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- Valentine Mash-Up
- Thursday 14 Feb (6–9pm) @ Wellcome Collection
- Free
- If Valentine's Day casts a bah-humbug cloud over your usually sunny disposition, best grab your significant other — or fly solo, whatever your current status... View details »
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- Loss; Hendrick's Valentine's Day Ball
- Thursday 14 Feb (8:30pm–4am) @ Parker McMillan
- Despite the deceiving title, this is not a romantic event. It's the Last Tuesday Society's celebration of misery and loneliness, where laughter and smiles are... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Carnaby Kiss Exhibition
- Thursday 14 Feb (11am–6pm) @ Carnaby Gallery More times »
- Free
- If public displays of affection don't make you cringe, then head to bustling Carnaby Street, where fashion photographer and Central Saint Martins graduate Gregg Stone... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Vanity Fair Portraits
- Thursday 14 Feb (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 »
- Performing Arts: Cabaret/Burlesque
- The Ruby Slipper
- Thursday 14 Feb (6–11pm) @ Loungelover
- Free
- Taxidermy that greets you at the door, flower-scented cocktails and a drag-queen burlesque performance — forget the predictable Valentine's night of dinner and a movie... View details »
- Film
- Heart-Shaped Cinema Season
- Thursday 14 Feb @ ICA More times »
- Ditch the cynicism and celebrate V-Day with a little old-fashioned romance. The ICA features four films over the coming days, pooh-poohing the holiday's skeptics with... View details »
- Music: DJ
- Holic First Anniversary
- Thursday 14 Feb (8pm–3am) @ AKA
- Giveaway
- Japan's Tomoki Tamura regularly travels house music's strangest outer reaches. Tonight, the founder of Holic — the Thursday soiree for true 4/4 connoisseurs — offers... View details »
- Valentine's Day
- Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes: Valentine's Day Special
- Thursday 14 Feb (8pm) @ Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes
- Whether you're single or taken, dust off your bowling shoes and head down for a rollicking night a the Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes. There'll be tunes... View details »
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- Amora
- Thursday 14 Feb (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 »
- Art
- Moore at Kew
- Thursday 14 Feb (9:30am–6:30pm) @ Royal Botanic Gardens More times »
- Twenty-eight of Henry Moore's pieces have been installed in a scattered fashion around Kew Gardens, giving fans the opportunity to view each work from various... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- La Cage aux Folles
- Thursday 14 Feb (8pm) @ Menier Chocolate Factory More times »
- The Menier Chocolate Factory presents a new staging of notorious, uproarious gender bender La Cage aux Folles. The Broadway reincarnation of the French-play-turned-film-turned-Hollywood-remake (The Birdcage,... View details »
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- Sleeping & Dreaming
- Thursday 14 Feb @ Wellcome Collection More times »
- Free
- Insomniacs and dreamers alike are welcome at this creative exploration on the subject of sleep. In contrast to most art spaces, the central gallery is... View details »
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- Hibiscus
- Thursday 14 Feb (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 »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Dealer's Choice
- Thursday 14 Feb (2:30 & 7:30pm) @ Trafalgar Studios More times »
- Patrick Marber's hilarious Dealer's Choice returns to the West End for the first time since the play's premiere in 1995, when it was voted Evening... View details »
- Art
- Andy Warhol 1948 - 1960
- Thursday 14 Feb (10am–6pm) @ Timothy Taylor Gallery More times »
- Free
- Andy Warhol 1948 - 1960 is a rare opportunity to view early works from the celebrated American pop artist, made before his graduation from the... View details »
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- Jean Prouvé
- Thursday 14 Feb (10am–5:45pm) @ Design Museum More times »
- French architect, engineer and manufacturer Jean Prouvé was such a huge influence on the world of design that it's quite astonishing to think it's taken... View details »
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- Horse Riding at Wimbledon Village Stables
- Thursday 14 Feb (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 »
- Performing Arts: Dance
- Resolution! 2008
- Thursday 14 Feb @ The Place More times »
- Resolution! is an annual showcase that highlights contemporary dancers and choreographers with a programme of rotating talent. Every night features a triple bill of new... View details »
- Art
- John Copnall
- Thursday 14 Feb (11am–6pm) @ Mark Barrow Fine Art More times »
- Free
- In memory of John Copnall's passing in June of last year, Mark Barrow Fine Art displays a chronology of the noted painter's finest works on... View details »
- Art
- Andrew McAttee
- Thursday 14 Feb (noon–6pm) @ Forster Gallery More times »
- Free
- Andrew McAttee's paintings glow with Technicolor positivity. After stints as a builder and street artist, McAttee sought out classical training, but hints of his street-art... View details »
- Performing Arts
- Afrika! Afrika!
