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- [SOLD OUT] Camille
- Wednesday 14 May (7pm) @ KOKO
- Sold Out!
- Camille's reworking of chanson française has brought her considerable acclaim on the continent, and following the recent release of her new album, Music Hole, her... View details »
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- Music: Rock/Pop
- [SOLD OUT] Bill Callahan
- Wednesday 14 May (7pm) @ St. James' Church
- Sold Out!
- Weary-voiced Bill Callahan now performs free of his (Smog) moniker, offering the antithesis of everything associated with the "singer/songwriter" tag. Sure, guitars are ever-present, and... View details »
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- Art: Photography
- Paul Schütze
- Wednesday 14 May (10am–5:30pm) @ Alan Cristea Gallery More times »
- Free
- Australian sound artist and photographer Paul Schütze exhibits a dazzling set of images at the Alan Cristea Gallery. Twilight Science sees Schütze at his best;... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
- Frankmusik
- Wednesday 14 May (7:30pm) @ Proud Galleries
- Giveaway
- Vincent Frank hails from south London — Thornton Heath, to be precise — and under his Frankmusik moniker he's one of the brighter talents in... View details »
- Music: Classical
- Soundings
- Wednesday 14 May (6pm) @ Austrian Cultural Forum More times »
- Free
- Tune in to contemporary instrumental music at the Austrian Cultural Forum's showcase for young composers and performers from Austria and the UK. Throughout the day,... View details »
- Art
- Dan McDermott
- Wednesday 14 May (9am–6pm) @ Alon Zakaim Fine Art More times »
- Free
- So realistic are Dan McDermott's oil canvases, that if you squint at any of his paintings, you could easily be looking at a photograph or... View details »
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- And I Bring Back Untold Treasures
- Wednesday 14 May (7pm) @ ICA
- Giveaway
- In tonight's talk at the ICA, distinguished art curators discuss the trends in their craft over the past 50 years. In post-war Britain, forward-looking art... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Adam Hinton
- Wednesday 14 May (6:30pm) @ HOST Gallery
- Punky photographer Adam Hinton has received multiple awards for his work in advertising and photojournalism and done stellar commercial work for the Prince's Trust and... View details »
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- Amora
- Wednesday 14 May (1pm–midnight) @ Amora More times »
- Amora — the Academy of Sex and Relationships — offers an educational exploration of all aspects of intimacy. Seven distinct zones take you through everything... View details »
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- Hibiscus
- Wednesday 14 May (noon–2:30 & 6:30–10pm) @ Hibiscus More times »
- In just a month, chef-proprietor Claude Bosi has taken London's restaurant world by storm. With the relocation of his two Michelin stars from Ludlow to... View details »
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- Billingsgate Market
- Wednesday 14 May (4am) @ Billingsgate Market More times »
- Free
- Fans of cod and plaice, or finer fishy delicacies, should prepare for a treat. Despite mainly serving the restaurant and retail trades, Billingsgate Market is... View details »
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- Skateboard at the Southbank Centre
- Wednesday 14 May (8–11am) @ Southbank Centre More times »
- Free
- For a rather serene moment of skateboarding, set the alarm early and cruise on down to the Southbank in the early hours of the morning.... View details »
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- Horse Riding at Wimbledon Village Stables
- Wednesday 14 May (9am–2pm) @ Wimbledon Village Stables More times »
- For city-bound equestrians missing their early-morning ride and novice ponyphiles alike, Wimbledon has more to offer than Wombles. Even if you have a penchant for... View details »
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- Café on the Hill
- Wednesday 14 May (8am–10pm) @ Cafe on the Hill More times »
- With most of central London out-of-bounds (either closed or crammed with shoppers), get perspective on the city from Muswell Hill. Like a less pretentious Hampstead,... View details »
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- Furnace
- Wednesday 14 May (10am–3pm & 6–11pm) @ Furnace More times »
- Tucked down a side street off Hoxton Square is the perfect remedy to the seasonal poultry overload. Shoreditch's best-kept secret, Furnace has been in the... View details »
- Art
- For Your Eyes Only
