Populist: May 3-9

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Clockwise from top left: Haunted school, Shortwave Cinema, Churchill’s War Bunker, Slow Exposure winners

Populist brings you a bite sized round up of the best of Londonist this week. Catch up on the coolest, quirkiest, most recommended and talked about stories and find out what’s hot and what’s happening for the week ahead.

In the news:

  • The Evening Standard offered a mea culpa for years of shoddy reporting

  • A pair of London landmarks celebrated their birthdays

  • Boris wants the Yard to open their Black Museum

  • Europeans still think we’re dirty and overpriced

  • Ordinary Londoners stopped and searched every three minutes

    • Check out the news archives for more.

    What’s hot:

    • Tunnel 228 at Waterloo: tickets are all gone, but there’s hope of an autumn revival

  • London’s newest independent cinema, the Shortwave in Bermondsey

  • Star Trek at the IMAX

  • White-collar fighting in the East end.

  • Bollywood dancing at Moti Mahal

    • Check out the Arts and Events and Food and Drink archives for more.

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