So some Westminster kids have made a fantastic video about it.
Mattia Bicchi produces another beautiful tribute to seasonal London.
A jam-packed London day full of comedy, dancing, thinking, good people, music, trees and folk tales.
A round-up of the day's other news.
Kafka's 'In The Penal Colony' reimagined by resourceful troupe Fourth Monkey at Trinity Buoy Wharf.
See quality theatre on a budget.
It takes two, baby! Pop duo talk textual intercourse, moodiness, SXSW and dark energy.
Including the Olympic Opening Ceremony, Twenty Twelve and The Secret History of our Streets.
SJ Bolton, Simon Armitage, AC Grayling and Granta in a bumper week.
Photographing light creates some stunning results.
Asian-style sandwiches make for one of the best lunchtime fillers in London.
Asia House offers hand-crafted jewellery, clothes, textiles, furniture, home ware and art.
'Thatch statch' proposed for site of the anti-poll tax riots.
Pop, rap, jazz, film, laugh, maps...and we've run out of monosyllables.
The rest of the day's news.
Street food favourites take to E8.
Our pick of London’s best theatre, circus, dance and opera opening this week
A two-day festival of the brightest lights in experimental music.
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