May 2020

• This Londoner has been creating incredible isolation cakes
• Tower Bridge is hoping to identify the people in this historic photo
• There are TWO online busking festivals happening this weekend
• Nine chefs on how they make a takeaway kebab even tastier
• Drive-in cinema is coming to south London in July
• You can board London buses from the front again
• Meat, Reviewed: oh God, it’s time for pork pies
• Rainbow benches have appeared by London’s landmarks in tribute to key workers
• The National Trust will reopen parks from next week
• Groups of six people can meet up outdoors from Monday
• Public toilets in London parks are starting to reopen
• London’s museum lates are going virtual this Friday
• Last Night of the Proms will go ahead live at the Royal Albert Hall
• Balans is auctioning off all seven of its London restaurants
• View from the Frontline: the Deliveroo rider
• Cineworld and Picturehouse cinemas to reopen in July
• Fancy a ‘Grease’ singalong in your car? Luna announces its drive-in cinema line-up
• The National Theatre is streaming James Graham’s ‘This House’ tonight for free
• 9 things you need to know about test and trace in London
• Padella has launched its own DIY pasta-making kits
• Be part of a lockdown photography project from the National Portrait Gallery and Kate Middleton
• Martin Scorsese has made a film about being in lockdown
• What’s it going to be like when we can finally get our hair cut again?
• You can rent this medieval abbey near London for less than £40 a night
• English National Ballet is streaming ‘Swan Lake’ for free for the next 48 hours
• Where to get started with... Zadie Smith
• A big cat has been spotted in a north London garden – here’s how Twitter reacted
• This year’s Turner Prize has been cancelled – with a grant for artists in its place
• Clap for Our Carers is officially ending this week – but it’s becoming an annual event
• Honest Burgers launches new delivery service Honest Chicken
• Outdoor gatherings and garden parties could be back on next month
• Glastonbury celebrates its 50th year with best ever performances added to iPlayer
• What to do when all your motivation has been stolen by lockdown
• Olafur Eliasson is part of a new virtual art show about time at White Cube
• Lockdown Legend: the Londoner helping feed schoolkids and vulnerable people in need
• Fortnum & Mason’s fancy food hall has reopened
• Mubi has made its whole archive of arthouse films available
• One of the Crystal Palace dinosaurs has been damaged in a suspected act of vandalism
• London’s outdoor markets can reopen from next week
• We got actual wine experts to pair our worst lockdown meals with good booze
• You can now do a Zoom guided meditation with an actual sheep
• Chick ’n’ Sours is back! London’s fried chicken institution is now delivering
• All Points East Online
• A 48-hour Shakespeare readathon is happening this weekend to help save the Globe theatre
• Radio 1’s Big Weekend
• David Shrigley, Eddie Peake, Linder and Yinka Shonibare have designed face masks for charity
• The Online Carnival
• Chef-approved tips for making takeaway fish and chips taste amazing
• Another drive-in cinema is coming to London this summer
• Wetherspoons shares plans for reopening its pubs
• Gloria is now delivering its Italian party dishes
• Three-Ingredient Recipe: Gill Meller’s potato flatbreads
• A third of UK restaurants and pubs say they won’t survive lockdown
• Here’s how to make Koya’s beloved miso and walnut ramen
• Bus fares are going to be reintroduced in London
• St Paul’s Cathedral has started an online book of remembrance for the victims of coronavirus
• Part of London’s Trocadero could be developed into a mosque
• Meat, Reviewed: can a lifelong vegetarian stomach a bacon sandwich?
• This one weird thing is getting me through lockdown...
• Meat, Reviewed: Let’s stop messing around and just do steak already
• Museum of London, Barbican and other City icons launch new online culture platform
• Watch Complicité’s immersive masterpiece ‘The Encounter’ online for free as its stream gets extended
• Din Tai Fung is now delivering its famous dumplings in London
• The V&A puts its anticipated kimono exhibition online
• BT Tower records 58 percent reduction in carbon emissions during London lockdown
• It’s not just you: the rats are everywhere
• ‘Book of Mormon’ producer Sonia Friedman says 70 percent of UK theatres could close for good by Christmas
• Presenting the mood-lifting winner of the Love in London photography contest
• National Theatre Live is streaming Gillian Anderson in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ for free tonight
• London’s heatwave set to continue next week with temperatures hitting 26C again
• Face masks, one-way systems and snob screens: is this the future of London’s bars?
