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The Book of Mormon

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Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill

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The daily briefing: everything you need to get you through Wednesday

1. Feeling peckish? You're in luck, because Indian street food makers Rola Wala are giving away 300 spicy naan rolls and rice bowls to celebrate the launch...

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There’s a free ice cream bus driving around London this weekend

Forget the ice cream van, this weekend there’s an ice cream bus in town. Setting off from Kensington this Friday (July 28), the double-decker will be...

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There’s an open-air screening of ‘Shakespeare in Love’ on a boat on the Thames this weekend

This Saturday night, you can imagine yourself afloat on the Thames in Elizabethan London with a special one-off screening of ‘Shakespeare in Love’ on the top...

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How a London boxing club founder is using exercise to help the homeless and tackle mental health

More Londoners than ever are working out – and it’s not all about beach bods and muscle gains. Amy Smith hears inspiring stories from exercise evangelists....

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The best London restaurants

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The 100 best restaurants in London

Feast your eyes on the best restaurants in London, from seasoned stalwarts never falling out of fashion to tasty newcomers doing bold new things in the kitchen

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The 100 best cheap eats in London

The best restaurants and cafés in the capital for great food and good value

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The best new restaurants in London

Where’s new? Where’s great? Err, this lot: London's best new restaurants and cafés to have opened up in the past few months

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London’s best street food

Pack some napkins – our guide to London’s best street food delivers everything you need to know about the city’s top on-the-hoof eats

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101 things to do in London

London is a treasure trove of brilliant days out and activities worth boasting about

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Secret London

A treasure trove of places that fly under the radar despite being totally brilliant

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Top 10 museums in London

Overwhelmed by the many museums in London? Here's where to start

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Hidden gardens and green spaces in London

Discover the city's most verdant secret spots

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London's best bars and pubs

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London’s best historic pubs

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The 100 best bars and pubs in London

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The 50 best cocktail bars in London

Serving the best tipples in town

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The best London breweries

Taprooms where craft beer is king

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Top ten museums in London

Overwhelmed by the number of museums in London? Let us point you in the right direction

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20 alternative London attractions

Already done Buckingham Palace and Trafalgar Square, or do you just fancy something that reveals London away from the picture-postcard scenery? Here’s our pick of the quirky, the weird, the cool and the countrified; interesting places that will get you exploring other corners of London before you know it.