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By our reckoning, the Tower of London has 21 ghosts. And we just ranked them all 👻

The 21 Ghosts Of The Tower Of London, Ranked

How many ghosts at the Tower of London?

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Londonist @londonist.com · 3h

Get your weekend plans sorted with art fairs, classic cars, a brand new comedy club and LOADS more events chosen by our team

Things To Do In London This Weekend: 18-19 October 2025

A free Diwali celebration, a vintage fair, and transport festival.

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Londonist @londonist.com · 3h

Leicester Square is upping its foodie game, just in time for Christmas 🍔🍸😋

Leicester Square's Getting A Huge New Food Hall

A new five-storey foodie venue opens in December.

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Londonist @londonist.com · 4h

Psssst! You can get FREE entry to the Hampton Court Palace gardens this weekend 🌳🌿

How To Visit The Hampton Court Palace Gardens For Free

Garden Open Days take place just a few times each year.

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Londonist @londonist.com · 6h

The best FREE events in London this week, including an Americana exhibition, Frankenstein and free entry to palace gardens londonist.com/london/free-...

Free Things To Do In London This Week: 13-19 October 2025

Budget-friendly events in the capital.

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Londonist @londonist.com · 7h

Margaret Thatcher would have been 100 years old today. Did you know she has two London statues (both indoors), and that one of them was decapitated about a month after it was unveiled? londonist.com/london/histo...

When Margaret Thatcher's Statue Was Decapitated With A Cricket Bat (And A Metal Pole)

The attacker got three months.

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Londonist @londonist.com · 1d

We see that work has begun to refurbish the old City Hall building near Tower Bridge. Mayor Ken Livingstone once called it ‘the glass testicle’. We reckon the revamped version should be dubbed ‘the mossy ribcage’. londonist.com/.../bold-new...

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Londonist @londonist.com · 2d

Did you know that it's #BookshopDay? London has so many independent bookshops we should all cherish. To pick just one marvel, this is Hurlingham Books in Fulham. How can anyone resist stepping inside? @booksaremybag

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How many Tube lines have you been to the end of? Done Cockfosters? Upminster? Morden? Well, here's something unusual to see at every terminus londonist.com/london/trans...

What's At The End Of The Tube Map?

An alternative tube map where the ends are important.

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Londonist @londonist.com · 3d

Have you ever wandered along London's *other* Fleet Street? It's not like its namesake... londonist.com/london/histo...

London's Other Fleet Street

A scrappy rail cutting in Bethnal Green.

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Tickets for London's massive NYE fireworks spectacular go on sale next Friday 🎆 londonist.com/london/chris...

London New Year's Eve Fireworks 2025 Tickets On Sale Next Week

With tickets costing up to £55.

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Londonist @londonist.com · 3d

FREE ninja warrior experience... head down to the Thames at high tide, near Old Billingsgate, and join the crowds shimmying along the railings to avoid the waves

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Victorian DLR? Did you know about the plans from the 1840s to build an elevated railway along the Thames? londonist.substack.com/p/the-victor...

The Victorian DLR: A Riverside Railway That Never Was

Trains above the Thames, from the 1840s.

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Londonist @londonist.com · 4d

Who's watching the new series of Slow Horses? We're sleuthing where all the London locations were shot, and have just added the Episode 3 scenes -> londonist.com/london/film/...

Slow Horses: Series 5 Filming Locations

Where does Jackson Lamb eat his breakfast? and other scenes.

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Hands up who like libraries? London's first free public library was created right here -> londonist.com/london/histo...

Where Was London's First Public Library?

Almost 170 years ago.

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We've just done a major update to the map of London bookswaps -- 25 new locations and lots of photos. Is there a free bookswap near you that we've missed? londonist.com/london/maps/...

A Map Of London Bookswaps

Little Libraries around the capital | Londonist.

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Londonist @londonist.com · 5d

London has four of the world's top 50 bars apparently - but is this list getting a little tired? londonist.com/london/drink...

London Has Four Of The World's Top 50 Bars, Apparently

Another year, another familiar looking list.

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Londonist @londonist.com · 5d

Massive lion spotted in Tottenham! This impressive new mural on Fore Street looks forward to the Africa Cup of Nations, which begins in Morocco in a couple of months. It was painted by street artist Megan "Peachzz" Russell.

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Details here www.elstree-museum.org.uk/exhibitions....

Exhibitions at Elstree & Borehamwood Museum

Exhibitions taking place at Elstree & Borehamwood Museum

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Londonist @londonist.com · 5d

There's a new Eastenders exhibition in Borehamwood (just N of London). Pour a pint in the Queen Vic, peruse a map of Walford, and view items use to batter/stab various characters over the years.

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Londonist @londonist.com · 5d

No, he's at this one in Baker Street

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Londonist @londonist.com · 5d

Londonist's Matt has a new book out. It's all about London's 32 boroughs, with hundreds of tips on what to see in each one, and gorgeous maps by Mike Hall
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The Boroughs of London at 60

I put some words into a book.

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Londonist @londonist.com · 6d

The newest addition to the Hawksmoor chain will also be its most opulent 🤩

Hawksmoor's Latest Restaurant Is Inside This Glorious Train Station Hotel

Steak chain Hawksmoor will take over the stunning dining rooms that were once part of George Gilbert Scott's Midland Grand Hotel.

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Londonist @londonist.com · 6d

When Audrey Hepburn moved into this London address, no one knew who she was. By the time she moved out she was an Oscar-winning star 🤩

Audrey Hepburn Now Has A Blue Plaque At Her Former Mayfair Home

Loverly!

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Londonist @londonist.com · 6d

Peter Ackroyd has a new book about London out. In this extract, he whisks us back to 1920s London — a quickly Americanizing world of martinis, flappers and chewing gum 🍸 londonist.com/london/histo...

Flappers, Martinis And Chewing Gum: A Sketch Of 1920s London

A quickly Americanizing world of martinis, flappers and chewing gum 🍸

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