November 2020

• ‘We just want to blow the doors off’: The Bob Marley musical is finally coming to the West End
• A Nordic winter wonderland complete with Northern Lights is popping up in London
• You can send a toy to a London child living in poverty this Christmas
• The V&A is reopening with a display of children’s rainbow drawings
• What are you doing for Christmas?
• How Southwark vegan spot Beza became way more than just a restaurant
• London’s most festive pub is switching on its Christmas lights
• The Museum of London wants to hear about your weird lockdown dreams
• Q Shoreditch
• London cinemas: the best memberships to buy
• Is your local cinema reopening? Here’s what London’s cinemas are doing post-lockdown
• Take a mystery Caribbean holiday with a ‘quarantine-free’ guarantee
• EasyJet’s Black Friday deals are here, with £25 flights for next summer
• Milroy's of Spitalifieds
• Bourne & Hollingsworth Garden Room
• The Gibson
• ‘I feel like I’m now known’: Bernardine Evaristo on becoming everyone’s lockdown read and the books she’s turned to in 2020
• Christmas gift guide: for sweaty types
• Borough Market is throwing a three-week virtual Christmas cookery festival
• London’s museums want you to shop with them this Christmas
• Christmas gift guide: for crafties
• Legendary north London pub The Lamb wants your help
• London’s theatres will reopen as planned
• A brand new winter rooftop bar is coming to London Bridge
• Clapham area guide
• What do Christmas bubbles mean for you? All your questions answered
• Danny Boyle wants you (and your hair) to be an extra in his new London project!
• Reviewed: London’s Christmas window displays
• Onima
• #lovelocal: Help local London business by shopping with them this Christmas
• Christmas gift guide: for thirsty folk
• Festive vegan food: the taste test
• Terms and conditions: Gorillaz 2020
• What to expect in London when Lockdown 2 lifts
• Thames Rockets
• A giant terrarium Christmas tree will light up King’s Cross this winter
• The Cause is throwing ten socially distanced New Year’s Eve parties
• London’s best at-home beauty services
• Crooks 1926
• Alice in Streamingland
• Spiritland is delivering bottled cocktails paired with banging playlists
• Our Ultimate London Pub Quiz is here: are you up to it?
• National Trust, English Heritage and other gardens still open in London for lockdown
• ‘Cinderella: The Socially Distanced Ball’: a gleefully rude panto riposte to 2020
• Street food markets staying open during Lockdown 2 in London
• Portobello Road Market is going virtual for Christmas
• ‘Rear Window’
• Bond Street Christmas Lights
• Jarv Is... Stream ‘Beyond the Pale’
• Where to find the mews from *that* scene in ‘Love Actually’
• Dishoom is now delivering vegan sausage naan roll kits
• This London pub has launched a weekly bakery to raise money for the homeless
• You can still buy from (and donate to) the British Heart Foundation during lockdown
• Shelter to put on the ‘UK’s biggest virtual carol concert’ this Christmas
• London Gay Men’s Chorus will take to the stage for ‘Homo Alone’ this Christmas
• Andrew Lincoln to star as Scrooge in the Old Vic’s (hopefully) lockdown-proof ‘Christmas Carol’
• In pictures: Christmas lights shining in central London for you to explore
• Pret has already launched its Christmas menu
• This company is employing out-of-work musicians to deliver Christmas trees in and around London
• Borough Market is producing its own awesome Christmas hampers
• MBARE
• Soho Theatre is bringing stand-up shows to Amazon Prime
• London’s South Bank is about to sparkle with luminous outdoor art
• A Christmas Carol (Dominion Theatre)
• Cheezelo
• An awesome wine shop has opened in a London car showroom
• Oxford Circus tube station has a new look – and we’re kind of into it
• Egg London is crowdfunding for its clubbing future
• Art Night is back with a full month of free outdoor art
• The Proofing Room
• Milroy's of Soho
• What’s going on? Morley’s is opening in Finsbury Park and on Brick Lane
• Meet London’s Black female academics
• 'I would describe it as a sacred space’: Sadie Sinner on establishing The Cocoa Butter Club cabaret
• The very best of Crouch End, picked by a clued-up local
• The Crouch Hill youth club that’s making stars
• Meet the founder of Black Girls Camping
• How to actually help London’s Black-owned businesses
• Why Black Pound Day matters
• ‘I just want a fair shot’: Ashley Walters on Peckham, ‘Top Boy’ and Black British representation
• Japan Centre is now delivering its exceptional eats
• Kerb has drawn up a list of London street food traders delivering in lockdown
• Gamma Gamma
• Bao and Bleecker have teamed up on the filthiest (in a good way!) meal kit going
• There’s a cute new Crystal Palace Park dinosaurs clothing line
• Brixton Courtyard is streaming its cancelled November lineup on a new web channel
• Brigadiers
• Berenjak
• Hoppers
• Ways to celebrate Diwali in lockdown London
• How to keep tipping UK hospitality staff during lockdown
• Sh!t Actually
• Hype dish: Flor’s old-school lardy bun
• Mail-order mince-pie kits are raising money for London’s homeless
• Big London walks to try on the last days of your annual leave
• Old Operating Theatre Museum
• Board games to keep you occupied in Lockdown 2
• The Libertines have just opened a hotel – here’s what it’s like to stay
• Salut!
• This map shows London music venues at imminent risk of closure
• Much-loved travel bookshop Stanfords is fundraising for survival
• London’s getting the world’s first sculpture to feminist pioneer Mary Wollstonecraft
• Four London booksellers recommend books to sharpen your brain
• Chef’s Specials: London’s top cooks share their favourite foodie places in the city
• Hype Dish: Chin Chin’s scarily OTT hot chocolate
• Overheard in London: this week’s #wordonthestreet
• Asma Khan: ‘I never dreamed I’d open a restaurant on Garrick Street’
• Rina Sawayama: queen in a quiet town
• Peyton & Byrne
• Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi and Kenneth Branagh are having a Zoom call – and you’re invited
• A new lesbian streaming channel has been launched
• Gloria has launched new delivery-only restaurant Napoli Gang
• Petrichor
• Dick Whittington: A New Dick In Town
• Caldesi in Marylebone
• Overheard in London: this week’s #wordonthestreet
• An ode to London’s beautiful pools, ordered to close again
• The best bar in the world is officially in London
• The Understudy
• Apples & Pears
• Covid cases have actually dropped in over half of London’s boroughs
• Mission Breakout
• The Barbary
• Alexandra Palace Online Fireworks Festival
• Takeaway pints are now officially allowed in Lockdown 2
• A Bavarian beer hall is popping up in London this winter – as soon as lockdown lifts
• Go lose yourself in Waterloo Bridge’s brand-new light installation
• This new website is supporting your local bookshop in time for Lockdown 2
• The Leopard Bar
• Hype Dish: Chuku’s’ reinvented egusi bowl
• All the new rules on exercising and moving around in London
• What does Lockdown 2 mean for England?
• The Laundry