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Viktor & Rolf
Wednesday 18 June (11am–6pm) @ Barbican Centre More times »
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About as far-removed from traditional fashion houses as possible, Dutch duo Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren have a surreal sense of design. Their collections are... View details »
Viktor & Rolf
Music: Electronic
Midnight Juggernauts
Wednesday 18 June (8–11pm) @ ICA
Sold Out!
Aussie trio Midnight Juggernauts are, by-and-large, an unknown quantity here in the UK, but their epic European tour will change that. Having left their hometown... View details »
Midnight Juggernauts
Music: Hip-Hop
Atmosphere
Wednesday 18 June (7pm) @ KOKO
Giveaway
Tonight, veteran US duo Atmosphere — aka rapper Slug and DJ/producer Ant, the backpacker's Fresh Prince and Jazzy Jeff — draw in a die-hard crowd... View details »
Atmosphere
Music: Classical
Fabio Zanon
Wednesday 18 June (7:30pm) @ Fulham Palace
This evening, Brazilian classical guitarist Fabio Zanon fills Fulham Palace's gardens with his wide-ranging technical trickery. Zanon blends a studied approach with seemingly limitless flair;... View details »

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Amora
Wednesday 18 June (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 »
Amora
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Hibiscus
Wednesday 18 June (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 »
Hibiscus
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Horse Riding at Wimbledon Village Stables
Wednesday 18 June (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 »
Horse Riding at Wimbledon Village Stables
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Café on the Hill
Wednesday 18 June (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 »
Café on the Hill
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Furnace
Wednesday 18 June (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 »
Furnace
Art
For Your Eyes Only
Wednesday 18 June (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 »
For Your Eyes Only
Art
Free Range 2008
Wednesday 18 June @ The Old Truman Brewery More times »
Free
Following on the success of last year's Free Range exhibition, the art and design showcase — the largest of its kind in the UK and... View details »
Free Range 2008
Art
Blood on Paper
Wednesday 18 June (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 »
Blood on Paper
Art
Elizabethan Flagons
Wednesday 18 June (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 »
Elizabethan Flagons
Art: Photography
Jazz in London
Wednesday 18 June (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 »
Jazz in London
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Yoga Club
Wednesday 18 June @ 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 »
Yoga Club
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Parkour
Wednesday 18 June @ 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 »
Parkour
Art: Architecture/Design
Skin + Bones
Wednesday 18 June (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 »
Skin + Bones
Art: Architecture/Design
Richard Rogers & Architects
Wednesday 18 June (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 »
Richard Rogers & Architects
Art
A Century of Olympic Posters
Wednesday 18 June (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 »
A Century of Olympic Posters
Art: Architecture/Design
China Design Now
Wednesday 18 June (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 »
China Design Now
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The Regent
Wednesday 18 June (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 »
The Regent
Film
Children of Glory
Wednesday 18 June @ 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 »
Children of Glory
Art
Listening Post
Wednesday 18 June (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 »
Listening Post
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Pollock's Toy Museum
Wednesday 18 June (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 »
Pollock's Toy Museum
Performing Arts: Theatre
Pygmalion
Wednesday 18 June @ 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 »
Pygmalion
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Meltdown
Wednesday 18 June @ Southbank Centre More times »
It's not often that a festival attracts more attention for its curators than its performers, but that's long been the case with the Southbank's prestigious... View details »
Meltdown
Art
Liliane Lijn
Wednesday 18 June (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 »
Liliane Lijn
Art
Ryan Gander
Wednesday 18 June (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 »
Ryan Gander
Art
Clare Barclay
