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235 - Neighbourhood Knockout: '24 Winner 🏆

We have a winner, folks…

13 hrs ago •

234 - Neighbourhood Knockout: Finals!!! 🥊

This is it: 2024’s Neighbourhood Knockout Finals! 🔔🔔🔔 After three gruelling rounds of competition, we’ve got Old North facing off against St…

Apr 18 •

233 - Let's Go Bananas! 🍌

We’re going bananas and publishing an early (and extra) edition of The Localist this week because today is… National Banana Day 📆 🍌

Apr 17 •

232 - Neighbourhood Knockout: Final 4 🥊

Welcome to the semi-finals! The votes have been tallied and we have our Final Four!!

Apr 11 •

231 - Neighbourhood Knockout: Elite...9 🥊

2024’s Neighbourhood Knockout tournament kicked off last week with 16 of the city’s 77 neighbourhoods battling it out for their chance at the title of…

Apr 4 •

March 2024

230 - Neighbourhood Knockout: Sweet 16 🥊

This year’s Neighbourhood Knockout tournament begins in earnest TODAY with 16 of the city’s 77 neighbourhoods battling it out for their chance at the…

Mar 28 •

229 - Get Your Neighbourhood Knockout Brackets! 🥊

We’re back for another tournament to crown London’s Best Neighbourhood! Whereas last year’s tourney was based solely on luck, this year we’re letting…

Mar 22 •

228 - The Kids Are Alright 👍

As March Break wraps up, we wanted to take this edition of The Localist to celebrate a few locals proving the kids are alright...

Mar 15 •

February 2024

227 - International Women's Day 2024 🫶

While International Women’s Day isn’t until next Friday (March 8th), there’s lots to enjoy between now and then.

Feb 29 •

We’re seven years into the Localist and enjoying a steady influx of new subscribers lately…which has us thinking a few of our older lists could use an…

Feb 23 •

225 - Superb Owl III 🦉

With the Super Bowl in the rear-view mirror, it’s time for our annual Superb Owl list ✨🦉! Here’s a few of our favourite feathered friends from the past…

Feb 16 •

224 - Black History Month 🗓️

We’re a week and a bit into Black History Month already and the celebration is only just beginning. Far from an exhaustive list, here’s a few ways to…

Feb 9 •

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