Populist: 28 Sept - 4 October

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:

Sir Ian Blair finally quit

The American Embassy's decamping south The death knell sounded for one our bendys as Foster's design for a new London bus went public Colindale's Oriental City lives on in Bayswater Pictures of a possible new Palace were released

What's hot:

We were impressed by new shows at Rathbone and Photographer's Gallery...

... but less so by Drift 08 Mark Ronson's latest discovery Rox Deptford X brings art to an unfancied part of LondonAnd finally, NFL comes to Wembley Stadium in just a few weeks

Check out the Arts and Events tag for more.

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