Time Out No. #75 | Wednesday 15 September 2021

True, the Pride in London parade didn’t happen this year. But Pride is, and always has been, about much more than that. It’s about people and it’s about places. We sat down and chatted with some of London’s leading queer voices about what London's vital LGBTQ+ spaces mean to them.

Fingers on buzzers

In which London cemetery is the real-life Harry James Potter buried?


The answer you seek is at the end of this email!

Three Oktoberfest dates to diarise

Angela Hui

Food and Drink 

@angela_hui

This one’s for the hopheads. Some of the best local breweries will be pouring exclusive German craft beer at German Kraft’s brewery at Mercato Metropolitano for one weekend only (October 8-9). All beers will be available in the traditional one-litre German stein glass, alongside the usual pints. And you can tuck into German sausages, pretzels and sharing platters. A live oompah band and German schlager playlist will provide the music.

Grab your pals and head to the Thames for a stein-fuelled evening with a view at Between the Bridges. Spread out at the gigantic 4,000-square-foot drinking space, belt out top tunes with a live band at Massaoke, groove to Old Dirty Brasstards and dance to music brought to you by Guilty Pleasures DJs. If you’re feeling hungry after all that activity there’ll be plenty of street food.

Get ready for a Bavarian bonanza at Brick Lane Tap Room. Taking place across both the taproom and the massive warehouse behind it, Brick Lane Bier Fest has a banging line-up of beer, food, cabaret, live music and DJs. It’s set in a cavernous beer hall just off Brick Lane over Halloween weekend (October 30-31), where you can sip on premium-quality Munich lager and late-night cocktails.

Been away but still have the itch? The itch, after 18 months of staying put, to get the heck out of Dodge and see something new? We feel you, sisters and brothers, we feel you. That’s why we’ve asked a bunch of very interesting Londoners about their favourite day trips. Read on for some brilliant suggestions.

‘There’s only so much alien abduction chat I can take’

Overheard something weird and wonderful? Tweet us and you might see it next time!

London news you can use

Oxford Circus’s big Top Shop looks like it’s becoming a new IKEA

Cult Italian joint Miscusi is opening its first London venue

LIDL’s desirable (and cheap) own-brand trainers are on-sale from tomorrow

The best places to sink a Negroni this week 

(it’s Negroni Week, btw)

London for less

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Feelgood links to ease the pain

A fantastic photographic tour of Kilburn in the 1980s.

Do those Tik Tok washing up hacks actually work?

The charming tube that runs in the Channel Islands. 

How Bromley reacted to Emma Raducanu’s US Open victory.

Before you go!

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