| Your weekly Londonist round-up. The Brunel Museum's bringing Thames Tunnel history to life this half-term. (sponsor) Betrayal, conflagrations and matricide. Nero loved his chariot races and here's one depicted on one of several carved panels in the exhibition. © The Trustees of the British Museum. Something for everyone under one world-famous roof. (sponsor) Immortals, empires and oil. The architecture section uses projector technology to show us what the inside of domes in Iran look like. Copyright Victoria & Albert Museum. Get a look behind the city's padlocked doors. Royal Gunpowder Mills, Waltham Abbey - Alamy/Richard Arthur There’s been industry on this site for over 500 years. Cloth was produced here by the monks of Waltham Abbey during the medieval period, then in the 1600s the mills were converted to produce vegetable oil. In 1787 the Crown purchased the site and began manufacturing explosives. Although the factory closed in 1997, the 170-acre green space is open to visitors all year round. Paddington Basin gets a floating fromage restaurant. Decaying art deco architecture and a graveyard for fridges. Find it at this remarkable man's former villa in Richmond. | 