London Today — news https://ldn.lol/ What changed in central London: exhibitions, theatre and the weekend, each checked against the source. en-GB Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Marks & Spencer is doing a runway show at London Fashion Week https://ldn.lol/news/marks-and-spencer-is-doing-a-london-fashion-week-show/ https://ldn.lol/news/marks-and-spencer-is-doing-a-london-fashion-week-show/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Fashion London Fashion Week runs 17 to 21 September, with M&S making its debut on the schedule, Mulberry's first collection under Christopher Kane and McQueen's London return. An Uber in London can now arrive with nobody driving it https://ldn.lol/news/self-driving-taxis-on-uber-in-london/ https://ldn.lol/news/self-driving-taxis-on-uber-in-london/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Transport From 3 September an UberX, Uber Electric or Uber Comfort anywhere in London except the airports can be a Wayve car driving itself, at the fare you were already quoted. Kew Gardens costs £10 on a Tuesday until the end of December https://ldn.lol/news/kew-costs-ten-pounds-on-a-tuesday/ https://ldn.lol/news/kew-costs-ten-pounds-on-a-tuesday/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Days out From 8 September to 29 December the Tuesday ticket is £10 instead of £25, and it includes the largest outdoor Henry Moore exhibition ever staged. Saturn has grown a ten-sided shape, and amateurs saw it first https://ldn.lol/news/saturn-grew-a-ten-sided-shape/ https://ldn.lol/news/saturn-grew-a-ten-sided-shape/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Science Hubble has confirmed a ten-sided wave around Saturn’s south pole. Two amateur astronomers spotted the undulation in 2024; the paper landed on 2 September. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory returns, with Michael Ball at the Coliseum https://ldn.lol/news/michael-ball-takes-the-coliseum-as-willy-wonka/ https://ldn.lol/news/michael-ball-takes-the-coliseum-as-willy-wonka/ Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Theatre A new production runs 4 June to 18 September 2027 at the London Coliseum, directed by Nikolai Foster. Priority booking opens on 29 September. The Bayeux Tapestry is in England for the first time in 900 years https://ldn.lol/news/bayeux-tapestry-at-the-british-museum/ https://ldn.lol/news/bayeux-tapestry-at-the-british-museum/ Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Exhibitions Seventy metres of eleventh-century embroidery are on show in London from 10 September until 11 July 2027. Tickets are £33, and the next release is on 21 October. A gallery closed to the public since 1943 reopens this month https://ldn.lol/news/nature-and-us-opens-a-gallery-shut-since-1943/ https://ldn.lol/news/nature-and-us-opens-a-gallery-shut-since-1943/ Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Museums The Natural History Museum's new free gallery puts a 400,000-year-old hand-axe beside a Star Wars toy that spent the 1980s under the sea. The Fourth Plinth changes hands on 10 September https://ldn.lol/news/lady-in-blue-takes-the-fourth-plinth/ https://ldn.lol/news/lady-in-blue-takes-the-fourth-plinth/ Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Exhibitions Tschabalala Self's Lady in Blue goes up in Trafalgar Square from 10 September and stays until summer 2028 — the longest commitment in public art here. Eleven artists are installing work in Regent's Park for free https://ldn.lol/news/frieze-sculpture-in-regents-park/ https://ldn.lol/news/frieze-sculpture-in-regents-park/ Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Exhibitions From 16 September to 1 November, eleven artists take over the English Gardens on the theme of hybridity. No ticket, no booking, no queue. Apple has created a job whose stated task is talking to governments https://ldn.lol/news/apples-chairman-now-has-a-policy-job/ https://ldn.lol/news/apples-chairman-now-has-a-policy-job/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tech Tim Cook stopped being chief executive on 1 September. His new role comes with a remit Apple wrote down: engaging with policymakers around the world. Venice opens the autumn, and a British film opens Venice https://ldn.lol/news/venice-opens-the-autumn-with-a-british-film/ https://ldn.lol/news/venice-opens-the-autumn-with-a-british-film/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Film Danny Boyle's Ink starts the 83rd Mostra on 2 September. It is the first of the three festivals that decide what London's cinemas show in October. The V&A closing dates worth putting in a diary https://ldn.lol/news/va-exhibitions-closing-dates/ https://ldn.lol/news/va-exhibitions-closing-dates/ Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Exhibitions Four V&A exhibitions have published closing dates and one opens in November. Schiaparelli goes first, on 8 November — and it is the one with the shortest run left. Notting Hill Carnival turns sixty https://ldn.lol/news/notting-hill-carnival-turns-60/ https://ldn.lol/news/notting-hill-carnival-turns-60/ Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Carnival A plaque at Westbourne Park names seventy people who built Carnival — unveiled for its sixtieth year, and for seventy years since London Transport went recruiting in the Caribbean. A partial lunar eclipse, visible from London https://ldn.lol/news/partial-lunar-eclipse-over-london/ https://ldn.lol/news/partial-lunar-eclipse-over-london/ Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Sky London's second eclipse in a fortnight: 93% of the Moon in shadow at 5.12am on Friday 28 August, no glasses needed, and Parliament Hill the one obvious place to stand. What is actually hanging in London right now https://ldn.lol/news/ten-exhibitions-on-in-london/ https://ldn.lol/news/ten-exhibitions-on-in-london/ Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Exhibitions Ten shows are on the critics' list. Six of them close before January, one has sold more advance tickets than anything in Tate's 128-year history, and two of the best are free.