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Evening Standard Comment: Summer in the city

From Dodgem scars in Somerset House courtyard to art class in Trafalgar Square, there is much for children to do in London this summer as part of the Mayor’s #LetsDoLondon campaign.

Theatre is coming back to life, as evidenced by our review of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel at Regent Park’s Open Air Theatre.

And now we have an Olympics legacy to boot, with new sports like BMX racing, skateboarding and climbing clubs seeing a huge surge in interest following the spectacular Tokyo Games.

So for those staying in the capital this summer, there is still plenty to do, see and fall from.

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