16 Feb 2020 Londonist
 
 
By Laura Reynolds · Feb 16, 2020 at 08:00

Your Sunday morning best of Londonist weekly round-up.

Which London Restaurants Have the Longest Queues?

Is the food really that good?


How to Have the Best Half Term Ever... Without Breaking the Bank

Stadium tours, priceless jewels, and a magical underwater world


Looking for Top Notch Food and Drink in Hackney Wick? We've Got You Covered

The best restaurants, cafes, pubs and bars.


Bompas & Parr Bring Glowing Flowers to Belgravia in Bloom 2020

The first details of this year's flower festival have been revealed...


One Last Visit to Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre

"It's like a family, a little village."


Where to Celebrate Pancake Day in London

Nutella at the ready


A Guide to London’s Best Curries and Indian Food

From family-run gems to Michelin-starred dining.


The Secondhand Bookshop Inside a Ghost Station

A station, reincarnated.


Holi Festival in London: Where and How to Celebrate the Hindu Festival Respectfully

Get involved, without forgetting the festival's roots.


Free and Cheap Events in London This Week: 17-23 February 2020

Excellent events for a fiver or less this week.


In Pictures: Tube Stations Then and Now

Comparison shots from the tube.


Musik: The Rock Legend Who Taught Madonna All Her Trix

Frances Barber stars as Billie Trix in the one-woman show.


A Welsh Tube Map

This train terminates at Blaenbobl


"We Must Strike the Balance Between Allowing Busking and Plaguing People With Noise"

"I can't turn a deaf ear to 1,800 complaints."


The Tube Map on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Will Give You a Migraine

"This is hurting my brain."


Where to Find the Paddington Bear Statue in Paddington Station

The statue is one of many commemorations of the bear.


Immersive PAW Patrol? A Nickelodeon Adventure Park Has Opened at Lakeside

Parents: "Whoop!". Non-parents: "Sounds like a nightmare".


This Huge Banksy Exhibition Features 80 Artworks - and It's Coming to London in April

Let us spray.


The Visit at National Theatre: A Drawn-Out Acting Masterclass From Lesley Manville

Too much of a good thing.


The Five Most Exciting Policy Ideas From London's Mayoral Hopefuls

Ideas to change the city?


Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds: 25 Rooms of Immersive Theatre (And a VR Hot Air Balloon Ride)

Take a VR ride back to 1898.


Theatre Review: Nora: A Doll's House at Young Vic

An inventive exploration of gender roles and feminism.


Theatre Review: Far Away at Donmar Warehouse

A brief encounter about fear and paranoia. But it makes its mark.


The 10 Types of London Prisoner I Met in HMP Wandsworth

Inside the British prison system.


Big Brother Is Watching in the Haystack

Flawed theatre that makes you think


This Massive New East London Theatre Will Feature Rainstorms and a Real Airliner

Soldier of Orange comes to London.


Lewisham Will Be 2021's London Borough of Culture

Croydon follows suit in 2023.


Raj of Islington Is a Mouth Watering Mid-Market Indian Restaurant

A gulabjamun that's fluffy - the way it should be.


Steve McQueen's Films Leave Us Confused in the Dark at Tate Modern

Five hours of films makes for a physically and mentally draining exhibition.


Seen This Miniature Shard Sculpture in Bermondsey?

Built by the community.


Treasures of Havering to Go on Show at Museum of London

Discoveries from 900 years before the birth of London.


Maison Bab: Kings of the Fancy Doner

Kebab of dreams.


The London Eye Is Getting a Pub

Make ours a HIGHball.


Lucy McCormick’s Post Popular Is Exquisite Filth

Wry, hilarious and subversive.


Camden Town Brewery's Home Is Getting Bigger and Better

Still not really in Camden...


How Long Is the City's Crash-Landed Korean House Sticking Around For?

It sticks out like the most glorious sore thumb.


Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Rooms Are Coming to Tate Modern

Expect to see plenty of this on your Instagram feed...


Serpentine Pavilion 2020 Design Revealed

Johannesburg's Counterspace are this year's designers.


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