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Every week we select a photo from the Londonist Flickr pool, taken in the last seven days, that illustrates this season or time of year in London. This week, the Serpentine through the lens of a Holga, shot by Anatoleya.

We’re giving London’s Lidos some love this summer. Dawn at the Serpentine Lido by lindseymclarke The exclusive department stores of Knightsbridge draw visitors from across London (and indeed the world), but just minutes away a different face of the city is on show in the …

Funny what a bit of sun does. Photo by Luke Robinson via the Londonist pool.

French architect Jean Nouvel has been announced as the designer of this year’s Serpentine Pavilion, the tenth in the series. The annual competition offers an architect who has never built in Britain the chance to design a temporary structure on the Serpentine’s lawn. This was …

If you still haven’t made plans for Christmas Day we’ve a few last minute suggestions for you. Join the Serpentine swim: as we saw the other day, there’s nowt as refreshing as a mid-winter dip. The Peter Pan Christmas Race has been held at the …