All events on Thursday May 22
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- [SOLD OUT] Sunset Rubdown
- Thursday 22 May (7:30pm) @ The Luminaire
- Sold Out!
- Spencer Krug, Canadian indie extraordinaire, brings Sunset Rubdown to London for the first time — an impressive feat, given that he already keeps busy in... View details »
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- Art: Photography
- Street & Studio
- Thursday 22 May (10am–6pm) @ Tate Modern More times »
- Giveaway
- Featuring 350 influential works that span from the 19th century to the current day, the Tate Modern's expansive exhibition explores the dichotomy between images produced... View details »
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- Men in Pants Day
- Thursday 22 May (1:30pm) @ Paternoster Square
- Emulate the classic superheros of yore by donning your underwear externally for Men in Pants Day. Presented by Orchid, with the aim of raising both... View details »
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- [SOLD OUT] Animal Collective
- Thursday 22 May (7pm) @ KOKO
- Sold Out!
- Animal Collective, New York's experimental darlings, perform in support of Water Curses, their new album. The four strangely named musicians mix primal rhythms, shimmering guitars... View details »
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- Dot to Dot Festival
- Thursday 22 May (4pm–2am) @ Various locations
- London's portion of the Dot to Dot festival sees a bevy of live acts and DJs take to five Hoxton-area venues for one memorable Thursday... View details »
- Performing Arts: Spoken Word
- Robert Minhinnick "Under the Influence" of Derek Walcott
- Thursday 22 May (7–9pm) @ The Arts Theatre
- At Covent Garden's Arts Theatre, Robert Minhinnick, one of the UK's most respected poets (as well as a co-founder of Friends of the Earth Wales),... View details »
- Art
- Bernd Krauss
- Thursday 22 May (6:30–9pm) @ The Shop More times »
- OpeningFree
- The Whitechapel populates a disparate collection of East London venues as part of ongoing art project The Street; since March, artists and curators have been... View details »
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- Amora
- Thursday 22 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
- Thursday 22 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
- Thursday 22 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
- Thursday 22 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
- Thursday 22 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
- Thursday 22 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
- Thursday 22 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
- Thursday 22 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 »
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- Peacocks & Pinstripes
- Thursday 22 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 »
- Music: Rock/Pop
- The Grand Acoustic Show
- Thursday 22 May (7–10pm) @ The Grand Union More times »
- Free
- The Grand Union mini-chain has jumped on the gourmet-burger craze — and added a cocktail lounge to the concept. A nice mix of lived-in style... View details »
- Art
- Blood on Paper
- Thursday 22 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
- Thursday 22 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 »
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- Elizabethan Flagons
- Thursday 22 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 »
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- Jazz in London
- Thursday 22 May (10am–9pm) @ 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 »
- Art: Photography
- Vanity Fair Portraits
- Thursday 22 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
- Thursday 22 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 »
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- Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia
- Thursday 22 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: Architecture/Design
- Skin + Bones
- Thursday 22 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 »
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- Richard Rogers & Architects
- Thursday 22 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
- A Century of Olympic Posters
- Thursday 22 May (10am–5:45pm) @ Museum of Childhood More times »
- Free
- After the recent debacle with our city's own 2012 Olympic logo, you might be tempted to dismiss this little gem of a show, but it... View details »
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- China Design Now
- Thursday 22 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
- Thursday 22 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
- Thursday 22 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 »
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- Listening Post
- Thursday 22 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
- Thursday 22 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 »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Pygmalion
- Thursday 22 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
- Liliane Lijn
- Thursday 22 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
- Thursday 22 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
- Clare Barclay
- Thursday 22 May (10am–6pm) @ 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 »
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- The Story of the Supremes
- Thursday 22 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 »
- Film
- The Fashion in Film Festival
- Thursday 22 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
- Thursday 22 May (noon–9pm) @ 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 »
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- DJ Night at the Castle Climbing Centre
- Thursday 22 May (6:30–9:30pm) @ The Castle Climbing Centre More times »
- An endless playlist of Europop, Chris de Burgh and the Cliffhanger soundtrack is a thing of the past at this Stoke Newington bouldering locale; for... View details »
- Art
- Mat Collishaw
- Thursday 22 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
- Thursday 22 May (11am–8pm) @ 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
- Thursday 22 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 »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- The City
- Thursday 22 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
- Thursday 22 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 »
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- Rob Ryan
- Thursday 22 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
- Thursday 22 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 »
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- Adam Hinton
- Thursday 22 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 »
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- Mark Wright
- Thursday 22 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
- Thursday 22 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 »
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- Nought to Sixty
- Thursday 22 May (noon–9pm) @ 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
- BURST Festival
- Thursday 22 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 »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- King Lear
- Thursday 22 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!
