Evening view of The Royal Arcade in London: Built in 1879, it is a hidden gem off Old Bond Street in Mayfair.
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From the Tower of London, a view of The Shard, the UK’s tallest building at about 310 metres, rising above the Thames and London’s skyline.
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1908 Leyland X2 (LN-7270) at London Transport Museum – one of the first motorbuses on London’s streets, operated by London Central Motor Omnibus Co.
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View the Tower Bridge, one of London’s most distinctive landmarks, combining striking neo-Gothic towers with ingenious Victorian engineering.
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From Holborn Viaduct, two gilded dragons in deep crimson and gold keep watch over the western edge of the City of London.
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Today in history (17 Dec 1843): Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol was first published in London.
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View of the Ralph Lauren Giving Tree outside the brand’s flagship store on New Bond Street.
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Evening view of the London Eye from the Golden Jubilee Bridges (also called the Hungerford Footbridges).
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Walking through one of the tiled pedestrian passageways in Piccadilly Circus Underground Station in London.
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View of some of the Oxford Street 2025 Christmas lights, which feature 5,000 sustainable white stars made from 300,000 energy-efficient LED bulbs.
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View of the All is Bright Christmas Lights on Carnaby Street. The display reuses the sculptural LED forms introduced in 2024, but this year they glow in bright, mixed colours rather than all white, with star and cracker shapes.
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Inside Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall: Máret Ánne Sara’s ‘Goavve-Geabbil’, a 28-metre-tall column of reindeer hides bound with cables.
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Happy Sunday! Evening view of the west front of St Paul’s Cathedral in London, its iconic Baroque facade illuminated against the twilight sky.
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Looking down at the Stranger Things Christmas tree at Waterloo Station in London 🎄✨
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Today’s festive find on Ludgate Hill near St Paul’s Cathedral: ‘Home Sweet Home’, one of 12 Snoopy sculptures on the Fleet Street Quarter trail.
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View of the London Eye from Westminster Bridge! 🚶♀️🇬🇧🎡
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This past Saturday, the Lady Mayor arrived at the Royal Courts of Justice in the historic golden State Coach as part of the Lady Mayor’s Parade.
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Bronze statue of Lord George Bentinck in Cavendish Square Gardens, created by Thomas Campbell in 1851. It honors the rebel politician and racing legend who fought against the Corn Laws—tariffs that kept grain prices high but hurt workers.
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Meet Fern, London’s latest Jurassic resident! This stunning bronze Diplodocus now stands proudly in the newly transformed gardens of the Natural History Museum.
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At the Royal Academy of Arts, a 1790 cast of the Farnese Hercules. This Roman marble is a copy of a 4th-century BC Greek original by Lysippos, depicting Hercules resting after his labours.
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The first batch of tickets for London’s New Year’s Eve Fireworks event will go on sale this Friday, 17th October 2025! Find out more at: www.london.gov.uk/events/london-new-years-...
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Part of Scenes in the Square, a Harry Potter statue in Leicester Square captures Harry soaring on his Nimbus 2000 during his first Quidditch match.
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Today in History (3 October 1843): The statue of Admiral Nelson was placed atop Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square.
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Autumn view of the London Eye along the South Bank in London.
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Happy Sunday! Before the Rapture on Tuesday (HA!), we take in a view of The Quire within Westminster Abbey.
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View of the Viking longship replica Saga Farmann sails through Tower Bridge in London!
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Exterior view of the north door of Westminster Abbey, framed by its rose window and flying buttresses overhead.
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View at Kew Gardens showcasing vibrant pink roses in full bloom.
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View of the Lady Chapel, also known as the Henry VII Chapel at Westminster Abbey in London.
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Red telephone box near the entrance of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
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