Your Sunday morning best-of-Londonist weekly round-up.
Must-read articles
- You've been asking for it, and finally Geoff Marshall has revealed the secrets of the trams in a new video.
- 'Look there's Prince Philip cleaning the windows' — Londonist readers share their earliest memories of London, and there are some corkers.
- How Making A Murderer's prosecutor got the comedian treatment.
- 8 things you probably didn't know about department store Liberty.
- You're doing your transport delay all wrong.
- Should all London businesses pay the London Living Wage?
- London election digest: Zac and Sadiq's tax bills.
- We've put together a cheese lovers' guide to London — get stuck in.
- We've mapped what we think are the best record shops in London — do you agree?
- Have adventures in food with our brunch flowchart.
Did you know...
- ...Brent Cross Shopping Centre turned 40 this week. Take a look at some archive pictures of the centre.
- ...Ripley's Believe It Or Not! actually has an impressive art collection.
- ...why the platforms at Angel are much wider than most other tube stations?
- ...about the west London room which has been vandalised by no less than four prime ministers?
- ...why some of London's pubs have the weird names they do (The Case Is Altered, anyone)?
- ...where you can get gin distilled at an airport?
London news
- The Euston Cider Tap is to be replaced by a craft beer bar.
- Only 13% of London's blue plaques are dedicated to women. Which London woman do you think deserves one?
- The London barman who invented the espresso martini has died.
- You can now see the view from St Paul's Cathedral without having to climb those stairs.
- 68 London buildings have been shortlisted for architecture awards
Top reviews
- FILM: London Has Fallen is a horrible carnival of vulgarity from start to finish ☆☆☆☆☆ (yes, that's zero stars)
- EXHIBITION: The new Muhammad Ali exhibition at the O2 is good, but not the greatest ★★★☆☆
- CINEMA: We can't tell you much about Secret Cinema's latest production, but this is what we can say ★★★★☆
- THEATRE: Your copy of A Midsummer Night's Dream 'won't be much 'f**cking use here' ★★★☆☆
- ART: Learn how Botticelli inspired James Bond and Lady Gaga at the V&A ★★★★☆
- ART: Neon breasts were the most memorable thing about these two exhibitions at Serpentine Galleries ★★☆☆☆
Things to do
- Five reasons why you should go to The Other Art Fair.
- London-y films to watch in March.
- Do something different every day in March.
- Here's your chance to grill mayoral candidates about housing.
- Feeling arty? These are the exhibitions we do (and don't) recommend this month.
- As Museum of London's Crime Museum Uncovered comes to a close, why not go to one of these after-hours events?
- 14 ways to celebrate Women's History Month in London.
- New exhibition showcases unseen photos of the City of London and the Lord Mayor's Show.
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