Lots of clowns in this part of town...

Good news food/history lovers! The historic Simpsons in the Strand restaurant reopens in a matter of days

FROM TOMORROW: These huge paintings of the Tube, soundtracked by recordings made by the man who co-wrote Fairytale of New York, go on show at Guildhall Art Gallery londonist.com/london/art-a...

A fountain of vomiting people. You've got till the end of today to see the 'Fountain of Filth' on the South Bank. It's an installation by Channel 4 to tie in with their new documentary Dirty Business, about the sewage scandal

The amber lambency of sunshine through a pint. Now there's something we haven't seen for a very long time...

1921 was the Year of the Pogo Stick in London, with even celebrities and royalty having a go. This week's Londonist: Time Machine hops back to take a look... londonist.substack.com/p/1921-do-yo...

You'll be delighted to know that the first Christmas press releases have started to arrive. Too soon to put the tree up? 🎄

London's longest tunnels... not that you can walk down most of them, but here's where to find London's longest tunnels of every type londonist.com/2026/02/lond...

Intriguing viewpoint: likes clean air, doesn't like ULEZ. A guerrilla bench plaque spotted on Gray's Inn Road...

A new floating park and floating lido have been proposed for east London (with some slightly eccentric mock-ups)

Horsey pub crawls, new exhibitions and a look ahead to St Patrick's Day - this week's Best Of Londonist has just dropped

We love London, but we could be persuaded to leave for a day or two...

5 London Underground stations that totally ripped off other buildings 👀

This is what Pimlico and (the area that would become) Victoria looked like in 1746... now mapped in colour for the first time. High-res version and details on link: londonist.substack.com/p/mapped-in-...

A time traveller's pub crawl round London's old boozers

London's Ramadan lights are here! Head to Coventry Street to see them dazzle! They're on every night till 24 March ✨ Images: Aziz Foundation

The Whitgift Centre, the Black Dog, and other locations to visit on a Taylor Swift tour of London

From Poirot to Taylor Swift, via station redevelopment, Tube toilets, and tiny trains

Charles II (in Soho Square). He was England's most lecherous, licentious and... by the looks of it... lichenous monarch

Flipping 'eck! These are some of the best pancakes in London 🥞

The best family theatre shows to book in London right now, from time-travelling musicals to Studio Ghibli

Wowee! This comedy show featuring 2,000 slides in 75 minutes is miraculously brilliant ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

In search of Poirot's preferred eating spots in London (spoiler: they're not cheap)

"Everyone knows the Southbank around the world, it's iconic" - the South Bank's 'accidental' skatepark turns 50 �

Bookmark this for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day... or just your next chocolate craving 🍫

For the first time in London's history, it's now possible to walk along the north bank of the Thames from Westminster to the Tower without going more than a few paces from the river... or sometimes *in it* if you catch the tides wrong londonist.substack.com/p/an-histori...

The fairies are coming to London! A new exhibition at the British Library will look at the history of fairy tales

If you've been to Brixton Tube in the past 36 years, you'll recognise this newspaper stand. But now, it's about to close for good 😢

Cracking show, Gromit! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Lunar New Year is on its way - here's what's happening in London for the Year of the Horse 🐴

Did you know there's a nuclear bomb in Gravesend? And Pocahontas is buried there? Our guide to this historic town, just 23 mins out of London

"The decision brings to an end an unprecedented 35 year-long impasse, one of the longest running battles in British architectural heritage"

AKA the weekend that the Swifties put the Croydon-bashers in their place

35+ things to do this weekend, including Valentine's events, climbing the roof of a London landmark, and some fantastic new exhibitions

New toilets at this Tube station mean the end of what was the longest stretch on the network without a loo 🚽

Ally Pally becomes a miniature railway paradise this March 🚂

The only postbox with two, opposite openings in Britain can be found in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea. The two apertures allow both the public (outside the walls) and the pensioners (inside) to use the box when the gates are closed.

In 1928, a transatlantic call from London to New York cost a LOT of dough 📞 londonist.com/london/histo...

Plan your London week ahead: Dinner in prison, Wallace & Gromit, half term fun, and Valentine's events londonist.com/london/thing...

Ever spotted a 'Mercers' Maiden'? They're dotted around London on buildings and bollards and even embedded in the floor... anywhere that the Mercers' livery company own land (and they own a lot).

Charles Dickens is 214 years young today. A while back, we read every one of his novels, then mapped every single London location that they mention. Here's the result -> londonist.com/london/maps/...

Taylor Swift's video for Opalite has dropped - and it's full of Croydon! 🤩 londonist.com/london/featu...

WEEKEND: Our big roundup of stuff to do in London over the weekend -> londonist.com/london/weeke...

London street signs. Got a favourite? Perhaps an unusual name like 'Decapod Street' or 'Hanging Sword Alley'. Or maybe a sign that's a bit rude, or hints at unusual history...

Might as well make the most of all this rain we're having. Who's got some good puddle pics of London, then?

Did you ever wonder how London got its name? Well, we can't tell you, because nobody knows for sure. But here are the different theories (and the other names our city has been known by) -> londonist.com/2014/01/how-...

A short history of graffiti in London... including the first known graffiti on the Tube and this once well-known message londonist.com/london/art-a...

Ride on vintage buses for free this March 😍 londonist.com/london/thing...

Did you know that the City of London dragons, which mark the boundary of the Square Mile, all have names? (Well, they do now we made some up.) londonist.com/london/secre...

Happy 279th birthday to this fellow! You can't really say that to most people who are long dead, but Jeremy Bentham is sort-of still with us. His preserved body (with fake head) sits in the main building of UCL's Gower Street campus