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London’s last remaining gas lamps are a part of our city’s fabric — and were under threat until a few days ago. Tom Ellen meets the group who fought to save these beacons of history

The English National Opera is a strange beast. On one level, it is the second opera house to glitzy Covent Garden, where the musical cognoscenti, wealthy, and government ministers hover to ensure a credible mix of high culture and intentions in (a few) cheap seats. English National Opera has more…

On Tuesday evening in Covent Garden, during a performance of Handel’s Alcina, a 12-year-old child was heckled on stage, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

RIGHT now, London has two opera houses. (Berlin has three.) There’s the Royal Opera, the grand one, in Covent Garden, and, in the West End, you can see English National Opera a mile off, under the sparkly orb of the London Coliseum. They’re different. The Royal Opera attracts singers you’d…

A slew of new brands are expected to move into the area in the coming months

Whatever your reason for staying in the capital’s delightful culture hub, there’s a hotel for you. Here’s our pick of the very best

Other lives: Actor who started in film and ended as an extra in opera and ballet productions in Covent Garden

Elizabeth Line and incoming foreign tourists boost Covent Garden

American tenor Russell Thomas – the first black man to sing the title role at Covent Garden – delivers a searing and shattering performance

Russell Thomas had striking stage presence in this revival of Keith Warner’s production

Lahpet is firmly back on the map with its new Covent Garden location, and it’s bigger and brighter than ever before, finds Emma Henderson