London Fields

Our monthly look at the capital’s beer festivals, including the last of ze Oktoberfest-themed events.

An audio guide to London Fields that’s almost indistinguishable from magic.

General Mondayness from around the capital.

A group of London Fields lido regulars are petitioning Hackney council to install a lighting system, so that the pool can be open into the evening.

Canary Wharf station. Photo / Lee McEwan Work has begun on the Olympic Park Orbit tower. London Underground says that Jubilee line upgrades will be complete in the spring… … but the Northern line upgrade isn’t likely to finish before 2014, a year later than …

We’re giving London’s Lidos some love this summer. This week, it’s London Fields Built in 1931 by the LCC, London Fields lido was abandoned in the mid-1980s, when Margaret Thatcher ran a wrecking ball through the GLC and wiped out the majority of London’s lidos …

At lunchtime today, a 10.2km race that requires its participants to (a) be male, and (b) “wear flamboyant female clothing for the length of the route” will be taking place at London Fields. The Great Drag Race is intended to raise funds for the Prostate …

Since re-opening after an 18-year hiatus in 2006, London Fields lido has become one of Hackney’s favourite recreational spots, a magnet for sun-worshippers in the summer and a reliable resource for serious swimmers in the cooler months (none of the ice-swimming you get down at …

It’s time again for Secret Cinema. We’ve been here before, so you know the drill: a secret film to be screened at an unusual location, with the picture you’re about to watch only emerging as the opening credits roll. The organisers are currently erecting an …

Alcove in Victoria Park Designated one of the key routes into the 2012 Olympic site, Victoria Park is to benefit from a £10 million refurb, the biggest investment in the ‘park for the people of the East End’ since it was opened in the 1840s. …