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Danny Hurst
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Founded in 2018, though properly opened as an actual exhibition space in 2022, Queer Britain in Kings Cross is the UK's first LGBTQ+ museum.

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February 13, 2026 at 6:10 AM
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One of the most remarkable feats of engineering in the world is the Thames Flood Barrier, which has protected London from storm surges since 1982.

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February 12, 2026 at 6:14 AM
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A number of grafittied buses stand in the old coach park in Stratford by Westfield as a grafitti art school.

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February 11, 2026 at 6:16 AM
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After several months' absence, the former pub and ironmonger's sign, the dog and pot, was reinstalled on Blackfriars Road this month.

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February 10, 2026 at 6:07 AM
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Queen Mary University's Neuron Pod in Whitechapel was inspired by nerve cells.

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February 9, 2026 at 6:17 AM
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A statue of Bob, the street cat, was unveiled on Islington Grren in 2021 by James Bowen, the writer who immortalised him.

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February 8, 2026 at 8:06 AM
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The World Turned Upside-Down is an installation by Mark Wallinger on the campus of the London School of Economics.

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February 7, 2026 at 9:34 AM
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Just north of Kingsway past Holborn station is the disused Kinsway tram tunnel; once the only tram connection through central London.

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February 6, 2026 at 6:09 AM
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The unassuming-looking Vestry House Museum in Walthamstow houses what is arguably the first car built in Britain with an internal combustion engine.

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February 5, 2026 at 6:06 AM
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The only remains of Montague House, the home of Caroline of Brunswick between 1801-1813, isa wall and the plunge pool in Greenwich Park.

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February 4, 2026 at 6:02 AM
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Hiding in plain sight and unnoticed by most is Barry Baldwin's Endangered Species doorway of Grand Buildings at the edge of Trafalgar Square.

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February 3, 2026 at 6:17 AM
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The Brown Dog Affair was a series of riots following allegations of illegal vivisection on a terrier. This is commemorated by a statue in Battersea Park.

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February 2, 2026 at 6:10 AM
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One of the piers beneath Hungerford Bridge is known for its skateboard graveyard; a tribute to Timothy Baxter, who, in 1999, was murdered here.

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February 1, 2026 at 8:19 AM
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Established in 1798 by Thomas Rule, Rules is condered to be London's oldest restaurant; only slightly younger than the USA.

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January 31, 2026 at 7:30 AM
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There have only been seven known Frost Fairs. The last was held in the winter of 1813-14, and featured an elephant crossing the ice.

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January 30, 2026 at 6:08 AM
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Very few people are aware of the existence of The World Time Today clock, which was incorporated into Piccadilly Circus Underground Station in 1928.

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January 29, 2026 at 6:20 AM
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Michelin House on Fulham Road was the first UK headquarters for the tyre company and now incorporates offices, a restaurant, bar and more.

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January 28, 2026 at 5:58 AM
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Today, 27th January, is Holocaust Memorial Day. Casson Mann's Holocaust galleries at the Imperial War Museum opened in 2021.

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January 27, 2026 at 6:07 AM
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Lombard Street in the City was founded by bankers from Lombardi. Once famous for its extravagant signs, only four remain today.

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January 26, 2026 at 5:38 AM
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Seven Anglo-Saxon kings including Aethelstan and Aethelred the Unready were consecrated at the Coronation Stone in Kingston Upon Thames.

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January 25, 2026 at 7:32 AM
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The Wiener Holocaust Library in Russell Square was founded in 1933 by Alfred Wiener originally to update Jewish communities on Nazi persecution.

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January 24, 2026 at 7:24 AM
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St Govor's Well in Kensington Gardens appears in the first Peter Pan book. It is believed to be an ancient spring but was named during the 19th century.

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January 23, 2026 at 6:05 AM
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The Starway to Heaven memorial sculpture by Bethnal Green underground station commemorates the worst civilian disaster of World War II on 3rd March 1943.

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January 22, 2026 at 6:32 AM
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PL Travers lived near the Admiral's House in Hampstead, and this inspired Admiral Boom's house in the Mary Poppins books and film.

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January 21, 2026 at 6:11 AM
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Barely noticed by the thousands of passers-by every day, the Tomb of the Unknown London Girl is found by the Gherkin, beneath which, she is buried.

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January 20, 2026 at 6:20 AM