- Thursday 14 Feb @ O2 Arena More times »
- If the stylized theatrics of the Cirque du Soleil productions left you a bit unsatisfied, best head over to the London debut of Afrika! Afrika!.... View details »
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- Café on the Hill
- Thursday 14 Feb (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 14 Feb (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 »
- Film
- Cornelia Parker
- Thursday 14 Feb (10am–6pm) @ Whitechapel Art Gallery More times »
- Free
- Notorious artist Cornelia Parker likes to experiment with media. Previous materials have included dust from the Whispering Gallery at St Paul's Cathedral,... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Alexander Rodchenko
- Thursday 14 Feb (10am–6pm) @ Hayward Gallery More times »
- Giveaway
- In Revolution in Photography, the Hayward celebrates Russian photographer Alexander Rodchenko's trail-blazing versatility. Featuring more than 120 original prints and photomontages, the exhibition traces Rodchenko's... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Peacocks & Pinstripes
- Thursday 14 Feb (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: Architecture/Design
- Art Spaces of the Future
- Thursday 14 Feb @ National Theatre More times »
- Free
- Responding to the emergence of new media and interactive art installations, the RIBA London and Arts Council England recruited young architects to imagine dynamic new... View details »
- Art
- Laughing in a Foreign Language
- Thursday 14 Feb @ Hayward Gallery More times »
- Many otherwise serious-minded people use comedy to escape their troubles and forget themselves for a short while; so when humour seeps into the notoriously stiff-backed... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
- The Grand Acoustic Show
- Thursday 14 Feb (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 »
- Film: Shorts
- Apoohcalypse Now
- Thursday 14 Feb (10am–6pm) @ Hayward Gallery More times »
- Free
- Francis Ford Coppola meets AA Milne; Marlon Brando meets Winnie the Pooh; Vietnam meets the Hundred Acre Wood. Mexican artist Artemio's new film offers a... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Let There Be Love
- Thursday 14 Feb @ Tricycle Theatre More times »
- Kwame Kwei-Armah is a rare creature. A hospital-drama actor turned playwright, he was nominated for an Olivier Award and was also a finalist on Celebrity... View details »
- Art
- Rachel Howard
- Thursday 14 Feb (10am–7pm) @ Haunch of Venison More times »
- Free
- An exhibition depicting suicide may not be an obvious stop-off if you're in a positive New Year state of mind. However, Rachel Howard's paintings manage... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Deutsche Börse Photography Prize
- Thursday 14 Feb (11am–8pm) @ The Photographers' Gallery More times »
- Free
- The quality of the annual Deutsche Börse photography competition just gets better every year. Though this year's winner won't be announced until March, the Photographers'... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Kathrin Kur
- Thursday 14 Feb (10am–6pm) @ Photofusion Photography Centre More times »
- Free
- German photographer Kathrin Kur documents the real-life backdrops used to make television and movie magic. A shot of the deserted Tomb Raider set juxtaposes trees... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Darren Almond
- Thursday 14 Feb (10am–6pm) @ White Cube More times »
- Free
- 2005 Turner Prize nominee Darren Almond graces the stark Hoxton White Cube with his projects from Tibet and the British Isles. Following in the vein... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Larry Clark
- Thursday 14 Feb (10am–6pm) @ Simon Lee Gallery More times »
- Free
- Shock-and-awe cult director Larry Clark brings his quasi-fetishistic portraiture of decrepit urban youth to the grim streets of Mayfair. Los Angeles 2003 - 2006 follows... View details »
- Art
- Elizabethan Flagons
- Thursday 14 Feb (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
- Loose Booty
- Thursday 14 Feb (noon–6pm) @ Vegas Gallery More times »
- Free
- Beg, borrow and/or steal appears to be the premise for Vegas Gallery's forthcoming exhibition, Loose Booty, which sees artists from Geneva and London join forces.... View details »
- Art
- Pavel Büchler
- Thursday 14 Feb (10am–6pm) @ Max Wigram Gallery More times »
- Sold Out!Free
- Czech-born Pavel Büchler has spent many years investigating the theories and concepts behind art. As Research Professor of Art & Design at Manchester Metropolitan University,... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Helter Skelter and Land of the Dead
- Thursday 14 Feb @ The Bush Theatre More times »
- For this production, still less than a year into Josie Rourke's tenure as Artistic Director of the Bush Theatre, she turns to US playwright, screenwriter... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- The Vertical Hour
- Thursday 14 Feb @ Royal Court Theatre More times »
- Set against the backdrop of the Iraq war, David Hare's The Vertical Hour tells the story of Nadia Blye, an American ex-war reporter who has... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Happy Now?
