Your Sunday morning best-of-Londonist weekly round-up
London news
- You can now book tickets to ascend The Orbit in the Olympic Park (plus, listen to our podcast from the top)
- HS2: Camden scrapped but Euston could be expanded
- New Londony television: W1A and Rev
- Feasibility study on proposed Hammersmith Tunnel released
- London's pollution problem was on the agenda at this month's Mayor's Question Time
- What does the 2014 budget mean for London?
- Big increase in the number of families being rehoused outside of London
- The nine towers of Nine Elms: a look at the area's tallest skyscraper developments
Must-read articles
- In pictures: London's looking springy
- 12 vegetarian-friendly restaurants in the capital. Not a fan of the veg? Prefer rum? We have recommendations for rum bars too
- Ways to treat your mum this Mother's Day, without a bunch of flowers in sight
- New map uses Oyster data to prettily show London's popular journeys
- We look at what became of some of London's biggest bomb sites
- Haircuts, darkness and Berlusconi: just some of the things you can see at London's strangest restaurants. Speaking of random...care for a calçot anyone?
- Pictures from our trip inside Mail Rail (excited just doesn't cover it). Video to follow
- We've come up with six reasons not to rebuild Euston Arch (note: not all are entirely serious)
- You can walk through Victorian London with Museum of London's new 'street view' site
- Thomas Cromwell's London: locations from Hilary Mantel's novels
Top reviews
- Integrated art displays at 2 Willow Road and Fenton House
- Jane Eyre gets a vibrant rendition at Rosemary Branch Theatre
- Iraqi art, biscuits and tea on offer at Welcome To Iraq, South London Gallery
- New restaurant review: Polpetto
- Art that lives up to the hype: Veronese at the National Gallery
- "Let glory shine from your assholes today boys": The Accrington Pals at The Bridewell Theatre
- London teenage life in 45 mins: Chewing Gum Dreams at The Shed
Things to do
- It's #MuseumWeek this week. Keep up with the hashtag to get behind-the-scenes titbits from London museums
- Daunt Books hosts a mini festival in its Marylebone branch
- Master of the midi accordian, Igor Outkine, comes to Hither Green this month
- BFI’s third annual Made In Britain season opens with a retrospective of film producer Jeremy Thomas
- Filigree, apogee, pedigree, perigee: Angela Lansbury Film Festival is coming to Poplar next month
- Greek musician Yanni performs at the Royal Albert Hall next month — his first live show here in 19 years
- London's most rock'n'roll street party returns to Camden in May
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