Self driving Ubers and the Bakerloop line.
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Best Of Londonist: 9-15 June 2025

Self driving Ubers and the Bakerloop line.

Londonist: Things To Do
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Your weekly roundup of Londonist news and features.

The 'Bakerloop' Line Bus Service Is Coming This Autumn

BL1 will stand in for Bakerloo Tube extension.

A Bakerloop bus
Image: TfL

West End Live 2025: Free Musical Theatre Festival Returns To Trafalgar Square This June

Giant singalongs, and changes to the viewing area this year.

Crowds in Trafalgar Square
Photo: Danny Kaan

Eurostar To Run Direct Services From London To Frankfurt And Geneva

From the early 2030s.

Frankfurt
Image: Kasa Fue via creative commons

Things To Do In London In The Summer Holidays 2025

Family-friendly shows, exhibitions and events for all ages.

A man blowing huge bubbles

Karaoke Bars In London: Where To Let Loose With K-Pop And Kylie

Swap that hairbrush for a mic.

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Five Of London's Biggest Mistakes

Forehead-slapping eff-ups.

A painting of London burning

Surround Yourself With Fabulous Flowers At This Glorious Garden Festival

A floral marquee, a festival of roses... and Alan Partridge? (sponsor)

What's Happening With The Earl's Court Development?

A development so big, it'll link up three Tube stations!

The proposed development from the direction of Earl's Court station's western exit.
Image: Earls Court Development Company

Living At The Barbican Wasn't Always That Great, Suggests Video From 1972

No laundrette, no supermarket, no nothing.

An elderly woman driving a car in a red leather jacket
Image: BBC

The Best Things To Do In London In Summer 2025

Your June-September events calendar, sorted.

People partying at a festival
Image: Kendall Vowels

Self-Driving Ubers Coming To London's Streets In 2026

"Complex driving environments" will help improve tech.

A self driving Uber
Image: Dllu via creative commons

The Micro-History of A Traffic Island

Everything has a history, and everything is connected.

Map showing a historic traffic island

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Review: Watercolours Never Looked So Raunchy - Edward Burra And Ithell Colquhoun At Tate Britain

Anything but still life.

A painting of people outside a 1920 French record shop
Edward Burra's Minuit Chanson, 1931. Photograph: Estate of Edward Burra/Lefevre Fine Art

The Millennium Bridge Turns 25... After Being Conceived In A Wine Bar

How the 'wobbly bridge' started life on the back of a napkin.

The Millennium Bridge

The Cleveland Street Scandal: A Victorian Tale Of Forbidden Sex And Establishment Cover-Up

"London's Vile Scandal".

Illustrations of people caught up in the scandal

Mapped: London's Best Independent Bookshops

Where to find everything from graphic novels to 17th century tomes.

A beautifully cluttered bookshop

What Is London Becoming?

According to old newspaper editorials.

A Free Lido Opens In East London's Docks This Summer

Feat. deckchairs and a sauna.

A man snorkelling in the docks
Image: Emma Nathan

Looking Ahead: Things To Do This Week In London: 16-22 June 2025

A clown festival, the Summer Exhibition and a huge food festival.

Circus performers taking a bow
 
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