Here’s the very best ideas you can get before the Big Day or pick up in London stores. From treats to blow-the-budget gifts for furry friends big and small — let them know it’s Christmas.

Being the host nation of the Olympic Games, the souvenir industry has gone into overdrive in order to produce all manner of unusual - and, dare we say it, a little bit tacky - Olympic-themed mementos.

London Museum has received £20m and more than 14,000 Roman artefacts from a US charitable organisation. The gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies is the largest private donation and largest archive ...