Wednesday 18 June (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 »
Clare Barclay
Art: Architecture/Design
The Story of the Supremes
Wednesday 18 June (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 »
The Story of the Supremes
Art
Tom Hunter
Wednesday 18 June (10am–5:45pm) @ Museum of Childhood More times »
Free
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 »
Tom Hunter
Art: Photography
Street & Studio
Wednesday 18 June (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 »
Street & Studio
Art: Photography
Sid Vicious: No One Is Innocent
Wednesday 18 June (11am–6pm) @ Proud Galleries More times »
Free
It's good to see Proud Galleries opening their new Camden home in a suitably rock 'n roll way. Taking an up-close and personal look at... View details »
Sid Vicious: No One Is Innocent
Art
Hans Josephsohn
Wednesday 18 June (10am–6pm) @ Hauser & Wirth More times »
Free
It's impressive that figurative sculptor Hans Josephsohn is still active in his practice at age 87 — and more so that his new works are... View details »
Hans Josephsohn
Art
Mona Hatoum
Wednesday 18 June (10am–6pm) @ Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art More times »
Free
British-Palestinian artist Mona Hatoum's show at the Parasol Unit includes a decade's worth of work, giving viewers an opportunity to engage with the full range... View details »
Mona Hatoum
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Brick Lane Bike Polo
Wednesday 18 June (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 »
Brick Lane Bike Polo
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Haozhan
Wednesday 18 June (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 »
Haozhan
Art
Rob Ryan
Wednesday 18 June (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 »
Rob Ryan
Art
John Hoyland
Wednesday 18 June (10am–5:30pm) @ Nevill Keating McIlroy More times »
Free
John Hoyland is often compared to Mark Rothko for the way he uses bold blocks of colour; but the Sheffield-born painter's canvases are lighter and... View details »
John Hoyland
Art
Gail Pickering
Wednesday 18 June (noon–6pm) @ Gasworks More times »
Free
Artist and filmmaker Gail Pickering isn't one to shy away from haphazard influences, as her current show at Gasworks proves. In her film Hungary! and... View details »
Gail Pickering
Art
Street Art
Wednesday 18 June (10am–6pm) @ Tate Modern More times »
Free
Now that the sun's finally made an appearance, wandering around a gallery may not be the first thing on your mind — fortunately, the Tate... View details »
Street Art
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Dex Club
Wednesday 18 June (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 »
Dex Club
Art
Nought to Sixty
Wednesday 18 June (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 »
Nought to Sixty
Performing Arts: Theatre
King Lear
Wednesday 18 June @ 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 »
King Lear
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Bikram Yoga
Wednesday 18 June (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 18 June (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 »
Fox & Anchor
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Amazing Butterflies
Wednesday 18 June (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 »
Amazing Butterflies
Performing Arts: Theatre
The Chalk Garden
Wednesday 18 June (7:30pm) @ Donmar Warehouse More times »
Enid Bagnold's dark comedy The Chalk Garden kicks off tonight at Donmar Warehouse's not-for-profit theatre. Bagnold, best known for penning Elizabeth Taylor vehicle National Velvet,... View details »
The Chalk Garden
Art
Michael Samuels
Wednesday 18 June (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 »
Michael Samuels
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Salt Yard
Wednesday 18 June (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 »
Salt Yard
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China Landscape
Wednesday 18 June (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 »
China Landscape
Art
Antti Laitinen
Wednesday 18 June (noon–6pm) @ Nettie Horn More times »
Free
Helsinki-based artist Antti Laitinen offers an absurdist take on the notion of property and nationality with his solo exhibition of video, photography and installation work.... View details »
Antti Laitinen
Art
Quintessential
Wednesday 18 June (10am–6pm) @ Grenade Gallery More times »
Free
The Grenade Art Collective, a group of eight urban artists, have taken refuge from the grimy walls of London's streets and set up an indoor... View details »
Quintessential
Art: Photography
The Rolling Stones 1969 US Tour
Wednesday 18 June (11am–7pm) @ Proud Central More times »
Free
