Your weekly Londonist roundup, featuring Londony news and features.
The Ballot For Wimbledon 2024 Is Now Open
But not for long!
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HS2: What's Going On? Is It Still Going To Euston? Is It Too 'Londoncentric'?
This could just be the fattest, whitest elephant ever to lumber across Britain.
![A high speed train](jpg/hs2-train2.jpg)
Where To Go Pumpkin Picking Near London This Autumn
Oh. My. GOURD.
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Secretive Central London Cold War Tunnels Could Open As Visitor Attraction
Kingsway Telephone Exchange is said to have inspired Q Branch.
![Interactive displays in a tunnel](jpg/dbox_tlt_kingsway_tunnel_retained_telecommunications_spitfire2.jpg)
Supperclub.Tube: The Tube Carriage Serving A Six-Course Tasting Menu
Definitely the best way to spend three hours on the tube.
![Tube Supperclub: People eating at tables on a tube train](jpg/tube-supperclub33.jpg)
These Are The London Boroughs With The Most Public CCTV Cameras
And they're not the ones you might think.
![A CCTV camera next to Big Ben](jpg/cctv-big-ben2.jpg)
7 Places To See Gorgeous Autumn Leaves In London
Autumnal walks against a golden backdrop.
![Orange and yellow leaves on trees in Greenwich Park, London, in autumn](jpg/greenwich_park_.jpg)
'Stand Against Suella' Protest Takes Place In Central London On Sunday
LGBTQ groups rally against dehumanising rhetoric.
![Various placards with pictures of pioneering LGBTQ people on them](jpg/lgbtq-protest2.jpg)
A Brief History Of The Bakerloo Line
A chronology of the brown line.
![Bakerloo line moquette](jpg/bakerloo-line-seating-moquette2.jpg)
Take A Tour Of The Magnificent Palace Of Westminster This Autumn
Ahead of the State Opening in November. (sponsor)
![A tour group inside the Palace of Westminster](png/uk-parliament-tours2.png)
From Our Newsletter: How Victorian Londoners Predicted 21st Century Tech
Mobile phones, video calls, pay-per-view sport... even Wikipedia.
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Ever Spotted Covent Garden's Anne Frank Tree?
An arboreal memorial.
![An elder tree dedicated to Anne Frank in Covent Garden](jpg/anne-frank-elder-tree-covent-garden2.jpg)
Get A Dose Of The Royal Pharmaceutical Society Museum
Small museum that's free to visit.
![An inhaler with a box labelled Hiram Maxim's Menthol Inhaler](jpg/hiram-maxim-menthol-inhaler2.jpg)
13 Autumnal Day Trips From London: October 2023
Charming events within easy reach of London.
![Exterior of St Albans Cathedral](jpg/st-albans-cathedral2.jpg)
Quobna Ottobah Cugoano: 18th Century Abolitionist Celebrated In Permanent Artworks
Che Lovelace canvasses bring Trinidadian colour to St James's Piccadilly.
![Two colourful panels at the entrance to a church](jpg/the_river__and_passage_by_che_lovelace_installed_in_st_james-s_piccadilly-_photo_stephen_white___co2.jpg)
See Three New Morphing Sculptures By Nick Hornby
Trio of incredible shape-changing sculptures hit town.
![Two views of the richard the lionheart sculpture by Nick Hornby](jpg/richard-lionehart-side-nick-hornby2.jpg)
Denmark Street: The Musical History Of London's "Tin Pan Alley"
We interview author Peter Watts about his new book.
![Tin Pan Alley plaque](jpg/tin-pan-alley-denmark-street-plaque2.jpg)
19 Images That Tell The Vivid History Of The South Bank
From Roman temples to futuristic domes.
![Painting of the South Bank at the Festival of Britain - with a dome at the centre of it](jpg/18-_1951_festival_of_britain2.jpg)
The Killer 1962 Smog Of London
And no, we don't mean 1952.
![The Houses of Parliament shrouded in an orangy mist](jpg/smog-big-ben2.jpg)
Where To Be Scottish In London
Kilty pleasures.
![A green tartan kilt and sporran - worn by someone with their hands on their hips](jpg/kilt2.jpg)