The latest positive local news from Central London: food and drink, nightlife, people, arts, sport and business stories from La Vida London.
Founded in 1806 and on Savile Row since 1846, Henry Poole and Co, the tailor credited with the dinner jacket, is marking its 220th year with events and celebrations.
Housed in Carlo Gatti's Victorian ice warehouse beside Battlebridge Basin, the London Canal Museum combines a narrowboat cabin, a giant ice well and trips on the Regent's Canal.
Britain's original covered shopping arcade, Burlington Arcade, links Piccadilly and Burlington Gardens with jewellers, watchmakers and its famous top-hatted beadles.
A 45-minute trip aboard a historic narrowboat between Little Venice and Camden Market is one of the most relaxing ways to see north London from the water.
Still run by the Polledri family, Soho's Bar Italia marked its 75th birthday by opening a second outpost at Outernet, its first new site since 1949.
Opened in 1929, Bayswater's Art Deco Porchester Spa is London's oldest, and its home, the Porchester Centre, has reopened after a three-month, £3 million refurbishment.
Founded by padel entrepreneur Lauren van der Westhuizen, House of Racquet at Tileyard in King's Cross offers four covered courts, AI coaching analysis and a buzzing clubhouse.
Founded in a Covent Garden courtyard in 1981, Neal's Yard Remedies has celebrated its 45th anniversary by relaunching its original flagship as a calm, oak-centred wellbeing space.
After a huge public campaign, Leicester Square's beloved independent Prince Charles Cinema has signed a 25-year lease, keeping its marathons, sing-alongs and cult screenings rolling.
Set in a 1907 former Sainsbury's shop, King's Cross salon Woolf Kings X won the Independent Salon Business Newcomer title at the British Hairdressing Business Awards 2026.
One of the last working mews with horses in central London, Hyde Park Stables offers escorted rides through Hyde Park and arena lessons for riders aged four and up.
Founded in 1676 and at 6 St James's Street since 1765, Lock and Co Hatters is marking its 350th anniversary with a limited-edition hat or cap every month.
Islington's Grade II listed Ironmonger Row Baths, home to Victorian-style Turkish baths since 1938, has a fully restored 950 square metre spa run by social enterprise GLL.
With its Victorian shopfront and fittings dating from around 1865, umbrella and walking stick maker James Smith and Sons has been a proud part of London since 1830.
With nearly 300 jewellery businesses and more than 90 shops, Holborn's Hatton Garden is the UK's largest cluster of jewellers and the centre of the British diamond trade.