November 2016

Fortnum & Mason Piccadilly façade illuminated for Christmas in 2016

Fortnum & Mason at Christmas 2016: Gifts, Windows and the Christmas Shop

A 2016 Christmas visit to Fortnum & Mason in Piccadilly, exploring the Christmas Shop, gift displays and whimsical windows themed around togetherness.

Illuminated Rekorderlig Cider Lodge beside Southbank Centre in 2016

Southbank Christmas Market 2016 and the Rekorderlig Cider Lodge

A 2016 evening at Southbank Christmas Market, exploring riverside food chalets, festive lights and the two-storey Rekorderlig Cider Lodge.

Spirit of Christmas angel lights glowing above Regent Street in November 2016

Regent Street Christmas Lights 2016: The Spirit of Christmas Switch-On

Regent Street’s 2016 Christmas lights switch-on introduced the Spirit of Christmas angels above London’s West End.

Skaters on the illuminated Broadskate ice rink at Broadgate Circle in London

Broadskate 2016: Ice Skating at Broadgate Circle

Return to Broadskate at Broadgate Circle in 2016, with ice skating, music, street food and a vanished City winter scene.

Wide night view across Hyde Park Winter Wonderland in 2016

Hyde Park Winter Wonderland 2016: Rides, Markets and Ice Skating

A night walk through Hyde Park Winter Wonderland’s tenth-anniversary season, with the Munich Looping, Bavarian Village, Giant Wheel, Christmas market and bandstand ice rink.

Illuminated trees and fountain in Sloane Square at night in November 2016

Chelsea Christmas Lights 2016: Duke of York Square and Sloane Square

Fan-shaped Christmas lights with a coloured centre above Old Bond Street in 2016

Bond Street Christmas Lights 2016: Luxury Shops and Fenwick

Carnaby and Love signs above colourful street performers in 2016

Carnaby Street Christmas Lights 2016: Party and Kingly Court

Oxford Street filled with pedestrians beneath the Christmas lights in 2016

Oxford Street Christmas Lights in 2016: The Switch-On Night

A Roberts London archive film follows the journey from the Thames to Oxford Street on 9 November 2016, stopping for seasonal food in Soho before joining the crowds beneath the…

Ghost shopfront at 120 King’s Road, Thomas Crapper’s former Chelsea premises

Thomas Crapper in Chelsea: A King’s Road Walk and Family Story