- Thursday 14 Feb @ National Theatre More times »
- Lucinda Coxon's new play for the National Theatre explores that subject of eternal relevance and importance: self-fulfilment. Directed by Thea Sharrock, this raw yet comic... View details »
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- Gillray's Legacy: A Contemporary Perspective
- Thursday 14 Feb (9am–5:30pm) @ The Political Cartoon Gallery More times »
- Free
- Georgian caricaturist James Gillray, considered the pre-eminent early political cartoonist, was a thorn in the side of power brokers like Napoleon, George III, Prime Minister... View details »
- Film: Documentary
- Our Daily Bread
- Thursday 14 Feb @ ICA More times »
- Nikolaus Geyrhalter's latest documentary provides a relentless, exposé of the industrialized meat industry. Our Daily Bread offers brutal vignettes of the numerous processes that reduce... View details »
- Art
- Yayoi Kusama
- Thursday 14 Feb (10am–6pm) @ Victoria Miro Gallery More times »
- Free
- The Victoria Miro presents the second of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama's two-part tour de force. Spanning two buildings, Kusama's unique universe features her trademark use... View details »
- Art
- The Little Theatre of Disease and Desire
- Thursday 14 Feb (10:30am–5pm) @ Old Operating Theatre More times »
- Artist Daniel Baker creates scenarios from a play about a disease, The Simbysial Case, taking inspiration from the paper theatres popular during Victorian times. The... View details »
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- Aspects of Noël Coward
- Thursday 14 Feb @ National Theatre More times »
- Free
- Prolific playwright Noël Coward was once described by fellow dramatist Terence Rattigan as "a phenomenon... unlikely to occur ever again in theatre history". Coward may... View details »
- Art
- Mea Culpa
- Thursday 14 Feb (noon–6pm) @ Man&Eve More times »
- Free
- Ken Livingstone's long-term feud with the Evening Standard reached a new nadir almost two years ago. The mayor was allegedly recorded comparing (Jewish) reporter Oliver... View details »
- Film
- A Life More Ordinary
- Thursday 14 Feb @ ICA More times »
- Giveaway
- For a break from the pant-soiling horror that represents Japan's more famous cinematic output, the ICA presents a season of films that faithfully represent contemporary... View details »
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- 1001 Inventions
- Thursday 14 Feb (11am–5pm) @ Croydon Clocktower More times »
- Free
- Croydon isn't exactly top-of-mind when it comes to visiting museums, but this free exhibition at the town's exhibition gallery aims to challenge that. With a... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Dido, Queen of Carthage
- Thursday 14 Feb @ Kensington Palace State Apartments More times »
- Although he may not be as much of a household name, Shakespeare's contemporary Christopher Marlowe remains one of England's most exciting and unappreciated dramatists. First... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Jazz in London
- Thursday 14 Feb (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
- The Camden Town Group
- Thursday 14 Feb (10am–6pm) @ Tate Britain More times »
- Unlike Hawley Arms' caners Winehouse, Fielding and Geldof, this Camden Town Group was a collective of realist painters working in the borough during the early... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- The Homecoming
- Thursday 14 Feb @ Almeida Theatre More times »
- The Homecoming, a '60s classic by Harold Pinter, tells the story of an ex-pat and his wife who return to working-class north London from a... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Weapons of Happiness
- Thursday 14 Feb (7:30pm) @ Finborough Theatre More times »
- Howard Brenton's Weapons of Happiness was the first play to be performed at the Lyttleton in the politically turbulent '70s, causing a storm and winning... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Speed-the-Plow
- Thursday 14 Feb (7:30pm) @ Old Vic Theatre More times »
- Who better to play David Mamet's two slick, fast-talking Hollywood film producers than two slick, fast-talking Hollywood actors? The Old Vic delivers the dream team... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- A Prayer for My Daughter
- Thursday 14 Feb @ Young Vic More times »
- Stemming from Thomas Babe's gritty narrative of social unrest, A Prayer for My Daughter takes place in the turmoil of post-Vietnam America. Pitting authority against... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Joss McKinley
- Thursday 14 Feb (11am–7pm) @ Golden Lane Estate More times »
- Free
- Joss McKinley's solo exhibition The Moonlight Rooms promises spine-chilling doom and gloom. The ethereal mixed-media presentation focuses on a series of photographs taken in the... View details »