• Osterley Park hears its first cuckoo in 20 years
• This virtual group show features 50 artists’ response to lockdown
• View from the Frontline: the TfL worker
• Stepney City Farm is setting up private Zoom calls with its new lambs and kids
• DavidovWizkid
• You can now order Eid food hampers on Deliveroo
• Talks are underway for an extra UK bank holiday in October
• Pizza Express is reopening 13 London branches for delivery
• Story Deli
• Hyde Park’s Serpentine Swimming Club has returned to the lido
• These cool cabins on the beach near London are taking bookings for July
• London’s homeless shelters promised £40m funding for social-distancing measures
• Londoners are sharing pictures of the best things they’ve cooked during lockdown
• In homeschooling hell? An expert reveals how to make things as good as they can be
• Bao reveals the recipe for its braised pork bao buns
• We asked a load of chefs how to make takeaway burgers even better than they already are
• KFC is now trialling takeaway at two of its London sites
• Lidl has launched a £40 barbecue pizza oven in time for London’s heatwave
• Here’s a list of the busiest tube stations to avoid on your travels
• Is the emergency scheme housing London’s rough sleepers in hotels coming to an end?
• This London café has bought a fleet of tea-serving robots for after lockdown
• This map shows plans to make London the biggest car-free capital in the world
• ‘King Kong’ and a ton of movie classics have just landed on BBC iPlayer
• London rail commuters must pre-book trains among new transport measures
• The BFI is now streaming highbrow films for kids under five
• London institution Le Relais de Venise is delivering steak-and-chip sarnies
• RHS Chelsea Flower Show goes virtual for the first time ever
• Street food could return in weeks if London restaurants are granted outdoor licences
• You can’t go to Primavera this year but you can watch this video featuring 100 of its acts
• Shakespeare’s Globe is streaming ‘The Winter’s Tale’ for free for the next fortnight
• Watch Andrew Scott in one-man show ‘Sea Wall’ streaming for free this week
• WOWxBBC Festival
• Women of the World Virtual Festival
• Alex Eagle and Women for Women International present: Virtual Car Boot Sale
• Meat, Reviewed: a lifelong vegetarian tries roast chicken for the first time
• City of London to widen pavements and ban cars on its narrow streets
• London is getting a heatwave next week with temperatures peaking at 25C
• The National Gallery is filling London’s billboards with art by Van Gogh and Vigée Le Brun
• Day trips from London – here’s what you can and cannot do
• When will cinemas reopen in London?
• Bang on! Gunpowder’s awesome Indian food is now available for pick-up and delivery
• Tate is paying tribute to key workers with thank you messages on its galleries
• The Dorchester is now delivering its fancy afternoon tea
• London now has the lowest infection rate in the UK
• The London Eye will turn ‘NHS blue’ at 8pm tonight in support of Clap for Our Carers
• Londoners came out (to their windows) in force to Clap for Our Carers
• When will gyms reopen in London?
• London tube and bus fares set to rise after TfL rescue deal
• When will hairdressers and beauty salons reopen in London?
• A virtual art gallery has been created specifically for lockdown
• Chinatown’s Dumplings’ Legend is now delivering in London
• Mac & Wild is now delivering bottomless brunch kits in London
• Richmond’s Petersham Nurseries is partially reopening next week
• This brewery’s Pint Mobile is pouring beer on London doorsteps
• Watch the National Theatre’s ‘Barber Shop Chronicles’ tonight on YouTube for free
• English National Ballet is streaming more dances for free, including ‘Swan Lake’
• ‘Avenue Q’ stars reunite to sing about lockdown
• 9 craft kits to order that will keep you entertained during lockdown
• London tubes and buses to operate ‘very differently’ with one-way system introduced to Underground
• Brixton Life Drawing Presents: Cheapskate London takeover
• The British Library wants kids to make tiny books like the Brontë children did
• Four of Matthew Bourne’s amazing ballets are now available to stream
• The Donmar Warehouse is streaming a one-woman play created in lockdown
• Three-Ingredient Recipe: Shay Cooper’s simple pea soup
• These designers are making merch to help save your fave London pubs
• The National Trust plans to reopen UK sites with a new pre-booking policy
• These two kids have started their own online colouring club
• Homeslice is now delivering its awesome 20-inch pizzas in London
• Little Nan’s Bar is delivering lockdown cocktails and shots this weekend
• ‘Black Mirror’ creator Charlie Brooker to present lockdown TV special for these dark times
• When will music venues reopen in London?
