This Week In London’s History:
Christmas shopping becomes a pleasure at the Science Museum's shop, with everything from robots to kinetic artwork to choose from. Perfect for unusual stocking fillers.
The McDonald's sign amid the iconic lights at Piccadilly Circus has gone festively interactive. Watch this video to see what's going on.
Beneath the streets of Dalston, engineers are working to complete the Western Curve, a 350m tunnel that forms part of the East London line extension to Highbury & Islington. TfL invited us on a tour to see how things are progressing.
Thursday news clips, including a memorial plaque for three police officers killed in the Siege of Sidney Street 100 years ago.
The RMT, those loveable rogues partly responsible for many of London's Tube strikes, are offering special Christmas cards on their website. The perfect gift, perhaps?
Tom Jones is the author of Tired of London, Tired of Life, a site that gives daily advice on the best things to do in London.
The famous clipper, currently under restoration in Greenwich, has been recreated in LEGO.
With the party season in full swing, what better way to raise your spirits and ensure you are looking your best, than with a half body massage, mini manicure and pedicure courtesy of Glamoo.
Be the austere envy of the office fridge.
Today's news round-up, including details of a new fleet of electric taxicabs scheduled to hit the streets of London in 2020.
Ross Sutherland wrote this poem especially for Londonist by dipping into Google Streetview.
London Transport Museum's gift shop is quite possibly the best place in London to pick up unusual Christmas presents. We've rounded up some of our favourites.
A splendid model Spitalfields and a Twitter hashtag combine in this fun snow-based idea.
Any good Christmas light displays in your area? Tell us about them...or better still, send us a photo.
A group of London Fields lido regulars are petitioning Hackney council to install a lighting system, so that the pool can be open into the evening.
The National Gallery have teamed up with Moleskine to produce a notebook for London art-lovers, covering seven of the city's finest art institutions.
More Londony trivia for a Monday morning.
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