- Thursday 22 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
- Thursday 22 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
- Thursday 22 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 »
- Art
- Laura Buckley & Alexis Harding
- Thursday 22 May (noon–5pm) @ Bruuns Bazaar More times »
- Free
- Laura Buckley and Alexis Harding's collection reduces the boundaries between art and artifice, between media and space. Respectively producing video installation and the more traditional... View details »
- Art
- Ruth Hinkel-Pevzner
- Thursday 22 May (noon–7pm) @ Nicholls & Clarke Building More times »
- Free
- Filmmaker Ruth Hinkel-Pevzner combed through Russian film archives to create her new video work, installed in the centre of a disused Shoreditch building. A haunting... View details »
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- Amazing Butterflies
- Thursday 22 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
- Thursday 22 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 »
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- Paul Schütze
- Thursday 22 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 »
- Art
- Contemporary Art from Venezuela
- Thursday 22 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 »
- Art
- The Slade BA Degree Show
- Thursday 22 May (10am–8pm) @ The Slade Studios More times »
- Free
- For a sneak preview of the next generation of Damien Hirsts and Tracey Emins, nip down to Slade's degree show and take in the work... View details »
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- Flashy & Trashy
- Thursday 22 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
- Thursday 22 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 »
- Art
- Michael Samuels
- Thursday 22 May (11am–6pm) @ Rokeby More times »
- Free
- Michael Samuels' exhibition at Bloomsbury's Rokeby precedes this year's Jerwood Contemporary Painters tour, for which the artist has been nominated. Taking an experimental approach to... View details »
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- Salt Yard
- Thursday 22 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 »
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- An Absurd Genius
- Thursday 22 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
- Thursday 22 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 »
- Art
- Dorian Ker
- Thursday 22 May (10am–9pm) @ Air Gallery More times »
- Free
- In his latest West End exhibition, Dorian Ker presents a witty artistic dialogue with 19th-century Russian modernist Kasimir Malevich. Ker's large silkscreen prints retain the... View details »
- Art
- Jenny Pockley
- Thursday 22 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 »
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- Aaya
- Thursday 22 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
- Past-Forward
- Thursday 22 May (11am–3pm) @ Project Space 176 More times »
- French curator Vincent Honoré's exhibition at this fabulous NW5 art space explores conceptual art and manipulated media. Past-Forward features two specially commissioned pieces: one by... View details »
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- Dan McDermott
- Thursday 22 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 »
- Art: Photography
- Pure Gold?
- Thursday 22 May (11am–6pm) @ the.gallery@oxo More times »
- Free
- A photography exhibition organised in collaboration with aid agency CAFOD, Pure Gold? explores the social and environmental impact of gold mining on the impoverished societies... View details »
- Art
- Charlotte Hopkins Hall
- Thursday 22 May (10am–6pm) @ Ferreira Projects More times »
- Free
- British-Swiss artist Charlotte Hopkins Hall's solo London debut explores the workings of the human mind — the title The Thinking Thing comes from a phrase... View details »
- Art
- Angaza Afrika
- Thursday 22 May (12:30–5:30pm) @ October Gallery More times »
- Free
- If you can't afford a holiday this summer, transport yourself to another place with Angaza Afrika (Look Around Africa), a showcase of some of the... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- The Pitmen Painters
- Thursday 22 May @ National Theatre More times »
- Free
- In 1934, some enlightened colliery men in Woodhorn, Northumberland, formed an evening class on art appreciation. The group subsequently took up painting, drawing and sculpting,... View details »
- Art
- Portraits of yesterday, today and tomorrow
- Thursday 22 May (10am–6pm) @ FA Projects More times »
- Free
- The four Hungarian painters featured in this exhibition have all witnessed their fair share of sociopolitical upheaval, having lived through Communism, its breakdown and the... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Wildstyles
- Thursday 22 May (11:30am–11pm) @ Bar Vinyl More times »
- Free
- PYMCA may be the only photo agency in London that specialises exclusively in youth and music culture — small wonder its effortlessly cool shows are... View details »
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- Brunello Picnic in Kensington Gardens
- Thursday 22 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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- Mosaïques 2008
- Thursday 22 May @ Institut Français More times »
- If you have even a passing interest in world cinema, the Institut Francais' annual Mosaïques Festival is a must-visit. Now in its tenth year, the... View details »
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- Whitecross Street Market
- Thursday 22 May (11am–5pm) @ Whitecross Street More times »
- Free
- For those lusting after a little more than the usual lunchtime selection of sandwiches and salads, best head to Whitecross Street Market. One of London's... View details »
- Performing Arts: Comedy
- The NewsRevue
- Thursday 22 May (9:30pm) @ Canal Café Theatre More times »
- The NewsRevue has followed the same format since 1979 — low-tech, topical comedy performed by two men and two women. Written by a team of... View details »
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- London Fencing Club
- Thursday 22 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
- Thursday 22 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
- Thursday 22 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 »
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- Fondue Night
- Thursday 22 May (5pm–1am) @ Lost Society More times »
- Free
- Tucked away from the bustle of Wandsworth Road in a 16th-century barn, hidden gem Lost Society hosts the decadent Fondue Night. Typically entertaining exquisitely louche... View details »
