02 Feb 2020 Londonist
 
 
By Laura Reynolds · Feb 02, 2020 at 08:00

Your Sunday morning best of Londonist weekly round-up.

Vegans and Coeliacs Are Well Catered for on London's Pancake Scene

Sweet and savoury options.


Alice in Wonderland Takes a Dark Turn in This New Afternoon Tea

Alice in Wonderland. But make it dark.


Hungry in Shepherd's Bush? These Are the Best Restaurants to Fill Your Tum

From breakfast butties to full-blown feasts, this is where to get your gobble on


London's Got a New Venue Opening on Its Leap Day

And a few club nights too


Why Is Marylebone London's Favourite Station?

Old-school shoe-shiners and barbers found here.


"Unless We Speak Out Against What Is Happening to the Busking Profession, We Face a Bleak and Uncertain Future"

"Licensing is not in the spirit of busking"


Where’s the Soul in Faustus: That Damned Woman?

This reimagining of the classic story is a bit flavourless.


13 Exhibitions That'll Blow You Away Right Now

Kick start your year of exhibitions with our list.


This Fantastically Colourful Exhibition Is Coming to Greenwich

London's new Instagram hotspot will be unveiled shortly


To Take You From Scales to Schubert

Unleash your inner Elton John


10 Zero Plastic Shops You Have to Try in London

Discover a more sustainable way to shop


Theatre Review: Uncle Vanya at Harold Pinter Theatre

Conor McPherson’s reworking nicely millennial-ises Chekhov's original.


Our Pick of the Best Cheap Events in London This Week

Things to do for under a fiver.


Plant-Based Pit Stop Brings Vegan Deliciousness to King's Cross

From egg-less scrambles to cruelty-free crepes.


Does Peggy Porschen Do Afternoon Tea? It Does Now...

Just one question - why has it taken this long?


Big Ben Had Plenty of Haters When It First Bonged

Its first toll made people's "marrow crawl".


Could We Have a New Mayor Come May?

It's election time... again.


There's Spore-Adic Brilliance in an Exhibition on Mushrooms at Somerset House at Somerset House

Free and full of mushrooms, what's not to like.


Did You Know That There's More Than One Pride in London? Here's the Lowdown on London Prides.

Pride, Black Pride, Bi Pride, Trans Pride...


The Best Beer Festivals in London in February 2020

Celebrate the end of Dry January.


You Have to Try These Wings in Wood Lane

Finger lickin' good doesn't begin to do this place justice


A Farewell to 55 Broadway - TfL's Art Deco Headquarters

A striking slab of London's transport history.


King Charles I's Execution Vest to Go on Display in New Museum of London Exhibition

One of Museum of London's most valuable objects is getting an airing


A Whole Exhibition on Skateboarding Is Coming to Somerset House

(Kick)flippin' heck.


Seen These 'Anarchist Big Issues' Being Sold on the Streets of London?

"We started handing out copies to local homeless people to sell, as a bit of an experiment"


The Anonymous Letters Which Brought Down a Prime Minister

But who exactly was Junius?


The Bottles Team Have a New Chelsea Wine Bar

The smoked butter pasta is as good as it sounds


Medieval Cesspit Discovered Beneath the Courtauld Gallery at Somerset House

Huge cesspit found on Strand


Kunene and the King Explores Legacy of Apartheid

A bit too cosy, with a sentimental ending.


These Amazing Spherical Sculptures Are Rolling Into London

Round round baby, round round...


Carmen at the ENO Has Sun, Sea and Sangria

Carmen gets a change of scene.


The Sugar Syndrome Reveals Bitter Aftertaste of Cybersex

Travel back to the early noughties.


3 Abandoned Tube Stations You Can Spot From a Tube Train

Keep your eyes peeled


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