- Art
- Crystal Vision
- Thursday 14 Feb (11–1am) @ Dream Bags / Jaguar Shoes More times »
- Free
- Mystic south London septet Crystal Vision have adorned a trendsetting former clothing emporium with their fantastical and wonderful creations. Although classed as a collective, the... View details »
- Art
- Shelley Cassidy
- Thursday 14 Feb (10:30am–6pm) @ Fairfax Gallery More times »
- Free
- Shelley Cassidy originally developed her style through large-scale mural commissions across the Los Angeles area. Since switching from acrylics to oils, her work has become... View details »
- Art
- Beyond Burma
- Thursday 14 Feb (10am–6pm) @ Menier Chocolate Factory More times »
- Free
- The paintings in Beyond Burma may vary in both style and technique, but they all depict the opposing forces of beauty and tragedy. Drawing from... View details »
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- China in London
- Thursday 14 Feb @ Various locations More times »
- It's fitting that the Year of the Rat — a zodiac sign traditionally associated with enterprise and activity — coincides with the XXIX Olympiad in... View details »
- Art: Photography
- AOP New Members Exhibition
- Thursday 14 Feb (10am–6pm) @ Association of Photographers Gallery More times »
- Free
- For 40 years, the Association of Photographers has been looking after the best interests of snappers across the globe. New members join the exclusive club... View details »
- Art
- The Most Beautiful Woman in Gucha
- Thursday 14 Feb (10am–5:50pm) @ Tate Britain More times »
- Free
- After debuting at the 2006 Venice Biennale, Breda Beban's wonder of a film is now taking the rest of the continent by storm. At a... View details »
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- Parkour
- Thursday 14 Feb @ 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
- The Island
- Thursday 14 Feb (11am–6pm) @ TAG Fine Arts More times »
- Free
- You could say that Stephen Walter — famous for his Similands maps of Britain — is a cartographer. And yet, these maps are nothing like... View details »
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- Planar (of, or relating to a plane)
- Thursday 14 Feb (noon) @ ICA More times »
- Planar — a collaboration between fashion designer Simon Thorogood and artist/designer Chris Ratcliffe — pioneers new ways to look at clothing. After doing research on... View details »
- Art
- Simon Keenleyside
- Thursday 14 Feb (11am–6pm) @ Rokeby More times »
- Free
- For his second solo exhibition at Rokeby, Simon Keenleyside explores the conceptual boundaries of landscapes by examinging the locales around his Essex home. Although many... View details »
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- Cimarron!
- Thursday 14 Feb @ Various locations More times »
- Free
- This festival recognizes and celebrates the African cultural legacy in Latin America through lectures, music, art, dance and film. Highlights include Afro-Peruvian and Afro-Colombian evenings... View details »
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- The Regent
- Thursday 14 Feb (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 »
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- Pollock's Toy Museum
- Thursday 14 Feb (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 »
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- Wrapping Japan
- Thursday 14 Feb (10:30am–5:30pm) @ The Horniman Museum More times »
- Free
- Japan has traditionally prized modesty and reserve, so it's little surprise to find out that the Japanese have also made an art of wrapping everything,... View details »
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- Haozhan
- Thursday 14 Feb (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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- Fox & Anchor
- Thursday 14 Feb (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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- Salt Yard
- Thursday 14 Feb (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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- Aaya
- Thursday 14 Feb (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 »
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- Brunello Picnic in Kensington Gardens
- Thursday 14 Feb @ 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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- Whitecross Street Market
- Thursday 14 Feb (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 14 Feb (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 14 Feb @ 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 14 Feb (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 14 Feb (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 »
