Let’s get lit! Five Londoners tell us what books got them through lockdown

Plus, get an introduction to anime and get cracking on a simple oat energy bar recipe |

Time In No. #35 | Thu 30 July 2020 | Issue No. #2591 Unsubscribe Me | View Online

Riveting reads from inspirational Londoners Whisper it: some people used the last four months to actually expand their horizons and feed their minds. Bizarre, right? What utter freaks! We asked five heroic Londoners (including our close personal friend The Actual Mayor) which works of literature kept them going through those long, dark lockdown evenings. Set brows to high! Fingers on buzzers The cancelled tube line designed to extend from Charing Cross to Thamesmead was to be named what? Incoming: streaming stuff for your diary Friday 7pm Get to grips with anime What do you know about anime? If the answer is ‘not much’, now’s your chance to change that by tuning in to the BFI’s ‘An Introduction to Anime’ on YouTube. Expect to learn about a hand-picked bunch of deep-cut gems chewed over by a panel of experts. The best of the rest: Today 7pm and 9pm As part of Electric Dreams, a fringe festival of storytelling in cyberspace, ‘The House Never Wins’ is an interactive play streamed over Zoom. The show explores the climate crisis as you ‘gamble’ with the planet’s future. Tickets are £10 and there’s even an actual cash prize to play for. Today 7.30pm If you hate the pop-culture round in pub quizzes, then Imperial College’s Pub-less Quiz is for you. Focusing on nature, questions will cover everything from potatoes to plankton. Friday 7.30pm Putting on IRL gigs is a challenge right now, so the Royal Albert Hall is continuing to bring culture into your living room. Next up in its Royal Albert Home series is beatboxer SK Shlomo. Check out our full list of the day’s best events, updated every day Make this dreamy bar right now Ioannis Grammenos from Heliot Steak House is a cool guy. So cool that he has shared his ultra-simple three-ingredient recipe for oaty energy bars. Not one for the keto crowd then, but, hey, that’s the life those guys chose. More from our lovely website Theatre of misery A legendary London West End show is coming to an end after 34 years Read more Crowd pleasers Some of London’s most famous (read: touristy) attractions are about to reopen Read more Film fun One London cinema is reopening early. Hooray for the silver screen Read more Vacay Bay The nicest B&B in the world has been revealed. And it’s close-ish to London! Read more Time Out asks Been on any day trips recently? ‘Just returned from a trip to Pagham Harbour, the kids loved playing on the beach’ @WillDriveTrains ‘The circular walk from Manningtree station with a wild swim in the river Stour at Dedham Mill – Constable’s favourite setting’ @cruellacivil Follow us on Twitter for the latest Time Out asks and we could make you famous, friend Feelgood links to ease the pain Why does London have 32 boroughs? Here’s a video that explains it YouTube Brilliant photos from a 1977 anti-facist rally in south London www.flashbak.com A 19th-century guide to avoiding London’s ‘swindlers, cheats and pickpockets’ www.publicdomainreview.org Steven Soderbergh made a weird black-and-white silent cut of ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’. Who knew! www.extension765.com Hey London, share the love! Forward to a friend Time Out has become Time In while our wonderful city is on lockdown. We are still dedicated to bringing you the best of London, even while London itself sits indoors for a while. Wherever you are in the city, if there's something happening, Time In will let you know about it. Contact Us Terms Of Use My Preferences Unsubscribe Me © 2020 Time Out England Limited and affiliated companies owned by Time Out Group Plc. All rights reserved. Time Out is a registered trademark of Time Out Digital Limited. 77 Wicklow Street, London, WC1X 9JY