Populist: 8-14 August

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

In the news:

A runaway engineering train caused chaos on the Northern line

Roswell came to N10: UFOs were sighted over Muswell Hill The debate over which London football team has the most Twitter followers turned contentious Strata in Elephant & Castle won the Carbuncle Cup for the ugliest new building in Britain

BIg Ben and Greenwich Mean Time found competition in Mecca

Should cycling on the South Bank be banned?

Sherlock ended on a cliffhanger, but we demanded more

See the News category for more

Other good stuff:

Bookings for this year's Open House are now open

Don't pour wine backwards for an Argentine, and other patronising cultural tips Walthamstow interpreted by mother and daughter Close-up coverage of the Camden Fringe A pop-up cinema is being built in an abandoned petrol station forecourt Data mashup highlighted the cycle hire usage patterns Defining the new districts of London with TfL

See the Arts & Events and Food & Drink categories for more

Comment of the week:

"Being an extremely skinny guy, my nipples are always going to be close together"

Boney-Crisp explains why he was docked points at the Air Guitar Championship.

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