What was in London *before* London? Find out in our free Substack newsletter post 👇 londonist.substack.com/p/what-was-in-…

Google... go home, you're drunk

The legend of the ravens at the Tower of London is probably younger than some of the people reading this sentence... we dig into its origins in this week's Londonist: Time Machine londonist.substack.com/p/the-tower-of…

There now follows a psychogeographic interlude on behalf of the Rolling Stones:

Time for World Cup of bizarre, terrifying mannequins on the toilet at cultural heritage sites. Round 1. Forest of Dean visitor centre Vs Bakewell Old House Museum

Traditional toys are way more wholesome than all this plastic crap they have today

London's getting a brand new borough in 2025 - and it might be called 'Sledding' 🤯 londonist.com/london/news/ne…

Had the best day at CrichTramwayVillage. 7hrs of fun without the kids getting bored once. Tram rides, egg hunt, ace playground, best woodland trail ever. Plus, a K1 phone box for me to geek out over.

Can't believe The Rest Is History podcast recently did an episode on history's greatest monkeys and left *this* one out londonist.com/london/history…

Here's an odd London connection. Famous dandy Beau Brummel died 184 years ago today... the same day as Charles 'poverty maps' Booth was born (you can browse Booth's fascinating maps here booth.lse.ac.uk)

Climbing London's 'least historic hill', which actually conceals a *lot* of history londonist.substack.com/p/climbing-lon…

I've been on a few rooftops in my time. In this week's Londonist: Time Machine, I look at some of the hidden details on top of 5 famous Christopher Wren buildings londonist.substack.com/p/among-the-sp…

From the people who brought you Snakes on a Plane… Tiger in a Plane Tree #SouthwarkPark

Is that because the burgers make you bloated and purple, or because they throw you down a garbage chute if you say “I want it now”?

There are three types of people in Hampstead: those who are immaculately groomed; those who are immaculately ungroomed in an arty way; plain old me.

Concentrated lime

People imagined that horses would be replaced by vehicles about 100 years before it happened. One of the threads in this week's Londonist: Time Machine...