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Best Of Londonist: Pub Interiors, Apple Pay And Instagranimals

Your Sunday morning best-of-Londonist weekly round-up, sponsored by London Borough of Enfield.

The Churchill Arms features in our list of unusual pub interiors, below.

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Top reviews

  • Consistent chuckles but a bit meandering: Stephen Merchant in The Mentalists ★★★☆☆
  • Guildhall Art Gallery celebrates British black art ★★★☆☆
  • Probably the best book about beer in London, cheers to that ★★★★★
  • The Desire Machine at Brunel Tunnel Shaft — inspired venue, but uninspiring show ★★☆☆☆

Things to do

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Mega Roast Dinner: Hungry for Sunday lunch? This deal gets you a brasserie three-course roast dinner with bottomless cocktails thrown in at Mews of Mayfair on 19 and 26 July. Price £40.
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Life Drawing: Practise your sketching technique at an Alexander McQueen-inspired life drawing workshop with Art Macabre on 21 July, 7.30pm. Tickets £20.
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Blade Runner: The sci fi classic gets an IMAX screening on 23 July at 6.15pm and 8.50pm. Tickets £10.65.
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Shuffle Film Festival: Watch The Godfather Part II and screenings of Shuffle Short Film Finalists in Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park on 24 July at 8pm. Tickets £11.50.
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Foodies Festival: Get early bird tickets for Foodies Festival on 24-26 July on Clapham Common featuring street food vendors, pop-up restaurants and artisan foods, new chilli food market and drinks theatre plus live music, cookery demonstrations, top chefs and tasting sessions. Tickets £8.
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Teen Drama in SE10: Watch excellent Shakespearean teen romcom 10 Things I Hate About You in Greenwich Peninsula Park on 25 July at 9.15pm. Tickets £5.
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Game Of Thrones Game: Immerse yourself in the hunt for the Iron Phone in a Game of Thrones-themed hunt around Crystal Palace Park on 25 July. Single ticket £15 (you'll meet nice people there through Thinking Bob) or team ticket £80.
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Escape to the country without leaving London! We present: Forty Hall

If the picture below isn't enough to immediately sway you, then let us highlight some other benefits from a day out to Enfield's Forty Hall.

  • A variety of tours and an exhibition run throughout the Grade I Listed Jacobean mansion that was built in the 1620s (and recently restored to its former splendour).
  • Forty Hall sits in 260 acres of parkland which forms part of the Green Belt around London. Ornamental lakes, walled gardens and pleasure grounds await you.
  • A children's play area designed by local school children featuring climbing equipment, swings and — excitingly — A ZIP WIRE will allow your little ones to let off some steam.
  • Forty Hall Farm is open on weekends. Meet the animals and try delights from the market garden.
  • Summer events aplenty — choose from wildlife walks, family fun days, architecture tours, battle re-enactments and even a music festival.

What else do you need? Head to Forty Hall this summer and find your own slice of the countryside within the M25.

Yes, this really is in London.

This week’s Best of Londonist is sponsored by the London Borough of Enfield.


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