Welcome to our Sunday morning best-of-Londonist weekly round-up. You can receive this in your inbox by sticking your email address in a box on our subscribe page.
London news:
- First look at skate park plans for Hungerford Bridge
- The last remaining wooden-tread escalator to be removed
- New fashion brand stores open as London Fashion Week begins
- Fire authority approves fire station closures and job cuts
- Three-ton marionette polar bear fronts Greenpeace protest
Must-read articles:
- Inside the King's Cross clock tower
- The day Peter Pan was tarred and feathered
- Ace tube documentary largely made by primary school children
- A lovely new poster of the Thames packed with trivia
- The bus stop at the Alfred Hitchcock Hotel
Pick of the reviews:
- Frizzante: a restaurant on a farm
- Explosive theatre: The Secret Agent at the Young Vic
- Trees sculpted from paper bags in a west end gallery
- East London mumblecore film, The Comedian on DVD
- Miniatures sculptures by three New Yorkers
Looking ahead:
- Volunteer for the Cleaner Thames Challenge
- Book now: London Stories at Battersea Arts Centre's 1-on-1-on-1 festival
- Book now: Psychogeography and cult classic London films at the Barbican
- Get ready for a new season of free Gresham lectures
- Can you write us a short story about London?
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