• Garden centres in London can now officially reopen – but many have chosen not to
• Lady Dinah's Inaugural Cat Quiz
• How to help London restaurants during Coronavirus crisis (answer: buy this merch)
• Abney Park 180th virtual birthday
• Not got your Travelcard refund yet? Make sure you do it this week
• The V&A is collecting your signs and rainbow posters from lockdown
• Somerset House’s trippy mushrooms exhibition is going virtual
• Hoppers is now delivering its famous Sri Lankan dishes in London
• There’s a whole night of Eurovision TV happening to make it up to fans this weekend
• Can I meet friends and family in London when lockdown eases tomorrow?
• How do I get my elderly parents to stick to the lockdown rules?
• Bone Daddies has revealed how to make its Korean Fried Chicken Wings at home
• The recipe for Honest Burgers’ famous Rosemary Salted Chips is actually really simple
• When will theatres reopen in London?
• Win pizza or pasta for a year from Bancone and Crust Bros in a ‘lockdown raffle’ for the NHS
• The latest events cancelled over coronavirus in London
• You can buy a bike or get repairs from these London bike shops open in lockdown
• Londoners told to wear face coverings in enclosed public spaces and on public transport
• Shakespeare’s Globe is streaming ‘Macbeth’ for schools for free on YouTube
• The Royal Opera House’s costume department is making NHS scrubs
• Takeaway Hacks: 12 chef-approved tips for spicing up takeout pizza at home
• The BBC has released Zoom backgrounds so you can pretend you’re in ‘EastEnders’ at The Queen Vic
• Simply 16 soothing pictures of London at sunset (taken during lockdown)
• 9 things we know about London’s lockdown following Boris Johnson’s ‘roadmap’ speech
• 2.6 hours of Africa by Toto charity livestream party
• British Cheese Weekender
• This London community is doing a 12-hour doorstep-athon for charity
• London on VE Day 1945: how the city reacted when war was finally over
• ‘Just know you’re doing your best and that’s good enough’: advice from a veteran on lasting lockdown
• Brew good: 11 new charitable beers being made by London breweries
• The last supermoon of the year will rise above London tonight
• Notting Hill Carnival has been cancelled for the first time ever
• Mr Bao
• Daddy Bao
• Watch Ralph Fiennes in National Theatre Live’s ‘Antony & Cleopatra’ on YouTube tonight for free
• Holey moly! Warburtons just shared the secret recipe for its legendary crumpets
• London’s lockdown restrictions may ease on Monday to allow more time outdoors
• Andy Serkis is voicing Gollum again in a reading of ‘The Hobbit’ for charity
• London sightseeing
• These chef-approved tips will make your takeaway curry more delicious
• Where to get started with... James Joyce
• Three-Ingredient Recipe: Jon de Villa’s chicken asado
• English National Ballet is streaming Rudolf Nureyev’s ‘Romeo & Juliet’ for free
• Doc’n Roll TV is launching with 28 amazing music documentaries to stream
• This charity bake-off wants you to sculpt a London building out of cake
• UK cinemas are aiming to reopen in July – in time for the next Christopher Nolan film
• Notting Hill Carnival’s famous soundsystem is hosting a virtual party this weekend
• M&S Food has extended its delivery service so you can get a Colin the Caterpillar in 30 minutes
• View from the Frontline: the pharmacist
• How bad is it that you’ve developed a lockdown online shopping habit?
