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Wire
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Monday 8 Sep (7:30pm) @ Scala
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Following their latest album, Object 47, minimalist art-punks Wire stop off for a much-awaited live set in London. Wire's unorthodox, stripped-down approach to songwriting finds... View details »
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Michael Müller
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Tuesday 9 Sep (10am–6pm) @ Mummery + Schnelle
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Presenting an aesthetically minimalist series of artworks, Michael Müller's solo exhibition Caoutchouc launches today at Mummery + Schnelle. Utilising a stark cartographic style in addition... View details »
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Gotye
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Tuesday 9 Sep (7:30pm) @ Scala
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Gotye, aka Wouter DeBacker, is a 28-year-old, Belgian-born singer-producer based out of Melbourne, Australia. He shot to fame Down Under in 2006 by winning their... View details »
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Charles Avery
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Wednesday 10 Sep (10am–6pm) @ Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art
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While awaiting the fifth season of Lost, satiate your appetite for fantastical drama by visiting Charles Avery's imaginary island. The Islanders, an ongoing project that... View details »
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David Blandy
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Wednesday 10 Sep (11am–6pm) @ Artprojx Space
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Sinophile and underground artist David Blandy fleshes out his fascination with combat in his upbeat exhibition. Joyously mixing imagery from Kung Fu films, arcade fighting... View details »
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Through Glass Walls
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Thursday 11 Sep (10am–6pm) @ Zest Gallery
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This exhibition proves that there's more to glass than vases and bowls, with six contemporary glass artists displaying artworks designed for walls. Lucy Alexandra Batt's... View details »
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Material Presence
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Thursday 11 Sep (11am–3pm) @ 176
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176 presents seven artists whose works, in varying ways, draw the viewer into an immersive sensory experience. Look out for Mark Titchner's impressive installation,... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
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Wilde Night Out
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Thursday 11 Sep (6:30pm) @ St Paul's Church
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Oscar Wilde is better known for his acerbic wit, Earnest ways and well-earned distaste for the criminal-justice system than his fairy tales. However, long before... View details »
- Music: Electronic
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Sneaky Sound System
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Thursday 11 Sep (7:30pm) @ Scala
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Fresh from a triumphant effort at Glastonbury, Sydney-based trio Sneaky Sound System hit Scala this evening in support of new release, 2, a self-assured pastiche... View details »
- Art: Photography
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Peter Friedl
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Friday 12 Sep (10am–5pm) @ Spring Projects
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In his testimonial-led work, Peter Friedl creates new political and artistic discourses by re-photographing his collection of politically charged newspaper images in high-contrast black-and-white. Friedl's... View details »
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Dan Baldwin
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Friday 12 Sep (noon–6pm) @ Forster Gallery
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Singled out by critics and collectors alike, Dan Baldwin's work stretches across a range of media and inspirations. Baldwin juxtaposes an enticing array of visual... View details »
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Turner Prize
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Saturday 13 Sep (10am–5:40pm) @ Tate Britain
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Three women and one man make up this year's shortlist for the traditionally controversial contemporary art prize. A quick rundown of the final four: installationist... View details »
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FaCshion
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Saturday 13 Sep (1:30–6pm) @ The Old Truman Brewery
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For fashionistas city-wide, the designer delights of FaCshion unfurl in the Old Truman Brewery over the coming two days. Featuring an array of 50 exhibitors... View details »
- Music: Electronic
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Hexstatic
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Saturday 13 Sep (9pm) @ KOKO
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Soundcrash bring together the UK's best visual-electronica artists for an evening of cut-and-paste entertainment. A/v pioneers Hexstatic headline with wigged-out electronic hip-hop. A collaborative set... View details »
- Music: Global
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Ethiopian New Year
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Saturday 13 Sep (10pm–4:30am) @ The Coronet Theatre
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The Coronet Theatre condenses the Ethiopian New Year's customary three-day celebration into one night of merriment this evening. Known traditionally as Enkutatash, or "the gift... View details »
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Mimei Thompson
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Sunday 14 Sep (noon–6pm) @ Transition Gallery
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RCA- educated Mimei Thompson presents her debut solo effort, Mime1, at Transition Gallery. In it, she explores the ever-changing manifestations of energy. Her striking wall... View details »
- Reading
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Tom Rubens
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Sunday 14 Sep (3pm) @ South Place Ethical Society
