Populist: November 8-14

The week's most popular posts, and a round-up of what's happening around London

In the news

Everybody's least fave freesheet, the London Lite, closed. We lamented in poetic form

The first building on the Olympic site was completed In the first test for Boris' signature policy, the 38 bus unbendied A hotel in Hoxton upset various groups, while people are down about London hotels in general

Fulhamites got excited about an urban beach

Abandoned building sites could be transformed into allotments under a new plan

Keeping Waterloo's Eurostar platforms closed costs £2 million per year

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Around Town

See London from the air

Will Self caught up with Grayson Perry The Peckham Literary Festival begins this week

A pop-up Marmite shop popped up in Regent Street

Get the scoop on the city with the Not For Tourists guide

See Crossrail completed... in scale model form

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