• Coronet Inside Out
• Burger & Lobster is now delivering and your lockdown just got a lot more fancy
• View from the Frontline: the St John Ambulance volunteer
• View from the Frontline: the supermarket worker
• Lockdown Watchlist: Kristin Scott Thomas shares what she’s streaming while stuck indoors
• London’s The Cheese Bar is now delivering DIY fondue kits across the UK
• The owners of London’s oldest businesses reflect on how they’ve survived the toughest of times
• Letters for the NHS helps people thank frontline staff directly
• TfL advised to raise tube fares and restrict passengers after London’s lockdown lifts
• McDonald’s is reopening 15 UK restaurants next week – and four of them are in London
• A nationwide singalong of Vera Lynn’s ‘We’ll Meet Again’ is happening this Friday
• Why do I have the attention span of a goldfish at the moment? And how can I improve it?
• Am I in a power struggle with my cat?
• Why are Zoom meetings so much more exhausting than IRL ones?
• St James’s Park is streaming feeding time for its pelicans
• Why am I having such vivid dreams in lockdown?
• Patty & Bun is opening three of its London restaurants for delivery
• Theatres will stay closed until 2021 says ‘Les Mis’ producer
• A virtual Aperol happy hour is taking place this bank holiday
• Phoebe Waller-Bridge is bringing back ‘Fleabag’ to raise money for coronavirus charities
• Filmageddon Weekly Rewind Film Quiz
• Three-Ingredient Recipe: Gizzi Erskine’s tuna bean salad
• Three-Ingredient Recipe: Ricky Evans’s butter from scratch
• Sounds Familiar Music Quiz
• Lockdown Legend: the Londoner who started the Clap for Our Carers campaign for the NHS
• Lockdown Legend: the Londoner who set up a community scheme to make scrubs for NHS workers
• Lockdown Legend: the Londoner bringing together top chefs to make food for NHS staff
• Lockdown Legend: the London restaurateur who’s keeping hospitality staff in work
• Lockdown Legend: this volunteer is keeping elderly Londoners going
• ‘Normal People’ Q&A with Daisy Edgar-Jones, Paul Mescal, Lenny Abrahamson and Sally Rooney
• House of St Barnabas virtual quiz with Peter Capaldi
• Make Sambol Shiok’s comforting king prawn nyonya curry laksa this weekend
• Berber & Q reveals how to make its iconic cauliflower shawarma
• Shakespeare’s Globe is streaming ‘The Two Noble Kinsmen’ for free for the next fortnight
• Superhero street art celebrating the NHS has appeared in a Waterloo railway arch
• London Eye to turn red, white and blue for VE Day
• TfL has released Zoom backgrounds so you can pretend you’re drunk-dialling on the night bus
• Plans to ease London’s lockdown are set to be delivered this week
• The Globe is streaming a Shakespeare play for free every fortnight
• The BFI has a blockbuster new season of Japanese movies coming to help you survive lockdown
• See an exclusive film about The Clash’s ‘London Calling’ as part of Museum from Home
• The Royal Ballet is streaming ‘The Winter’s Tale’ tonight for free
• This photography book is a stunning portrait of London’s NHS (and it benefits it)
• Selfridges Foodhall is reopening to the public today
• Artist and filmmaker Steve McQueen is doing a live online Q&A on Monday
• Three-Ingredient Recipe: Keshia Sakarah’s green plantain chips
• Three-Ingredient Recipe: Nieves Barragán Mohacho’s Spanish tortilla
• Three-Ingredient Recipe: Shaun Rankin’s lemon posset
• Lockdown Watchlist: Martin Freeman shares what he’ll be streaming while stuck indoors
• Step back in time on a virtual tour of Hyde Park’s Crystal Palace of 1851
• Double rainbow! The sky showed up for the NHS in London yesterday
• Mark Ronson is streaming his ‘Love Lockdown’ mixtape starring Dua Lipa, Robyn and more
• Should I be wearing a face mask in London right now?
• Buy this toilet roll and help support the NHS
• Greggs is no longer opening UK stores next week as planned
• Old Chang Kee