats in Canary Wharf, rooftop saunas in Hackney and infrared saunas in West Ham. One major player in the East End’s sauna…
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Where Cool Creatives Are Buying Their Christmas Gifts This Year
“Different juxtapositions of colours, scents, materials and textures produce different effects – not just aesthetically, but emotionally.” Depending on the season, his own 18th-century cottage in Somerset’s Mendip Hills…
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Parliament Square pedestrianisation: inside plans to ban cars at the iconic London landmark
The shopping mecca’s traffic-free move has set off a domino effect across the Big Smoke. Hot on the heels of Oxford Street, Camden High Street has also announced plans to pedestrianise itself following an 18-month trial.…
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Memoriam
In the very near future, a company called Memoriam has devised a way of extracting people’s memories and turning them into a lavishly detailed, full-sensory VR-style experience. In the opening scene – which turns out to…
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How to import a car: shipping, taxes and other costs explained
Although road transport from a lot of European countries takes only a matter of days, you’ll still be waiting a few weeks overall once processing times on either side are taken into account. Best countries to import a…
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5 Ways To Reinvent The Skirt And Turtleneck Combo This Winter
When it comes to everyday outfits, neutral shades and clean silhouettes remain as essential as they are at any other time of year. One of our favourite options for the season ahead? The classic combo that is the skirt…
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Review: ‘Cloud 9’, National Theatre
But that’s like saying Shakespeare’s works are dated because you can date them to the Elizabethan era: yes, obviously, but that doesn’t mean they have nothing to say to us. Dominic Cooke’s revival follows Lyndsey…
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London Lord Mayor’s Show 2026: Schedule, Parade Route, and Road Closures
Before then, the king would assign his own sheriff to rule. There was one condition to the new system of rule, though. Every year, the newly elected mayor had to leave the safety of the Square Mile and head upriver to…
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Eurostar is launching a new direct route from London to one of Europe’s coolest cities next month
Now, there’s just one month until it launches. At the moment, Eurostar passengers must change at Brussels-Midi to go onwards to Antwerp on a Belgian National Rail Company (SNCB) train. That journey takes roughly three…
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Big Has is opening his first-ever restaurant in north London
The chef will be soft-launching the Turkish-Cypriot ‘grill and fry’ Liman at the Palmers Green end of Green Lanes at the end of November, with the doors officially opening on December 3. Working around a coal-fired…
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