Populist: 14-20 December

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:

Bozza's bus design winner was announced, which felt frighteningly familiar.

Another bus, the boozy one has been kept busy. As has LAS. We've been feeling the pinch and so has Her Maj yet the princelings haven't taken much notice of grandma and we've been spend, spend, spending.

We fired up debate about the Design Museum and admission fees.

And probed the City Mayoralty in person and literature.

Check out the news archives for more.

What's hot:

Last minute, brilliant, London related Christmas shopping, specially for the geeks we love.

Delicious cheap Indian food in unexpected places and Eastern sweets you may not have tried before.

Kids named Damien and men with big, pointy sticks.

Check out the Arts and Events tag for more.

Images clockwise from top left: Santa on skates, trainspotting, Hot Stuff

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