- Wednesday 14 May (10am–6pm) @ Imperial War Museum Park More times »
- Ian Fleming, the author responsible for birthing the shaken-not-stirred secret agent James Bond, receives his due in this new exhibition at the Imperial War Museum.... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Peacocks & Pinstripes
- Wednesday 14 May (11am–5pm) @ Fashion and Textile Museum More times »
- Made possible by the Fashion and Textile Museum and the Getty Images Gallery, Peacocks & Pinstripes explores the evolution of masculine fashion. The collection looks... View details »
- Art
- Blood on Paper
- Wednesday 14 May (10am–5:45pm) @ Victoria and Albert Museum More times »
- Free
- This new exhibition at the V&A offers visual art reworkings and interpretations of the humble paperback. The works on display range from large-scale installations to... View details »
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- Kite Flying on Hampstead Heath
- Wednesday 14 May @ Hampstead Heath More times »
- Free
- Rosy up those cheeks on the Heath for a return to classic weekend pursuits. Kites plus mates usually equals fun, so strafe unwitting passers-by with... View details »
- Art
- Elizabethan Flagons
- Wednesday 14 May (10am–5:30pm) @ Victoria and Albert Museum More times »
- Free
- The Victoria & Albert's latest mini-exhibition features a set of Elizabethan flagons that return to the museum after 70 years abroad. Stroll down memory lane... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Jazz in London
- Wednesday 14 May (10am–6pm) @ National Portrait Gallery More times »
- Free
- Take a trip back to the dark, smoky jazz clubs of the '50s with Walter Hanlon's atmospheric exhibition. While working in the music business during... View details »
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- Yoga Club
- Wednesday 14 May @ Cafe 1001 More times »
- For those incapable of leaving the confines of Spitalfields and Brick Lane, sneak into 1001 to hone your breathing technique — or just writhe around... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Vanity Fair Portraits
- Wednesday 14 May (10am–6pm) @ National Portrait Gallery More times »
- Ever since it launched way back when, Vanity Fair has never failed to raise an eyebrow — least of all for its instantly classic cover... View details »
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- Parkour
- Wednesday 14 May @ Westminster Academy More times »
- Release your urban primate with parkour, the sport that catapults folks around London using vaults, leaps and climbs. The beginner's class breaks you in gently... View details »
- Art
- Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia
- Wednesday 14 May (10am–6pm) @ Tate Modern More times »
- It isn't often you see Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray and Francis Picabia — a conceptualist, a photographer and a poet, respectively — exhibited together. The... View details »
- Art
- Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art
- Wednesday 14 May (9am–11pm) @ Barbican Centre More times »
- In Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art, a group of (fictional) Martian curators hand-pick contemporary artworks by 115 Earthlings. As the "curators" aren't from around here,... View details »
- Art: Architecture/Design
- Skin + Bones
- Wednesday 14 May (10am–6pm) @ Somerset House More times »
- Exploring the enduring love affair between two creative entities, Skin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture hits Somerset House's newest space, the Embankment... View details »
- Art: Architecture/Design
- Richard Rogers & Architects
- Wednesday 14 May (10am–5:45pm) @ Design Museum More times »
- Modern, functional design has long been synonymous with architect Richard Rogers, who's stamped his distinctive imprint on buildings throughout Europe. To appropriately honour his career,... View details »
- Art
- The Street
- Wednesday 14 May (11am–6pm) @ The Street Project Base More times »
- Free
- They may navigate us through our lives, but have you ever considered London's streets as the context for artistic interrogation? Over the next 12 months,... View details »
- Art: Architecture/Design
- China Design Now
- Wednesday 14 May (10am–5:45pm) @ Victoria and Albert Museum More times »
- Celebrating China's return to the graphic-art world stage, China Design Now embarks on a three-part journey along the country's coastline. The cities examined — Shenzhen,... View details »
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- The Regent
- Wednesday 14 May (12:30–11pm) @ The Regent More times »
