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Best Of Londonist: 9-15 December 2024

All our best articles from the past week.

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Christmas Dinner In London: Where To Eat In The Capital On Christmas Day 2024

Book soon if you want a seat at these tables on 25 December.

Christmas dinner served on a white table
Image: Justin de Souza

Bold New Look For Old City Hall Approved

Plans to be approved for a more open, green look.

The old city hall on the thames, reimagined with green balconies

Altogether Now! Raise The Roof At These Singalongs In London

Piano bars to mass anthemic singalongs.

A man in a waistcoat plays piano with union flags behind
Image: Claire Bilyard

Queen Elizabeth II Memorial To Be Built In St James's Park

This isn't it in the picture, by the way.

Statue of the Queen with a corgi in windsor

Christmas In London 2024: A Guide To Festive Events, Food And Drink In The Capital This Winter

Top tips for spending Christmas in the capital.

Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park at night

What's The Commonest Baby Name In Your Borough? 2023 Stats Announced

The top boy and girl names per borough.

A baby face over a map of common baby names

Design Museum's Swimming Exhibition Set To Make A Splash

A century of swimming and style.

Five swimmers in a pool, only their legs and bodies are visible underwater
Image: Ackerman + Grube

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Jill Viner: London's First Female Bus Driver Gets A Plaque

50 years on, a pioneer gets recognition.

A lady and a man standing either side of a plaque to Jill Viner

Giant: John Lithgow To Star As Roald Dahl In The West End

Play hones in on late author's antisemitism.

John Lithgow in a blue shirt reading the Literary Review, posing as author roald dahl
Image: Manuel Harlan

Weekend Walk: Follow London's Roman Walls

Around the edge of the Square Mile.

A fragment of london wall at tower hill

Dick Van Dyke's Dodgy Cockney Accent: A Tribute

Bless you, guv.

Dick can Dyke on stage
Image: Gage Skidmore, creative commons

Every Fourth Plinth Commission, And Where They Are Now

We even put someone from Londonist up there...

Fourth plinth statues of two men

Christmas 2024 Public Transport In London: What's Running And What's Closed?

Fingers crossed we have a strike-free festive period...

A christmas bauble shaped like a tube train

What's The Oldest Place In London?

A question with many answers...

A golf club with an iron age fort called ceasars camp in wimbledon

100 Decorated Egg Sculptures Coming To London In 2025

Cracking news!

A selection of painted eggs

"Every Year We Do A Free Christmas Day Dinner At Our Wimbledon Pub, For People On Their Own"

Almost 200 people come to the Alexandra on 25 Dec.

Lots of merry-makers enjoying christmas dinner in a pub
Image: The Alexandria

Comedian Olga Koch On Her Favourite Central London Toilets

Toilet humour.

Olga Koch, smokes a cigar. Images of male and female toilet symbols are pasted into foreground

Have A Swinging Time At London's Immersive Baseball Bar

Moonshot smashes it out of the park. (sponsor)

A lady with a baseball bat inside batting nets

Londonist Asks Someone Random Questions: Drag Queen Kitty Scott-Claus

"You'd be surprised how much people can mark up a bottle of Evian."

Three drag queens on stage

Rogue Goths: The Victorian Architects Who Shook London To Its Core

"The scream you wake on at the end of a nightmare."

Gothic architecture of 33 to 35 eastcheap
Image: Edmund Harris

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Looking Ahead: Things To Do Next Week In London: 16-22 December 2024

Make the most of the last full week before Christmas.

An illuminated church interior with orchestra
 
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