Your weekly Londonist roundup, featuring Londony news and features from the past seven days. An alluring map. But we have questions. Bits of London with questionable names. Nobody really seems to like hostile architecture - yet it's all around us. A phosphorescent treasure chest overspilling with golden hits. Recording from helicopter is a memorial to the tragedy. Artist Lucy Orta's 'visual database' of extinct plants and animals. A clever way to share unwanted fresh food. Things to do over the coronation weekend. Remembering the Special London Bridge Special. Steam trains, flower festivals and a mysterious grotto. Floating HQ replaces part-Victorian one. Image: Hallmark Media Group And yes, you can touch it. © Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London The best events in London this month. Salon Privé roars into Chelsea Pre-Raphaelites, animals and experimental gaming. Image courtesy Ai Weiwei studio. |