Test your knowledge of events that happened in the capital over the past 12 months. Compiled by Harry Low and Bethan Bell.

1950: An unassuming bank clerk pulls off a daring bullion heist among the ruins of post-war London. 1956: An abnormally large ...

Ever wanted to feel the thrill of a TV-style quiz show like QI or The Chase? Quiz Room, just outside London Liverpool Street, lets groups of 4 to 18 compete on a real TV-style set, complete with ...

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"You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London," wrote the diarist Samuel Johnson in the 18th century. "No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is ...

Calling all Swifties - this is the night where your encyclopaedic Taylor knowledge finally pays off. From Debut to The Life Of A Showgirl, every album, era, and Easter egg is fair game. The new album ...

Ever get frustrated by traffic in the capital? What's the latest on the cycling superhighways? Tipper truck annoyance? The cycling commissioner for London, Andrew Gilligan, has been answering the most ...

50 questions, all about London and its history. How many would you get right? The annual London Historians quiz took place on 18 November, and was deemed the most difficult yet. Teams had to tackle 50 ...

London’s best pubs are built for a lot of things. Catching up with friends, hearing live music, watching theatre, getting thoroughly sozzled — it’s all possible in the capital’s boozers. Still, one ...

The first wave of teams are in for the next Develop Quiz, which will take place in London this June. Returning to Holborn’s Sway Bar after its first excursion to Guildford, the games development ...

London has hosted the Games in 1908, 1948 and 2012. In 1908, 2,000 athletes from 22 countries took part in the games. The 1948 'austerity' Games were double that size, attracting 4,104 athletes from ...