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Becoming America at the Science Museum: free show opens 23 October
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Becoming America at the Science Museum: free show opens 23 October

Marking 250 years since the Declaration of Independence, the Science Museum's free autumn exhibition asks how science shaped the United States.

5 October 2026 · 3 min
Hidden Knightsbridge: A Walk Through Its Quiet Squares and Mews
Culture

Hidden Knightsbridge: A Walk Through Its Quiet Squares and Mews

A self-guided walk through the quiet side of Knightsbridge: two Regency squares, a great Victorian church, a former service street, a cobbled mews pub and Motcomb Street.

9 September 2026 · 4 min
Lowndes Square History: A Short Guide to the Cubitt Square
Culture

Lowndes Square History: A Short Guide to the Cubitt Square

How two fields beside the Westbourne became Lowndes Square: the family behind the name, the Cubitt connection, what survives today and the Arts and Crafts church nearby.

22 August 2026 · 4 min
Household Cavalry at Hyde Park Barracks: A Knightsbridge Guide
Culture

Household Cavalry at Hyde Park Barracks: A Knightsbridge Guide

Hyde Park Barracks, the King's Life Guard ride to Horse Guards, the best places to watch around Hyde Park Corner and the story of Rotten Row.

14 August 2026 · 4 min
Garden Squares in Knightsbridge and How to Get In
Culture

Garden Squares in Knightsbridge and How to Get In

Cadogan Place, Hans Place, Lowndes Square, Trevor Square and Montpelier Square: the history of Knightsbridge's garden squares and the few legitimate ways inside.

12 August 2026 · 4 min
A Knightsbridge Architecture Walk: Harrods to Brompton Oratory
Culture

A Knightsbridge Architecture Walk: Harrods to Brompton Oratory

An hour-long self-guided Knightsbridge architecture walk taking in Hyde Park Court, Harvey Nichols, Holy Trinity Sloane Street, Harrods and the Brompton Oratory.

10 August 2026 · 4 min
A Summer Evening Plaque Walk: Austen, Langtry and Ava Gardner
Culture

A Summer Evening Plaque Walk: Austen, Langtry and Ava Gardner

Five plaques, five remarkable lives and about an hour on foot: a summer evening walk through Knightsbridge's back streets, from Jane Austen to Ava Gardner.

8 July 2026 · 3 min
Apsley House and Wellington Arch: Hyde Park Corner's Spring Visit
Culture

Apsley House and Wellington Arch: Hyde Park Corner's Spring Visit

The Duke of Wellington's London home and the arch opposite make one of the neighbourhood's most rewarding cultural afternoons. Here is how to plan it.

13 April 2026 · 3 min