Best Of Londonist: 13 March 2022

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Last Updated 11 March 2022

M@ Best Of Londonist: 13 March 2022

Your weekly Londonist round up.

63 Of The Best Things To Do In London This Spring

Dinosaurs, Disney and other March-May events.

Three female friends tuck into plates of food and wine, while strapped into funfair-style seats. A city skyline is in the background

A Rare Chance To Walk Through The Kingsway Tram Tunnel

Old abandoned tunnel near Holborn tube.

Looking along a square-shaped tunnel with brown brick walls and a green glow in the distance. The photographer will certainly have dirty knees as the lens is down close to an old tram rail that disappears into the distance.

What's This Epic Green Line That Crosses North-West London?

It's not an old rail line or a stream.

It's a satellite view of some London housing and roads. Red arrows point out a green linear feature that runs between houses all across the map

Where (And When) To See Cherry Blossom In London

The best spots for snapping sakura.

A preposterous amount of pink cherry blossom almost fills the foreground, but you can just about see the pagoda at Kew peeping out of the inflorescence

Ukraine Conflict Reflected In London Street Art

The city turns blue and yellow.

A girl in a blue and yellow Ukrainian hat painted onto a wall with bicycles in front

Doesn't Matter If This Building's Ugly As Sin - It Shouldn't Be Demolished

Bastion House isn't long for this world.

A monolithic skyscraper of brown and glass rises out of shot. One of the concrete Barbican towers is in the background. The photographer has chosen an angle that makes it look like the towers are falling to the left

Hundreds Of Miniature Trains Will Fill Alexandra Palace This Month

London Festival of Railway Modelling steams into town.

Two model steam engines, both green, sit on model platforms, with their rear ends penetrating a station buildin

Did You Know Croydon Had A Spaceport? Well It Didn't But This Zine Suggests Otherwise

Ad Astra Per Croydon.

A modernist skyscraper with sticky-out windows on a black background of constellations with the phrase Croydon Spaceport above

Just 15 Pictures Of Interwar Tube Stations Looking Glorious

Beholden to Holden.

The interior of Gants Hill station, It's a yellow, curvy confection with giant candle-stick-like lamps along the middle. No passengers are visible

A Tube Map Of Well-Known (And Should-Be-Well-Known) Women

Even HMP Holloway gets a namecheck.

It looks like a standard tube map, but all the station names have been changed to those of notable women

Euston HS2 Station To Get A Gold (Or Bronze) Landmark Roof

We're calling it the Dorito roof.

The golden triangles on the roof of a new-look Euston Station

Remarkable Photos Of London In 1900

Taken in 'Photochrom'.

An old-fashioned paddle steamer ploughs through the Thames with Lambeth Palace in the background. It's all in a kind of washed out ye olde colour

The Time King James Took A Submarine Trip Along The Thames

The world's first underwater monarch.

A yellowed image of an early submarine with oars in a yellow river Thames. People in 17th century clothes stand in awe (and oar)

In Pictures: London's Council Houses

From Spa Green to the Whittington Estate.

In Photos: A Drizzly Day In Kensington Gardens

Black and white photos of grey weather.

A group of dogs and their owner splash about in a puddle, surrounded by mature trees. It's in black and white

Where To Celebrate The Queen's Platinum Jubilee In London

Have a royal knees-up.

An afternoon tea with patriotic trimmings like a union flag on a cake.

It's 320 Years Since Britain's First Newspaper Was Founded by A Female Editor

Elizabeth Mallet created something incredible, and deserves more credit.

Special Delivery! Our Postbox Graphic Is Now Available In A First Class Print

Get one of these beauts posted out to you 💌

A graphic showing a range of postboxes from different reigns

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