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Time In Couchbound No. #19 | Thur 4 Jun 2020 | Issue No. #2583

What on earth are shops actually going to be like now?

So, shops are gradually reopening. Remember shops? They were buildings you used to go into. Occasionally you would ‘make a purchase’, which allowed you to return home with a new hat or mop that you didn’t really need or want. From Monday June 15, non-essential shops, from high-street favourites to achingly hip boutiques, will be reopening. But as you might have guessed, they won’t be the same as what we had before. We chatted to our friends in London retail and asked what the world is going to look like when the shutters eventually come up again.

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Which indie band warned ‘Don’t Go Back to Dalston’ in 2004?

Incoming: today’s streaming highlights

7pm Tom Hiddleston

‘Coriolanus’. Take care saying that one out loud (because it has the word ‘anus’ in it). This bristling, martial tale of betrayal and political ambition in ancient Rome is one of Shakespeare’s best. Tom Hiddleston’s portrayal of the title character was treated to positive reviews back in 2013, and the slightly cut-down text means that this production doesn’t outstay its welcome. Also, you can check in on director Josie Rourke’s Instagram to listen to a live chat between her and Tom while the play streams. Fancy!

The best of the rest:

7.30pm One of the heroes of quarantine, The Charlatans’ Tim Burgess, is streaming a gig from his house as part of the Royal Albert Home sessions.

7.30pm Igor Stravinsky’s rip-roaring ‘The Soldier’s Tale’, from LSO St Luke’s.

8.30pm Tom Carradine’s weekly, geezerish cockney knees-up singalong thing.

Check out our full list of the day’s virtual highlights, every day

Is it time to pedestrianise Soho?

One nice side effect of lockdown has been the easing of traffic on London’s usually vehicle-choked roads. You might have noticed campaigns popping up in your area, demanding the government puts in place measures to ensure the capital’s car-free state continues once we go back to normal. Leading the charge: Soho! Locals are pushing for a summer ‘festival’ during which certain streets would be pedestrianised, allowing the neighbourhood’s many restaurants and bars to set up tables outdoors. Like the idea? Why not lend your voice to the campaign?

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Sprog diversions

We asked an expert how to keep young kids entertained

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Borough Market’s Mei Mei has revealed the recipe for its deep-fried chicken fave

Beauty in books

Start reading the life-changing work of London genius Zade Smith right now

Time Out asks

Seen some lovely empty streets? Go on, show us then

‘Sunday mornings alone in Chinatown’

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‘Walking through empty streets of
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Lockdown news you can use

Beer lovers rejoice! Here’s a map of where to grab a cheeky pint on a city stroll or en route to a park
www.takeawaypints.co.uk

Stunning high-res drone footage of Central America’s most beautiful spots
YouTube

In 1886 someone commissioned watercolour paintings of every single known fruit in the world. And here they are!
www.openculture.com

The kind of cleaver skills we’re hoping to develop after all this cooking
Reddit

Historic England has added more than two hundred pictures to its archive to document the UK’s lockdown
www.historicengland.org.uk

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