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Tom Rubens reads from his latest tome, Progressive Secular Society and Other Essays Relevant to Secularism today at the Ethical Society — claimed to be... View details »
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LaLa Lyric
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Sunday 14 Sep (7pm) @ Lyric Theatre Hammersmith
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Never Mind the Buzzcocks host Simon Amstell emcees a night of intimate performances by top London musicians in the Lyric’s atmospheric Main House. The bill... View details »
- Music: Folk/Country
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The Mountain Goats
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Monday 15 Sep (7pm) @ University of London Union
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The Mountain Goats, viz. singer-songwriter-guitarist John Darnielle and a sea of occasional collaborators, have been a firm favourite of many lo-fi fans since 1991. February's... View details »
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My Brightest Diamond
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Monday 15 Sep (8pm) @ Soho Theatre
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Shara Worden's orchestral rock project, My Brightest Diamond, paint a serenely melancholic scene in the Soho Theatre. Driven by Worden's diverse vocals, the collective perform... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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Artrocker
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Tuesday 16 Sep (8:30–11pm) @ Buffalo Bar
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For scuzzed-out rock, head to the Buffalo Bar on Tuesdays, when by-the-people, for-the-people night Artrocker showcases a miscellany of alt-acts. Pennsylvania's Modey Lemon headline tonight,... View details »
- Film
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High Wire
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Wednesday 17 Sep (11am–7pm) @ The German Gymnasium
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Artangel presents Catherine Yass' cinematic exploration of the physical dexterity and mental stamina of high-wire walker Didier Pasquette. Having captured Pasquette's vertiginous meanderings between the... View details »
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London Tree-Athlon
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Saturday 20 Sep (9am–1pm) @ Battersea Park
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Cleverly appending itself to London's fitness fixation, independent charity Trees for Cities hosts its annual Tree-Athlon. With similar events being held in Leeds and Manchester,... View details »
- Art: Fair
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Frieze Art Fair
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Thursday 16 Oct (11am–7pm) @ Regent's Park
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... fluential contemporary-art fair Frieze invites 150 galleries to display artworks by more than 1,000 artists from around the world, including the expanding art markets... View details »
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The Visitor
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Monday 8 Sep @ Various locations
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Economics professor Walter Vale is widowed and weary, his lonely existence accentuated by his fumbling attempts to emulate his late wife on the piano. Arriving... View details »
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Puffball
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Monday 8 Sep @ Various locations
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Don't Look Now director Nicolas Roeg's latest cinematic offering is based on Fay Weldon's novel, adapted into a screenplay by her son, Dan. Kelly Reilly... View details »
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Mashups
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Monday 8 Sep @ The Kowalsky Gallery
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Acclaimed curator Stuart Semple and four contemporary artists explore one of the hallmarks of Generation Y in this exhibition that champions juxtaposition. Bearing witness to... View details »
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Daniela Schönbächler
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Monday 8 Sep @ Riflemaker Gallery
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Awaiting your contemplation, Murano-based artist Daniela Schönbächler's work is in situ in Soho's former gun factory. Schönbächler brings a fragment of the Italian city, famed... View details »
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Robin Footitt
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Monday 8 Sep @ Hoxton Hall
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Although he's best known for his collaboration with singer KT Tunstall (he rendered her as a comic-book character for Tunstall's album Drastic Fantastic), artist Robin... View details »
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The Escapist
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Monday 8 Sep @ Various locations
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Like all good prison-escape movies, The Escapist has an ensemble cast of stereotypes: the lifer (Brian Cox), the serial escapee (Liam Cunningham), the fixer (Seu... View details »
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Parkour
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Monday 8 Sep @ Westminster Academy
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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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The Wackness
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Monday 8 Sep @ Various
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The Wackness is the sort of movie whose most redeeming qualities are least likely to be advertised in its trailers. About a teenage weed dealer... View details »
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Children of Glory
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Monday 8 Sep @ Various locations
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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 »
- More Flavor: City Gem
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Côte
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Monday 8 Sep (8am–11pm) @ Côte
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The first Côte opened in Wimbledon last August; before the rapturous reception had died down, a Soho-based second location opened in May, bringing the all-day... View details »
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Hannah Waldron
