Arsenal launch £7k-a-head VIP package with seats behind dugout and player meeting June 19, 2026 Premier League champions Arsenal have launched a new ultra-premium hospitality offering, the Hero Experience, that costs almost £7,000 a head for top games. The VIP package, believed to be the most expensive single ticket in the Premier League, includes seats behind the Arsenal dugout, a private pitch-side tour with a club legend, a shirt or [...]
Should museums in London start charging (again) for entry? June 19, 2026 Our museums are struggling to scrape by – but is charging admission really the answer? Eliot Wilson weighs up the arguments Neil MacGregor celebrated his 80th birthday this week. The Glasgow-born art historian, considered by Sir Anthony Blunt at the Courtauld Institute the most brilliant pupil he ever taught, has exercised an enormous influence on [...]
King’s Cross shows the way to solve London’s workspace shortage June 19, 2026 Businesses must partner with developers to build the office space London needs, says Matt Flood We’ve all seen the headlines – demand for office space in the City of London and the West End only seems to be growing. Q1 of this year marked a record high according to Savills, with demand for Central London [...]
Lloyd’s and Chubb unlock $400m to jumpstart Strait of Hormuz shipping June 19, 2026 The world’s largest insurance marketplace is set to break the Strait of Hormuz logjam with a new $400m (£316m) war-risk facility. Lloyd’s of London has launched a new market consortium designed to provide additional marine war risk insurance capacity for vessels and cargo transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Insurer Chubb will serve as lead underwriter, [...]
Lone Star Funds Completes Sale of Xella to Holcim June 19, 2026 Lone Star Funds (“Lone Star”) today announced that an affiliate of Lone Star Fund X, L.P. has completed the sale of Xella Group (“Xella”), a leading provider of walling solutions, to Holcim, the leading partner for sustainable construction. Xella is a provider of efficient and sustainable walling solutions for the entire house shell. Through its [...]
Prem Rugby needs to switch up its calendar to stop final being banished to fringes June 19, 2026 Ollie Phillips argues that on this super weekend for sport in the capital, Prem Rugby could do more to be noticed. London is on its very best form this weekend: some of the world’s most exciting male tennis players will contest the HSBC Championships semi-finals and final at The Queen’s Club in Baron’s Court; England [...]
New Mk1 Ford Escort RS makes world debut at London Concours June 19, 2026 The first new Ford Escort Mk1 RS in 50 years has been revealed at London Concours. Built by Boreham Motorworks, the reborn fast Ford is more than just another restomod.
Mexican Michelin stars arrive in the Square Mile at Ned pop-up June 18, 2026 London’s options for good Mexican food are scarce. There is the Michelin starred Kol in Marylebone, Taq in Notting Hill and Fonda in Mayfair, each offering their own stamp, but London’s Mexican diaspora is relatively small, and that means we just don’t have the quality nor quantity of decent places to eat. One country that [...]
Ministers open door to phased Heathrow third runway plan June 18, 2026 Heathrow’s third runway expansion may be built over several phases in a bid to hit the government’s ambitious timeline, opening the door to a proposal tabled by rival bidder Heathrow West. In planning documents published by the Department for Transport on Thursday, the government said that a phased construction of the mega-project may be necessary [...]
TfL dispel concerns over Queen’s tennis final tube havoc June 18, 2026 Piccadilly Line closures that fans fear could cause chaos at the HSBC Championships finals at Queen’s Club this weekend have been dispelled by Transport for London. TfL has decided to close one of the capital’s main underground arteries as part of a series of weekend closures across west London that, at times, have seen no [...]