Best Of Londonist: 24 February-2 March 2025

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Best Of Londonist: 24 February-2 March 2025

Your weekly roundup of Londonist news and features.

70+ Magnificent Things To Do In London This Month: March 2025

New shows and exhibitions, St Patrick's Day and other March events.

© Trustees of the Natural History Museum

Bethnal Green Working Men's Club Fights For Life With Crowdfunder

We can't let this place close.

A campaign group holding placards that call for protection for queer spaces

The Moorgate Tube Crash: Half A Century On

The Underground's worst peace-time disaster.

Donald Trump's Second State Visit: What To Expect This Time

Reinflate the Trump Babies. It's Round 2.

Image: Shutterstock

Oxford Street Pedestrianisation: Public Consultation Launched

Have your say on plans to direct traffic away from Oxford Street.

Virginia Woolf's London: The Complete Map

Every location from her 10 novels.

Camden High Street To Be Part-Pedestrianised

The trial will start later in 2025.

Every Interesting Elephant Who Ever Came to London

A timeline of memorable trunksters.

An elephant at the tower of london - or a wireframe model of one

A Midsomer Murders Stage Show Is Coming To London

Cue the creepy theremin music.

Midsomer Murders poster

This Month-Long Walking Tour Festival Leads You Through The London Of Woolf, Dickens And Nairn

Literary Footprints is back this March.

Third Person Given Permission To Whistle In Burlington Arcade

The Piccadilly shopping arcade does not like whistlers.

A whistling man in Burlington Arcade dressed in a ringmaster's outfit like a champ

Pancake Day In London 2025: Shrove Tuesday Races And Events Across The Capital

Flippin' heck, that crêped up on us.

Photo: Lucy Young

Cockney Yiddish Podcast Explores The Jewish East End

Forgotten stories from the East End's Jewish past.

Pencil sketch of an east end market scene

'Sodomites Walk' Planned On Hampstead Heath This Sunday - In Protest Against Dog Whistle Campaign

"We ain't going nowhere!"

Two posters regarding posters on hampstead heath. One for the sodomites walk, the other against it
ACT UP London/N Chadwick via creative commons

London Murals: RUN's Mary, Origin & Destination In Peckham

Glorious mural in residential Peckham.

RUN mural in Peckham, an astounding piece of work covering the side of a church

Bridge Theatre's Acclaimed Midsummer Night's Dream Returns This Summer

Tickets on sale now.

Where To Celebrate St Patrick's Day 2025 In London

Parties, parades and other craic on and around 17 March.

A pint of Guinness looking very drinkable

Catstravaganza 2025: 'Crufts For Cats' Returns To London

You can even put forward your own feline.

A cat sat on a mat

Special Exhibition Marks 10 Years Of The Museum Of Transology

Transcestry opens in King's Cross.

A fiddle toy with label
Image: Kate Davies

The Top Exhibitions To See In London: March 2025

Pirates, Grayson Perry and Tutankhamun

Painting of a man inspecting skulls
© Munchmuseet. Photo: Munchmuseet / Juri Kobayashi

Get Your Broken Stuff Fixed At These Workshops Across London This March

Most are free, too.

A person's hands seen repairing an electrical motherboard
Image: RetLondon

20 Events Worth Leaving London For This March

Daffodils, Lego and a lost village.

Image: Ollie Dixon

Lindt's Massive New Piccadilly Store Will Offer UK's Biggest Lindor Pick 'N' Mix

M&M's World must be quaking in its boots.

A collection of gold and blue Lindt balls

Wandsworth Borough Of Culture: Events Programme Revealed

Another great year to be south of the river.

An outdoor performance involving a man in a wheelchair and someone stretching behind
Image: Paul Fuller

Londonist Asks Someone Random Questions: Arthur Smith And Phil Nice

"Most annoying Tube line? The Jubilee."

Looking ahead: Things To Do This Week In London: 3-9 March 2025

Pancake Day, an art fair, and Barbie in concert.

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