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Monday 8 Sep (8am–9pm) @ The Old Shoreditch Station
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Hannah Waldron's collection of illustrations comprises a bevy of delicate, colourful musings on space, favourite animals and imaginary worlds. The subjects of her previous ink... View details »
- Art: Photography
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Seamus Murphy
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Monday 8 Sep (10am–6pm) @ Asia House
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Outstanding photojournalism should bring things that are out of reach into shockingly close range, and Seamus Murphy's exhibition at Asia House does exactly that. Between... View details »
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Love
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Monday 8 Sep (10am–6pm) @ The National Gallery
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Love is a many-splendoured thing, but it's also a complex emotion that encompasses a gamut of feelings. With themes of religious devotion, unrequited passion, jealousy,... View details »
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Tom Hunter
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Monday 8 Sep (10am–5:45pm) @ Museum of Childhood
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Exploring the ever-changing face of the trade that in east London, Tom Hunter's portraits document the varied mechants and wares of local businesses running along... View details »
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Anthony Goicolea
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Monday 8 Sep (10am–6pm) @ Haunch of Venison
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Anthony Goicolea's previous, Cindy Sherman-esque photography has included portraits of himself as a young boy and dreamlike tableaux with gruesome twists. Earlier this year, the... View details »
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AOP Open 2008
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Monday 8 Sep (10am–6pm) @ Association of Photographers Gallery
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At the AOP Open, an expert panel judges the work of amateur snappers against the work of professional photographers. With no subject restrictions, the resulting... View details »
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Anya Gallaccio
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Monday 8 Sep (10am–9pm) @ Camden Arts Centre
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Turner Prize nominee Anya Gallaccio's impressive new sculpture at the Camden Arts Centre sees her once again harnessing materials from nature, having previously employed rotting... View details »
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Listening Post
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Monday 8 Sep (10am–6pm) @ The Science Museum
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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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The Courtauld Cézannes
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Monday 8 Sep (10am–6pm) @ The Courtauld Institute of Art
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Proving that good things do indeed come in small packages, the Courtauld Gallery hosts a series of Paul Cézanne works in its diminutive interior. Presenting... View details »
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For Your Eyes Only
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Monday 8 Sep (10am–6pm) @ Imperial War Museum Park
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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
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Johnny Cash
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Monday 8 Sep (11am–7pm) @ Proud Central
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Attention country fans: if you couldn't get tickets for Dolly's recent O2 appearance, check out this Johnny Cash photography exhibition instead. It charts the legendary... View details »
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Illumini
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Monday 8 Sep (11am–7pm) @ The Crypt, St Pancras Church
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Taking light in all its forms, from fire to electricity, as its theme, this Jane Webb-curated exhibition kicks off with a night of free entertainment,... View details »
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Huang Yong Ping
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Monday 8 Sep (11am–8pm) @ Barbican Centre
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Huang Yong Ping's first exhibition in the UK is a satirical diatribe inspired by the Frolic, the flagship vessel of the British opium trade. A... View details »
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Jamie Reid
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Monday 8 Sep (11am–6pm) @ The Aquarium L-13
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It may seem like a long journey from a punk portrait of HRH Queen Elizabeth (complete with swastikas and safety pins) to abstract works created... View details »
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Forever 27
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Monday 8 Sep (11am–5:30pm) @ Proud Camden
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Besides having great musicianship in common, Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain all share in the fact that they died... View details »
- More Flavor: City Gem
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Dehesa
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Monday 8 Sep (noon–11pm) @ Dehesa
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Together with Alan Yau's Cha Cha Moon and ace burger joint the Diner, Dehesa completes Ganton Street's status as the epicentre of Soho spur-of-the-moment dining.... View details »
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Nought to Sixty
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Monday 8 Sep (noon–7pm) @ ICA
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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 »
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Dex Club
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Monday 8 Sep (noon–midnight) @ Dex Club
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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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Quo Vadis
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Monday 8 Sep (noon–2:45 & 5–10:45pm) @ Quo Vadis
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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 »
