New Scientist recommends Lost Gardens of London

To beat the winter blues, I have treated myself to two excellent pieces of escapism. Lost Gardens of London, open until 2 March at the Garden Museum, proved a thoroughly engaging exhibition full of great London morsels. Who knew that the city’s Southwark borough once had its own zoo?

I also enjoyed The Employees (pictured above) at London’s Southbank Centre last month, directed by Łukasz Twarkowski. This mesmerising piece of theatre is based on a book by Olga Ravn. It invited audiences to think big – what does it mean…