The Wallpaper* guide to our home town of London is authored by our art, culture and luxury editor, Hannah Silver, who is at home in Mayfair’s old school opulence as she is in the grungy art scene out east.
The aim of the Wallpaper* Travel Guides isn’t to cater to everyone. Instead, we home in on what makes a place truly special to us, from a design-led aesthetic to exceptional service and reassuring quality.
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The visual codes of Wimbledon: why it’s so much more than tennisWhat makes Wimbledon, Wimbledon? Photographer Barney Curran takes us through the tournament’s visual language, from pristine grass courts to strawberries and cream, showing that it’s more than tennis that makes the event a global hit
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A reimagined former dairy offers west London’s newest boltholes to covetNew residential scheme The Dairy is tucked away in a quiet corner of Notting Hill and has everything going for it – design-led interiors by Echlin, a slice of London history, and location, location, location
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Four Seasons London at Park Lane gives its suites Mayfair cachetThe hotel’s refreshed suites draw on Hyde Park’s changing seasons, with private fireplaces, landscaped terraces and, naturally, five-star treatment
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Step inside this greenhouse pavilion in the heart of London to catch the gardening bugThe Veggery has launched to inspire a passion for gardening and mark the closure of the 2026 London Festival of Architecture
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Chelsea’s favourite fishmonger levels up with a new bistro and seafood barThe Sea, The Sea expands its fish counter-cum-chef’s table into a full restaurant, retail and terrace operation
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Out of office: What the Wallpaper* editors are looking forward to in JulyOur editors highlight what’s new, noteworthy and not-to-be-missed in design, culture and beyond this month
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Miniature architecture on miniature trees? Yes please. It’s all in this bonsai treehouse exhibitionThe new show opens in a central London park, courtesy of the Museum of Architecture; join in the miniature fun
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Inside the renovated home of the London Symphony OrchestraThe London Symphony Orchestra's Grade I-listed home, LSO St Luke's, has reopened following a sensitive renovation by Levitt Bernstein, introducing state-of-the-art recording facilities while preserving the character of the former church
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The best new London restaurants for summer diningFrom Sloane Square brasserie classics to canal-side barbecue and dressed-up Italian seafood, these are the London tables to book this July 2026
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‘I’m drawing in my paintings’: Frank Bowling on the practice behind a life’s workIn London, an exhibition at the Royal Drawing School follows more than 60 years of Bowling’s sketches, experiments and works on paper, reframing one of Britain's greatest painters through the act that has always guided his practice
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In Notting Hill, a former bank is an unexpected location for this Lebanese restaurantMeaning ‘treasure’ in Arabic, Kinz is an urban oasis bringing a slice of Beirut to London
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After taking a break, British artist Dale Lewis is rediscovering meaning in paintingDale Lewis presents his most personal work yet in his fourth solo show at London gallery, Edel Assanti
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Step inside All Projects, east London’s unexpected new gallery of creativityA new gallery by architects EBBA has just opened in Hoxton, offering space for creativity and promoting cross-disciplinary collaboration
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Inside RH London, The Gallery in Mayfair: the brand's new outpost opens in a historic Palladian mansionGold-leaf ceilings, hand-blown Venetian glass chandeliers and an Ottoman-inspired rooftop terrace – here's what to expect from the American furniture giant's most ambitious opening to date
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A new Queensway address reimagines the London townhouseDesign and development studio Vabel brings bespoke interiors and contemporary craftsmanship to a 28-home residential project near Hyde Park
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Feast at a new Greek-Cypriot taverna in buzzy Covent GardenZylia is a contemporary haunt shaped by childhood memory, family recipes and an obsession for charcoal grills
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The best Spanish restaurants in London for a Mediterranean summerDiscover the small-plate dining way of life at our picks of the best Spanish restaurants in London
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Lanza Atelier and Laila Gohar bring magic and mischief to the Serpentine Summer PartyFood, furniture and performance combined at the galleries’ annual party – ‘somewhere between architecture, landscape, and banquet’ – staged around Lanza Atelier's pavilion and with culinary art by Laila Gohar
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Take a rare chance to see the works of artist Sylvia Sleigh in LondonThe feminist painter’s works nod to classical traditions but were idiosyncratically her own – discover them at Malarkey
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At JW Anderson, a hidden chapter of queer publishing history comes into viewThe brand’s London Soho boutique hosts an exhibition of illustrations from Bob Mizer’s Physique Pictorial, the groundbreaking magazine that normalised the male body as a subject of desire
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A new home for spectacle maker Cubitts is a warm, hybrid and truly 21st-century workspaceThe British eyewear brand’s new HQ in King’s Cross, London, is a 21st-century blend of office, factory and event space, with strong roots in its neighbourhood and a future-facing attitude
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‘The Other Side’ is an exhibition of graphic responses to the ten years following BrexitCurated by GraphicDesign& and designed by LucienneRoberts+, ‘The Other Side: Ten Years after the Referendum’ features ten creative responses to post-Brexit Britain
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Tate Modern restores Frida Kahlo to her rightful place in art historyIn a major new exhibition, ‘Frida: The Making of an Icon’, Kahlo’s work is presented alongside that of her peers and later artists influenced by her legacy
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Hot pink and tall, Rana Begum and Webb Yates’ installation in London explores the ‘infinite’Artist Rana Begum and engineer Steve Webb of Webb Yates unveil a sculpture in central London in response to the 2026 London Festival of Architecture theme of ‘Belonging’
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One Triton Square’s refreshed, ‘humanised’ interiors are centred on curated materialityOne Triton Square by Piercy&Company represents the 21st-century transformation of a 1990s office tower in London to meet contemporary workplace needs and aesthetics
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Aesop’s Queer Library is back with titles by LGBTQIA+ authors and allies and a new Reading RoomThe Queer Library pop-up in Soho, London is back (3-5 July 2026), this year focuses on the queer body and how it serves as an act of joyful resistance
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What to expect from St. Clement, Nick Jones’ new London hotel on the ThamesOpening in September, St. Clement mixes grand riverside views, bathroom minibars, and the Soho House founder’s sharp eye for detail
