Best Of Londonist: 1-7 December 2025

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M@ Best Of Londonist: 1-7 December 2025

Your weekly roundup of Londonist news and features.

The 100 Best Pubs In London

You'll never go thirsty again!

The French House one of the 100 best pubs in London

Smithfield And Billingsgate Market To Move To Royal Docks?

The markets could now move in together after all.

London's most phallic development site

What We Lose From The Redevelopment Of This 1960s Oxford Street Building

Petition calls for the preservation of fashion heritage.

This Oxford Street landmark will soon disappear

Heathrow Airport Wants You To Name Its Cleaning Robots

Cillit Bangkok, anyone?

Heathrow cleaning robots

"Every Year We Do A Free Christmas Day Dinner At Our Wimbledon Pub, For People On Their Own"

Almost 200 people come to the Alexandra on 25 Dec.

Festive dinner at the Alexandria in Wimbledon

Invader: Where To Spot The 8-Bit Street Art In London

The artist has placed over 160 mosaics across London.

Invader street art in Soho

A History Of The Future At The Cartoon Museum's New Exhibition

Fascinating cartoon strips that predicted the future (or not).

What's on at the cartoon museum in london

Free Festive Things To Do In London: Christmas 2025

Budget-friendly Christmas events in the capital.

A giant bauble at the South Bank Centre

What Do You Get The Person Who Has Everything? An Object From The Science Museum!

From teddies to an Enigma machine.

Teddy bear

London's Forgotten Trysting Places

"Meet me under the clock... by the ichthyosaur."

A lovers kiss in sculpture

Ramses And The Pharaohs' Gold: New Immersive Experience Coming To Battersea

Take your mummy.

Rameses the Great exhibition

This New Book Proves Londoners Still Talk To Their Neighbours

Wembley Speaks: Snapshots of a Year of Conversations.

Wembley from above

Smithfield Market Christmas Eve Meat Auction: A Guide

Get your Xmas turkey on the cheap!

Meat hanging at Smithfield

Festive Theatre Shows To Enchant The Whole Family This Christmas

Disney, Peppa Pig and The Snowman live on stage.

Scrunch

Things To Do In London In The Christmas Holidays With Kids

Theatre shows, exhibitions and Christmas events.

Some kids enjoying a christmas event in london

Non-Christmassy Things To Do In London In December

Where to avoid Christmas completely in London this year.

Christmas cancelled

Things To Do In London On Christmas Day 2025

Guided tours, river trips and Christmas lunch.

St Paul's cathedral

These Gail's Bakeries Will Be Open On Christmas Day... And Handing Out Free Mince Pies

Oh bun, all ye faithful.

Gails bakery

Christmas 2025 Public Transport In London: What's Running And What's Closed?

Fingers crossed we have a strike-free festive period...

Tube bauble

Looking Ahead: Things To Do In London This Week: 8-14 December 2025

See what's on in London today.

Sheridan smith