Best Of Londonist: 20 February 2022

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Best Of Londonist: 20 February 2022

Your weekly Londonist round-up.

5 Italian Delis In London Worthy Of A Chef's Kiss

Perfect pasta, pecorino and pastries

bowls of olives and other antipasti
Image: Salvino

An African Food Hall Is Coming To London This Year

One for us, one for Harlem.

Alkebulan, Dubai. Image by Alkebulan.

L&Q At Hayes Village Is Transforming West London - And You Can Be Part Of It

New homes at the heart of a huge regeneration project. (sponsor)

Tube And Bus Fares Are Going Up From March

Rising an average of 4.8%.

people ride the new bus, with light streaming through the skylight
Image: TfL

Five Things You Have To See At The Freud Museum

Why did Sigmund stroke his marble baboon?

These New Peckham Homes Will House 33 Young Homeless People

Great work from charity Centrepoint.

Another mock-up of what the completed homes will look like.

A GBBO-Style Baking Experience Opens In Hackney This Month

On your marks, get set, BAAAAKE!

Photo: The Big Bakes

London Had A Statue Of Charles II Trampling Oliver Cromwell... In A Turban

And it still exists.

A black and white engraving of an equestrian statue on a tall plinth, surrounded by buildings.

Candlelit London: Where To Do Things In The Dark

Electricity? Pah!

Photo: Chislehurst Caves

'Cross-Rail' Was First Mooted In The 1970s... Then It Was Put On Ice

Crossrail: an origin story.

a map showing the proposed 'cross-rail' route

This Afro Hair Exhibition Explores Slavery, Cleopatra, And The USA's First Female Millionaire

Croydon show explores rich history of hairdos.

A visitor studying a wall of busts with wigs

Holy Macaroni, Batman: We Checked Out London's DC-Verse Restaurant

Mirrors and smoke. And some neon.

Are These The 6 Most Marmite Things In London?

From brutalism to the Royal Family.

Videos Show Trail Of Devastation Left By Storm Eunice In London And Beyond

A previous storm hits the UK in 2019. Photo: Marcus Woodbridge/Unsplash

Around London In 11 Visual Puns

From the bricks of Brixton to the Cat of Catford.

A cat on a beam that says Catford, with the sun bright in the sky to the left

Last Updated 19 February 2022