| Your weekly Londonist roundup, featuring Londony news and features. The people have spoken. Image: TfL Secretive state has an outpost near Gunnersbury Park. High jump record = one red phone box. (And none of them are Wetherspoons.) Image: Public domain These machines transformed Victorian London. Factories, tube stations, stadiums. Image: Phil Beard via creative commons All you need is £40 and three friends. Little Cloud World has taken flight. Photo: David Parry Get booking for talks, tours, and a preview of a new public space. © Chelsea History Festival Where to escape the summer heat of the city. Image: Blenheim Palace An uncanny likeness of the Mayor of London. All easy train rides, one walkable. Those tiles 😍 Wagers, murderers and fires. Image: Mhurley197 via creative commons Which borough has the most twin towns? Cocktales, if you will. Image: Martini Society Strand, Poultry, Minories... Frankie Goes to Bollywood writer talks accents, sexism and Victorian architecture. Image: আজিজ via creative commonsx | 