The origins of the name 'Cockfosters' are a little uncertain. It possibly recalls the home of a cock-forester, where 'cock' here means 'chief'. Alternatively, it might be a corruption of a family name ...

The Genesis Exhibition: Do Ho Suh: Walk the House at Tate Modern. 1 May - 19 October, £20.

The UK AIDS Memorial Quilt is on display at Tate Modern, 12-26 June 2025. Entry is free.

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Chelsea in 50 Buildings by Lucy McMurdo is out now from Amberley Publishing. Buy direct from the publisher, or via ...

Another as-yet-unidentified volcanic eruption in 1452-53 is thought to have been a key component of the ‘Little Ice Age’, ...

If you've ever walked the length of Tottenham Court Road, you can't have helped but admire this multi-storey mural about half ...

That was the rallying cry of London’s first vegetarian restaurant, which opened at 429 Oxford Street in 1879. The Alpha Food ...

"Once I've located a good one I will roll out a slab of clay, take it to the location and press it into the coal hole." ...

INFLATABLE TOWER OF LONDON: Younger thrillseekers will love bouncing their way through a near-1,000 years of history on this ...

Though the concept isn't entirely novel (others have made the most of TfL's open data to create their own before now), ...

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