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Walt Disney World has added new hours through January 9, 2021 for Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, EPCOT, and Hollywood Studios, while also extending hours for peak holiday season dates in December 2020. In this post, we’ll share the new calendar dates, extended hours for Christmas week, plus commentary on best & worst days of the

Another update in the Disneyland Resort reopening roller coaster, as Disney California Adventure will be partially reopening for Christmas shopping & dining along Buena Vista Street. This post covers dates, details, and what this could mean for future plans. We aren’t going to recap the entirety of the “Disney v. California” closure/reopening saga. The most

Somerset House isn’t just home to an ice-skating rink and a really fancy place to learn about art history, it’s also full of artist studios. Normally, once a year, Somerset House is given over to the practitioners who call the building home (or studio, at least), but this isn’t a normal year. So instead, on

Looks like there ain’t no stopping the Barbican. After a successful series of autumn concerts, the London institution has just announced that it’s now planning to bring back theatre too. Most excitingly, we can look forward to ‘The Ghost Light’, a live experience for just one audience member and five of their guests. You basically

Covent Garden Italian-inspired restaurant The Petersham will be opening its doors again on Nov 5. The restaurant will be serving lunch and dinner from Wednesday-Sunday with a menu full of seasonal dishes and fresh English produce. Some of the highlights include spaghetti with razor clams and bottarga as a starter, as well as main courses

A new curated shop selling food, drink, plants, homewares and furniture is popping up in Southwark. Menier Store is transforming the Menier Chocolate Factory, a Grade II listed Victorian warehouse, into a mini department store full of specialist retailers and will open on October 30. The stars of Menier Store are North London food and drink experts The Camden

One of the most heartwarming stories of these difficult months has been spearheaded by footballer and national hero Marcus Rashford. His ongoing campaign to make sure that the austerity caused by the pandemic doesn’t deprive children of a square meal has gathered pace, with numerous local authorities lending their support – and some for next

In a year when everyone’s plans have gone to shit, there is NO SHAME in being disorganised. Yes, the smug Instagram mums have booked up all the pumpkin-picking, and you’ll be lucky to find a great Airbnb near London, but there’s still a bunch of very cool culture trips, outdoorsy excursions and last-minute tickets to be had.

The Arcola Theatre is turning itself inside-out for winter. The pioneering Off-West End playhouse has employed multi-award-winning stage designer Jon Bausor to create a brand new outdoor performance space and bar near its main building on Ashwin street (just opposite Dalston Junction Overground station). Arcola Outside is due to open in December. Under Tier 2 restrictions,

It’s been an eventful week (to put it mildly) in the ongoing reopening saga of Disneyland and Disney California Adventure. This post will bring you up to speed on the fallout from California’s stringent theme park reopening rules, responses from Anaheim leaders and businesses, and where Disney, Universal, Cedar Fair, and other operators will likely

Walt Disney World has released more details for the 2021 Taste of EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays, including a full list of food booths, character cavalcades, Olaf’s scavenger hunt, and more. In this post, we’ll share everything we know thus far about the Christmas-time event, and thoughts on whether it’s worth doing. For starters,

Great news for fans of London Gay Men’s Chorus: its annual Christmas concert will go ahead this year, after months and months of utterly scuppered plans.  But now, sixteen socially distanced singers (from the two-hundred-strong group) will be able to bring a ‘dollop of cheer to a difficult year’ this December by belting out some of the classics in a show

Of all the many ice rinks London hosts during the winter months, none are quite as iconic as the Natural History Museum’s, with its towering Christmas tree presiding over the ice against the backdrop of Alfred Waterhouse’s spectacular cathedral-like buildings. Which is why we’re truly gutted to learn that the rink won’t be making an appearance

‘Smack your face!’ ‘Boo!’ ‘Bawbag’ ‘Do better, you mop!’ ‘I’m a nitwit and a bumhole’ (the last said by some talking arse cheeks wearing a suit and crowned with a Trumpian toupée of shit). I doubt the Foundling Museum – a charming, moving institution devoted to orphaned and abandoned children and philanthropy – has ever claimed

Following our morning at Islands of Adventure, we took the Hogwarts Express train to Universal Studios Florida for lunch, afternoon touring, and Halloween Horror Lite. In this photo report, we’ll share a look at crowds, actual v. posted wait times, and a quiet early evening in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Before we get

Stoke Newington’s West Reservoir has announced that wild swimmers will be able to go ‘skin swimming’ all year round – even if it’s absolutely freezing! Previously, swimmers had to wear a wetsuit when the water temperature was below 16C, but they can now hop into West Reservoir at all times of year wearing nothing more than some speedos, swimsuit

Walt Disney World has quietly released another PIN or Unique Offer Code, targeted to select guests for January to June 30, 2021. In this post, we’ll cover details, offer commentary about the dates, explain just what a “PIN code” is, and offer our strategy for how to be sent one. To quickly recap, at the

Winter is the most difficult time of year for Londoners sleeping rough, not just in terms of the icy cold temperatures, but also the loneliness they suffer at a time when others are with loved ones. And this year, with the economic impact of the pandemic, many people are facing homelessness for the first time. Shelter is fighting hard to

Walt Disney World has announced details and dates for the 2021 Taste of EPCOT International Festival of the Arts, which will be a global celebration of the visual, culinary, and performing arts. In this post, we’ll share everything we know thus far, plus why Festival of the Arts is our favorite event of the year

Today is shaping up to be one of those Walt Disney World news days. However, unlike most recent instances of this, the stories (thus far at least) are unequivocally positive. Things started out with Walt Disney World releasing new 2021 discounts for the general public, Floridians, and Annual Passholders, with above-average savings for Winter and Spring 2021.

Two of Yayoi Kusama’s famous ‘Infinity Rooms’ were due to go on display at Tate Modern back in May, as part of the art museum’s year-long celebration of its twentieth birthday. Then guess what? Yep. Anyway, the gallery has now announced that the display will go ahead in 2021. It’s a great chance two absolutely

Walt Disney World has released strong new room-only discounts for winter and Spring 2021. In this post, we’ll share the details of these special offers, compare & contrast them with this year’s room-only discounts, and share analysis as to how much money you’ll actually save with each. As you might recall, Walt Disney World released

Might sound weird on paper but Netflix wants you off your sofa and out of your house – within the current letter of the law, obvs. The streaming platform has teamed up with Chinatown to mark the release of its new Chinese-American animation ‘Over the Moon’ with a kaleidoscopic lantern display in the heart of

What’s the soundtrack to London? Honking van drivers, sweary bike couriers and announcements about why your train has mysteriously disappeared off the display board. Of course not. It’s buskers, right? Who hasn’t had their day momentarily brightened by a beatboxer, someone hitting some plastic tubs or an old fellow doing the saxophone bit from ‘Baker