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Best Of Londonist: Gin, Flowers And A New Tube Map

Your Sunday morning best-of-Londonist weekly round-up.

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Exclusive: a first look at the new 2016 tube map.
What exactly do those property ads mean when they're talking about 'luxury' London flats?
What would happen if the Northern line split in two? And what would it look like if it was actually northern?
What the tube map could have looked like, if anything that was planned to be built was actually built.
Overwhelmed by the choice of places to eat and drink in Brixton? Let us help you out.
An ode to Whiteleys shopping centre.
Should there be 'rules of the road' for pedestrians?
Shell out for dinner at one of London's best seafood restaurants.
Where to find bits of Poland in London.

...you can now sleep next to the lions at London Zoo? We tentatively tested it out — here's what we thought.
...how many tennis balls were used during the Wimbledon Championships last year (clue: it's a LOT)?
...which is London's smallest museum?
...about the time The Savoy Hotel's courtyard was flooded... on purpose?
...what that spike on London Bridge is for?
...how London got its pavements?
...about the shoe trees of Brick Lane?
...about this way to cut minutes off of your commute?

See Marilyn Monroe's clothes, jewellery and private letters at this free exhibition.
Theatre, film, fashion and more come together for this year's Soho Create festival.
Fancy visiting London's highest garden this summer (no, not the Walkie Talkie's SkyGarden)?
Get out of the gym and try one of these alternative fitness challenges next month.
Explore the reading rooms of the British Library.
Grab a stunning cup of coffee.

A large chunk of the London Overground will close from June — will you be affected?
A start date for the night tube has been announced... but expect strikes in the not-too-distant future.
Australian actress Rebel Wilson will make her West End debut in Guys And Dolls.
Tiny London landmarks have taken over East London, in the form of bird boxes.
Sadiq Khan says cancelling the Garden Bridge would cost more than going ahead with it at this stage — so it looks like it's happening.
London is getting a new gin mecca while vegan and gluten-free freak shakes are coming to London.

EXHIBITION: We love this British Museum exhibition about Egyptian treasures from a sunken city ★★★★★
THEATRE: Goosebumps Kids is just too scary for kids — which kid of defeats the point ★★☆☆☆
ART: We bet you can't resist taking a selfie at this new exhibition ★★★★☆
THEATRE: Sharp satire The View From Islington North lampoons everyone from Corbyn to Osborne ★★★★☆
THEATRE: Sex Workers' Opera is provocative but tasteful ★★★★☆
FOOD: We got a sneak preview of Cutter & Squidge's Hello Kitty afternoon tea.

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