Your weekly Londonist roundup, featuring Londony news and features.
DLR Extension To Thamesmead: Public Consultation Gives Thumbs Up
The people have spoken.
The Embassy Of North Korea Is In This Suburban House In Ealing
Secretive state has an outpost near Gunnersbury Park.
Olympics: 400 Metres Is Like Once Round Bedford Square... And Other Comparisons
High jump record = one red phone box.
7 Pubs Across London Are Selling £2 Pints For A Whole Day This Coming Week
(And none of them are Wetherspoons.)
Steam Museum Launches Crowdfunder To Save Historic Engines
These machines transformed Victorian London.
Art Deco London: Mapped
Factories, tube stations, stadiums.
A Pop-Up Padel Court Has Arrived In Marble Arch
All you need is £40 and three friends.
See 40 Inflatable Cartoon Clouds Drifting Through Covent Garden Market
Little Cloud World has taken flight.
Ticket Alert: Chelsea History Festival 2024 Programme Announced
Get booking for talks, tours, and a preview of a new public space.
14 Summery Day Trips From London: August 2024
Where to escape the summer heat of the city.
New Madame Tussauds Waxwork Of Sadiq Khan Unveiled
An uncanny likeness of the Mayor of London.
5 (And A half) Superb Summer Day Trips From Croydon
All easy train rides, one walkable.
Palestine House: Crowdfunder For Five-Storey Cultural Venue In Central London
Those tiles 😍
The Chamber Of Horrors Bet That Led To One Woman's Chilling Story
Wagers, murderers and fires.
Mapped: Twin Towns Of All London Boroughs
Which borough has the most twin towns?
London's Great Cocktails - And How They Were Invented
Cocktales, if you will.
Where the Streets Have One Name
Strand, Poultry, Minories...
"The Similarities Between London And Mumbai, And How This Inspired My Latest Play"
Frankie Goes to Bollywood writer talks accents, sexism and Victorian architecture.