- If you awake to find yourself north of Notting Hill on a Sunday morning, get rejuvenated at Kensal Rise's best grub 'n boozer. Since its... View details »
- Film
- Children of Glory
- Wednesday 14 May @ Various locations More times »
- With the Russian FSB flexing its muscles once again under Putin, Krisztina Goda's gripping Cold War-era drama bristles with prescience as it recounts the story... View details »
- Art
- Listening Post
- Wednesday 14 May (10am–6pm) @ The Science Museum More times »
- Free
- Idle conversations on Facebook walls, MySpace comments and message forums may not feel as intimate after Listening Post arrives at the Science Museum. Asking "What... View details »
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- Pollock's Toy Museum
- Wednesday 14 May (10am–5pm) @ Pollock's Toy Museum More times »
- Evoke dusty memories of bygone days with a visit to Pollock's Toy Museum, nestled in the heart of Fitzrovia. Comprised of two conjoined 18th- and... View details »
- Art
- Jerwood Contemporary Painters
- Wednesday 14 May (10am–5pm) @ Jerwood Space More times »
- Free
- For its second annual exhibition, the Jerwood Charitable Foundation asked three well-respected artists and academics to choose 20 promising recent art-school graduates. Each of the... View details »
- Art
- Riceboy Sleeps
- Wednesday 14 May (11am–6pm) @ The Agency Gallery More times »
- Free
- Experimental Icelandic band Sigur Rós have always mixed music and art to great effect. Here, art takes the lead with Riceboy Sleeps, a joint effort... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Pygmalion
- Wednesday 14 May @ Old Vic Theatre More times »
- George Bernard Shaw's rags-to-riches tale was made famous by George Cukor's 1964 film musical My Fair Lady, which starred Rex Harrison as Henry Higgins —... View details »
- Art
- Nour el Huda Awad
- Wednesday 14 May (10am–6pm) @ The Cochrane Theatre More times »
- Free
- Nour el Huda Awad offers a fresh interpretation of traditional Islamic art forms with his installation Alhambra. The solo exhibition features a sequence of kiln-formed... View details »
- Art
- Liliane Lijn
- Wednesday 14 May (10am–6pm) @ Riflemaker Gallery More times »
- Free
- Liliane Lijn's fascination with cosmic forces continues with Stardust. The kinetic artist explores the relationship between space and time by using light, sound and movement... View details »
- Art
- Ryan Gander
- Wednesday 14 May (noon–6pm) @ South London Gallery More times »
- Free
- Some may spend their gap year soul-searching (that is, aimlessly wandering the globe or lolling about in a drunken stupor). But when Ryan Gander took... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Steve McCurry
- Wednesday 14 May (11:30am–4:30pm) @ Magnum Print Room More times »
- Free
- Photographer Steve McCurry — whose 1984 shot of a young Afghan girl with piercing green eyes has been etched into the minds of countless viewers... View details »
- Art
- Clare Barclay
- Wednesday 14 May (10am–9pm) @ Camden Arts Centre More times »
- Free
- In her solo exhibition at Camden Arts Centre this month, Glaswegian installation artist Claire Barclay displays an array of deliciously subversive creations that teeter on... View details »
- Art: Architecture/Design
- The Story of the Supremes
- Wednesday 14 May (10am–5:45pm) @ Victoria and Albert Museum More times »
- Relive the days of '60s doo-wop and soul at the Victoria & Albert Museum's latest exhibition. Hailed as one of the most successful performing groups... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Alison Jackson
- Wednesday 14 May (10am–6pm) @ Hamiltons Gallery More times »
- Free
- Ever since the publication of her book Private in 2003, Alison Jackson has been holding a mirror up to us and our obsession with celebrity;... View details »
- Film
- The Fashion in Film Festival
- Wednesday 14 May @ Various locations More times »
- London's biennial Fashion in Film Festival casts costumes in the starring role of a genre-spanning cinematic showcase. In this, its second outing, the festival explores... View details »
- Art
- The Adam and Ron Show
- Wednesday 14 May (noon–6pm) @ Elms Lester Painting Rooms More times »
- Free
- Roll up, roll up: The Adam and Ron Show is coming to town, bringing together two urban artists from either side of the pond. Adam... View details »
- Art
- Introspective
- Wednesday 14 May (noon–6pm) @ La Viande More times »
- Free
- Spanish artists Carlos Calvet and Josue Lozano use their art to externalise hidden thoughts in this two-person show. Calvet evokes labyrinths and other fantastical scenarios... View details »
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- Brick Lane Bike Polo
