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21 February 2026
Make your edible space dust We’re going to make our own version of space dust!
Want to experience life in the Big Smoke without actually… you know, going there? No problem at all. You can recreate the lifestyle from anywhere in the world, without even leaving home – just follow our helpful guide.
Turn an old bit of cardboard into an Oyster card. Remember to have it ready and bleep it wherever you go!
Play guitar with your teeth like Jimi Hendrix.
Always stand on the right. ALWAYS. (Or is it the left?)
Grow a looooong beard, like Old Father Thames.
Try jellied eels.
Make art with elephant dung, like Chris Ofili.
Talk exclusively in Cockney rhyming slang.
Build a massive sculpture like Anish Kapoor.
Mind the gap.
Stand trial for piracy like (notorious pirate) Captain William Kidd.
Roll out the barrel (Literally any barrel will do).
Treat the sick and injured, like Mary Seacole.
Stand guard like a Beefeater.
Make your own clothes like Poly Styrene.
Go ravin’ with a raven.
Paint a river at sunset, like J. M. W. Turner (see our activity on how to recreate a Turner masterpiece here).
Learn to play the spoons.
Run 18 miles a day, like Mo Farah.
Get cross at slow walkers (being generally bad-tempered is crucial to London life).
Give a great speech like Elizabeth I.
Learn to samba.
Hide in a broom cupboard like Emily Wilding-Davison.
Queue.
Stand and deliver like Dick Turpin.
Enjoy a scotch egg whilst doing a jigsaw puzzle (both were invented in London, don’t you know!).
Paint your face like Ziggy Stardust.
Hunt for the stag beetle (Lucanus cervus).
Eat a marmalade sandwich like you-know-who (Paddington, obv).
Design a carnival float and select your playlist.
Bring the court to order, like Bobbie Cheema-Grubb.
Meet a parakeet.
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Words: Freya Hardy. Illustration: Takayo Akiyama
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