Best Of Londonist: 16-22 September 2024

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Best Of Londonist: 16-22 September 2024

Your weekly roundup of Londonist news and features.

Into The Secret Chambers Of London Bridge

Very few people have ever walked through these little-known passages inside London Bridge.

Walking through London Bridge.

New Fourth Plinth Artwork Pays Tribute To Trans Communities

Mil Veces un Instante is powerful and unsettling.

The new Fourth Plinth commission. More here than meets the eye.

Sadiq Khan Plans To Pedestrianise Oxford Street

Is it finally going to happen?

Oxford Street finally pedestrianised, because it's definitely going to happen this time. Right? Right?

Solve A Murder On The Thames: Festive Cruises From Halloween Through To New Year's Eve

Things just got all Agatha Christie... (sponsor)

What's Happening With Heathrow Airport's Third Runway Plans?

Controversial expansion plans still progressing.

Heathrow Airport of the future. Listed buildings not pictured... because they've all been bulldozed

Unseen Brass Eye Tapes To Be Screened In London Cinemas

Oxide Ghosts: The Brass Eye Tapes.

Chris Morris Bloody Hell

Two More Paddington Bear Sculptures Coming To London

And this time, he's munching a marmalade sandwich.

An endearance of Paddingtons.

The Croydon Road Made Of German Helmets

This one's difficult to get your head around.

A german helmet, yesterday
Image: Museum Rotterdam via creative commons

London's Village Signs

Much to be learned from these community welcomes.

Woodford Green, noted for its collection of disproportionate objects

Be Transported To Beery Bavaria At London Oktoberfest

Lederhosen and dirndl at the ready! (sponsor)

Oktoberfest party

Surbiton Ski Sunday: Wacky Event Brings Chamonix To South-West London

Snow joke.

The people of Surbiton, desperately trying to convince everyone that they're more than their sitcom stereotype

Major Mudlarking Exhibition Coming To London In 2025

Feat. medieval specs and a knitted Tudor hat.

Two people looking at an antiquity. Or a failed brownie. I'm not sure
Image: London Museum

In Videos: The Greatest Comedy Sketches Set In London

Tiny trains, bling kings and a Right Royal Barrel of Cockney Monkeys.

The Day Today was the greatest British comedy show of all time. Discuss.

In Pictures: London's Glorious Art Deco And Modernist Former Factories

Factories: they don't make 'em like they used to.

Currys Distribution Centre in Brentford, with its gorgeous art deco facade, is definitely among the top 5 Currys Distribution Centres in west London
Image: © Simon Pollock

The Biggest London Shows To Book For This Winter

Cold weather = hot tickets.

A blindfolded man with a woman

The Sunday Papers Come To Life At This Wonderfully Laid-Back Event

Sofas, crosswords, bloody marys... it's all here. (sponsor)

A woman with her arms around a man

In Pictures: Frieze Sculpture 2024 In Regent's Park

Another cornucopia of artistic oddities.

Blue artwork as part of Frieze 2024. Papa Smurf really let himself go

Watercolours Of A Lost London

William Alister Macdonald captured a moment in time.

Watercolour of london and the thames
Image: Guildhall Art Gallery, City of London

The Remarkable (And Grim) History Of Southwark Bridge

It took 50 lives to build it... and then it exploded.

Southwark Bridge explodes in an old newsprint.

And looking ahead to next week...

Things To Do This Week In London: 23-29 September 2024

Silk Roads exhibitions, the Greatest Showman, and lots of sheep.

Alan Titchmarsh driving sheep across a bridge
Image: @ThisMediaLarke
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