- Wednesday 14 May (7pm) @ Brick Lane Polo More times »
- Free
- Thanks to the invention of bike polo, carefully groomed horses are no longer a prerequisite for a quick chukka. There may be fewer fair-bonneted young... View details »
- Art
- Mat Collishaw
- Wednesday 14 May (10am–5pm) @ Spring Projects More times »
- Free
- For Deliverance, multimedia artist Mat Collishaw creates and deconstructs disaster scenes through a method of high-contrast, split-second projection. Collishaw applies coats of phosphorescent paint to... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Running Late
- Wednesday 14 May (11am–6pm) @ The Photographers' Gallery More times »
- Free
- Running Late, an unlikely collaboration between the Photographers' Gallery and Cuts hair salon, doesn't include snaps of hair being swept up or portraits of bad... View details »
- Art
- Front of House
- Wednesday 14 May (10am–6pm) @ Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art More times »
- Free
- The title of the Parasol Unit's new collaborative exhibition refers, on the surface, to public spaces in theatres and concert halls. But its deeper purpose... View details »
- Art
- Ken Currie
- Wednesday 14 May (10–6pm) @ Flowers East More times »
- Free
- Ken Currie investigates the fine line separating civilisation from savagery. With its near-chiaroscuro depictions of horses, mating elephants and human grotesques, this collection also comments... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- The City
- Wednesday 14 May @ Royal Court Theatre More times »
- If you're in the mood for social decay, morally repugnant characters and simmering violence, head to Royal Court Theatre, where Martin Crimp's The City takes... View details »
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- Haozhan
- Wednesday 14 May (noon–11:30pm) @ Haozhan More times »
- Thanks to its bustling location in London's tourist hub, Chinatown is less a mecca for cuisine lovers than a torturous odyssey to find decent food,... View details »
- Art
- Rob Ryan
- Wednesday 14 May (11am–6pm) @ Tatty Devine More times »
- Free
- Master papercutter Rob Ryan is the king of collaboration — he's produced an accessories collection for Paul Smith, a dress for Vogue, a Christmas window... View details »
- Art
- Street Posters from the Paris Rebellion
- Wednesday 14 May (10am–6pm) @ Hayward Gallery More times »
- Free
- With all of the protests and civil unrest going on, 1968 wasn't the best year to take a trip to Paris. The Hayward Gallery marks... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Adam Hinton
- Wednesday 14 May (10am–6pm) @ HOST Gallery More times »
- Free
- Adam Hinton's latest photography series depicts Shanghai's aggressively productive capitalist society. Lovin' It takes the metropolis' fixation with commodity and consumerism and pits it against... View details »
- Art
- Mark Wright
- Wednesday 14 May (noon–5:30pm) @ Carter Presents More times »
- Free
- A strangely serene beauty exudes from the putrid destruction and decay of Mark Wright's chaotic paintings. Drawing from ancient folklore, poetry and the dischord of... View details »
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- Dex Club
- Wednesday 14 May (noon–midnight) @ Dex Club More times »
- Dex Club in Brixton is London's newest private members' club, featuring eight DJ-friendly hotel rooms, quality British dining, a spectacular '20s-style main space and a... View details »
- Art
- Nought to Sixty
- Wednesday 14 May (noon–7pm) @ ICA More times »
- The ICA's ambitious new show brings together 60 early career artists from Britain and Ireland. In an exhibition spanning six months, the artworks roll over... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Tell Me... Lies
- Wednesday 14 May (9:30pm) @ The Arts Theatre More times »
- The Arts Theatre premieres Tell Me… Lies, a powerful new drama by French playwright Carole-Anne Le Foll. The story follows a young girl named Abi... View details »
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- BURST Festival
- Wednesday 14 May @ Battersea Arts Centre More times »
- This year's BURST sees the Battersea Arts Centre host its largest-ever, month-long programme of experimental theatre performances. More than 30 shows offer a mix of... View details »
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- King Lear
- Wednesday 14 May @ Shakespeare's Globe More times »
- Shakespeare's most tragic of tragedies was in the limelight last year with the RSC's production starring Sir Ian McKellen. For the Globe's version, highly regarded... View details »
- Film
- All Power to the Imagination!
