A week to go till the start of the first-ever Happier Outdoors Festival. And what a festival it’s shaping up to be! Over 50 organisations – ranging from Kew Gardens and English Heritage to local parks’ Friends’ groups – are offering over 110 FREE activities across 29 London boroughs. On Monday 18 March, from the […]
Fanny Rollo Wilkinson (1855–1951), recently commemorated with a blue plaque on her former home in Shaftesbury Avenue, was probably Britain’s first professional woman landscape gardener, designing scores of public gardens and playgrounds, many of which can still be found across the city today. Friday 8 March is International Women’s Day and a few days before […]
During the Birdwatch week, the UCL Nature and Conservation Society are leading a walk on Friday 26 January 2024, 10-11am which is part of their series of regular walks. Meet at Gordon Square cafe. If you can’t join the walk, here’s how to record the birds you see.
The very first brave daffodil pokes out of the grass and dead leaves, under blue skies in sunny but chilly Russell Square. A welcome sign of spring to come.
If your bike need a tune-up, come along for a free Dr Bike session in Bloomsbury Square on 9 January from 11am to 3pm, or on 5 March. It is a great opportunity to get your bike checked and security tagged. It takes about 10 minutes. The free bike MOTs are carried out by qualified […]
If you couldn’t make it to the big parade in central London on New Year’s Day, then at least you could have heard the big band from Chatanooga High School rehearsing in Russell Square ahead of the event. Meanwhile, a robin was making its own music in one of the snake bark maples in Brunswick […]
Get into the Christmas spirit with carol singing in St George’s Gardens (Handel St entrance) at 12 noon till 1 pm on Saturday 16 December, with mince pies and mulled wine. You can join in or just enjoy listening.
Lighting up the gloom of December – illuminations in Russell Square.
Friends of Red Lion Square have been hosting a volunteer group of five French university students, 3 girls and 2 boys, this term. During their 2-hour sessions, they have planted over 1,000 bulbs, installed stakes for willow edging to two large beds, cleaned some benches and the history boards. In often challenging weather conditions, they […]
Bloomsbury Squares & Gardens 