In fact, you're slightly more likely to catch flu if you travel by car or bike.
Haunting old advertisements.
20% off vintage fashion, bicycles, sportswear, lingerie and food & drink this weekend at Boxpark (sponsored post).
Author sleeps on the streets, in Parliament Square and Occupy.
An abundance of activities for the Square Mile's annual arts festival.
Astronomy, architecture, t-shirt designing, musical festival, nail art, poetry and craft.
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A humorous new dance film from choreographers Kamala Devam and Seeta Patel.
Belarus Free Theatre stirs up deep feelings of unease on the realities of execution.
A pain in the primates... monkeys regularly chomping on visitors to the zoo
Wander round the diamond quarter listening to GPS-activated tales from the past.
How many London locations can you spot?
The capital's abandoned stations, mapped.
Director Jeremy Herrin chats about The Globe, arts funding and SE London.
If you can keep only one memory, what would it be? (sponsored post).
Beautiful visualisation by James Cheshire.
Hate mail, family affairs and a human zoo.
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