- Wednesday 14 May @ Various locations More times »
- This expansive festival celebrates 1968's pivotal role in shaping the world as we know it with a rich slate of events, including a monthlong film... View details »
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- Bikram Yoga
- Wednesday 14 May (6:45am–9pm) @ Bikram Yoga City More times »
- Until the advent of Bikram, yoga was associated mostly with unlawful bending and the ubiquitous "om". Now, the modern twist on the ancient technique has,... View details »
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- Fox & Anchor
- Wednesday 14 May (7am–11pm) @ Fox & Anchor More times »
- Dating from the late Victorian era, this pub — an old favourite of blood-spattered meat traders from Smithfields Market down the street — has just... View details »
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- Amazing Butterflies
- Wednesday 14 May (10am–3:15pm) @ Natural History Museum More times »
- Nothing says "summer is here" like butterflies — just the sight of them fluttering around the park is enough to send most people into paroxysms... View details »
- Art
- Still Another Place
- Wednesday 14 May (11am–7pm) @ The Crypt More times »
- Free
- This group show explores the richness and diversity of artists' senses of place. Simon Dawe's dreamy landscapes draw from childhood idylls, whereas Julie Goldsmith's animal... View details »
- Art
- Contemporary Art from Venezuela
- Wednesday 14 May (11am–7pm) @ Maddox Arts Gallery More times »
- Free
- The Maddox Gallery presents the work of seven Venezuelans whose abstract works and landscapes present two opposing stances on the last century's obsession with modernism.... View details »
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- Spring Renaissance
- Wednesday 14 May (11am–7pm) @ Covent Garden Market Piazza More times »
- Free
- The bizarre weather may suggest the contrary, but spring has definitely sprung. To celebrate, Covent Garden Market is hosting this festival of all things green,... View details »
- Art
- Urban Art Show
- Wednesday 14 May (10am–6pm) @ The Old Cinema More times »
- Free
- West London antiques emporium and former picture palace the Old Cinema exchanges old masters for young talent this weekend, when it opens its doors to... View details »
- Art
- Flashy & Trashy
- Wednesday 14 May (10am–6pm) @ Novas Contemporary Urban Centre More times »
- Free
- In this age of eco-awareness, we're all about the recycling thing — especially when the waste is transformed into something as aesthetically pleasing as this... View details »
- Film
- Sinatra! The Voice on Screen
- Wednesday 14 May @ NFT1 More times »
- Although better known for his pipes, Ol' Blue Eyes also starred in more than 50 films. Because he wasn't a conventional leading man, Sinatra was... View details »
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- Salt Yard
- Wednesday 14 May (noon–11pm) @ Salt Yard More times »
- It's not easy to garner favourable comparisons to London tapas giants Fino and Barrafina, but the diminutive Salt Yard pulls off this Goliath-sized task. The... View details »
- Film
- An Absurd Genius
- Wednesday 14 May @ BFI Southbank More times »
- Long before Vic and Bob and The Mighty Boosh boys — even predating the Pythons — was N.F. "Wally" Simpson. This maestro of absurdist humour... View details »
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- China Landscape
- Wednesday 14 May (10am–5:30pm) @ British Museum More times »
- Free
- Two of the capital's cultural powerhouses — the British Museum and Kew Gardens — join forces to provide insight into the horticultural preferences of the... View details »
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- Choral Club
- Wednesday 14 May (6pm) @ Queen Elizabeth Hall More times »
- Free
- Voice Lab founder and Southbank artist in residence Mary King opens up the Queen Elizabeth Hall to anyone who wants to sing in this week-long... View details »
- Art
- Jenny Pockley
- Wednesday 14 May (10am–6pm) @ Sarah Myerscough Fine Art More times »
- Free
- Jenny Pockley's solo show at Sarah Myerscough Fine Art looks beyond the chaos of London's urban cacophony to present a meditative take on the capital's... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Hide and Seek
- Wednesday 14 May (8pm) @ Blue Elephant Theatre More times »
- Tal Jakubowiczova is both playwright and director for this physical-theatre performance by the Shift Theatre ensemble. The piece follows a woman who, scavenging about in... View details »
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- Aaya
- Wednesday 14 May (noon–midnight) @ Aaya More times »
- Though Aaya has been open for a few months, it's still biding its time; rather than go for a press blitz, the restaurant wants to... View details »
- Art
- The Damask Rose Trust present Colours of the Sun
- Wednesday 14 May (10am–5pm) @ The Syrian Embassy More times »
- Free
- Colours of the Sun is a collection of embroidered panels depicting the impoverished Syrian town of Jabal Al Hoss, as seen through the eyes of... View details »
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- Brunello Picnic in Kensington Gardens
- Wednesday 14 May @ Brunello More times »
- If carrying equipment and provisions on public transport seems like too much perspiration for a weekend's picnic, then the Brunello restaurant's new selection of hampers... View details »
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- London Fencing Club
- Wednesday 14 May @ Finsbury Leisure Centre More times »
- If you've ever watched the dueling scene in The Mask of Zorro and thought, "Hey, I could do better than that," now you can prove... View details »
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- Cha Cha Moon
- Wednesday 14 May (noon–11pm) @ Cha Cha Moon More times »
- Influential restaurateur Alan Yau is back with Cha Cha Moon, returning to cuisine with widespread appeal (he devised Wagamama and Busaba Eathai) at this Malay-Chinese... View details »
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- Quo Vadis
- Wednesday 14 May (noon–2:45 & 5–10:45pm) @ Quo Vadis More times »
- Sam and Eddie Hart cemented their restaurant reputation by reinventing tapas for a sophisticated London clientele at Fino, then tailoring them for a drop-by crowd... View details »