Oh, to be a fly on the wall. Such is the sentiment provoked by Ethan Russell's photographs of the Rolling Stones' infamous 1969 US tour,... View details »
The Rolling Stones 1969 US Tour
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Aaya
Wednesday 18 June (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 »
Film
Sex and the City: The Movie
Wednesday 18 June (7–11pm) @ The Electric Cinema More times »
Faithful followers of the Emmy Award-winning series, rejoice — the long-anticipated feature-length Sex and the City film has finally arrived, and Notting Hill's Electric Cinema... View details »
Sex and the City: The Movie
Art: Fair
Summer Exhibition 2008
Wednesday 18 June (10am–6pm) @ Royal Academy of Arts More times »
With more than £70,000 up for grabs in prize money, including the £25,000 Charles Wollaston Award, the stakes are high at the Royal Academy of... View details »
Music: Classical
Il trovatore
Wednesday 18 June (7:30pm) @ Holland Park More times »
Don your glad rags and head Holland Park way, where the annual season of outdoor opera kicks off with Giuseppe Verdi's Il trovatore. The four-act... View details »
Art: Photography
Roger Hooper
Wednesday 18 June (11am–6pm) @ the.gallery@oxo More times »
Free
Inspired by Sir David Attenborough's early nature documentaries and his own extensive work for the World Wildlife Fund, photographer Roger Hooper has travelled the globe... View details »
Roger Hooper
Art
Angaza Afrika
Wednesday 18 June (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 »
Angaza Afrika
Art
Jake & Dinos Chapman
Wednesday 18 June (10am–6pm) @ White Cube Mason's Yard More times »
Free
BritArt's most infamous double act (not counting the duo's former bosses Gilbert & George) returns with a much-anticipated show. Exact details of the exhibition have... View details »
Jake & Dinos Chapman
Art: Photography
Miroslav Tichý
Wednesday 18 June (noon–6pm) @ Michael Hoppen Gallery More times »
Free
Czech artist Miroslav Tichý produced most of his oeuvre between 1950 and 1980, but it was not until the summer of 2005 that his work... View details »
Miroslav Tichý
Performing Arts: Theatre
The Pitmen Painters
Wednesday 18 June @ 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 »
The Pitmen Painters
Art
Portraits of yesterday, today and tomorrow
Wednesday 18 June (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 »
Portraits of yesterday, today and tomorrow
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Brunello Picnic in Kensington Gardens
Wednesday 18 June @ 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 »
Performing Arts
Sprint Festival
Wednesday 18 June @ Camden People's Theatre More times »
Giveaway
The jewel-like Camden People's Theatre, loomed over by the Euston Tower block, is the spiritual home of London's experimental-theatre and performance-art scenes. Starting today, the... View details »
Sprint Festival
Art
Bernd Krauss
Wednesday 18 June (11am–6pm) @ The Shop More times »
Free
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 »
Bernd Krauss
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Fernando Casasempere
Wednesday 18 June @ The Economist Plaza More times »
Free
The Economist and the Contemporary Art Society have teamed up to bring sculpture to the heart of the city. For the next three months, London-based... View details »
Fernando Casasempere
Art
Bob Dylan
Wednesday 18 June (10am–6pm) @ Halcyon Gallery More times »
Free
If you think that being one of the world's greatest musicians is talent enough, think again — this exhibition of Bob Dylan's artwork shows that... View details »
Bob Dylan
Art
Hervé Ingrand
Wednesday 18 June (10am–6pm) @ Mummery + Schnelle More times »
Free
Hervé Ingrand's La Découverte du Cabinet de Dessins (The Discovery of the Cabinet of Drawings) takes over Mummery + Schnelle for the next few months,... View details »
Hervé Ingrand
Art
Piers Jackson
Wednesday 18 June (noon–6pm) @ T1 + 2 More times »
Free
British artist (and former Jade Jagger beau) Piers Jackson unveils Optica — a collection of works two years in the making — at newbie gallery... View details »
Piers Jackson
Art
Daniela Schönbächler
Wednesday 18 June @ Riflemaker Gallery More times »
Free
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 »
Daniela Schönbächler
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Abigail Lane
Wednesday 18 June (10am–6pm) @ Matches More times »
Free
Abigail Lane first came to the public's attention 20 years ago as one of the YBAs involved in then Goldsmiths College student Damien Hirst's groundbreaking... View details »
Film
David Lean
Wednesday 18 June @ NFT1 More times »
Giveaway
Although best remembered for his star-studded, Oscar-winning epics Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), director David Lean's early work... View details »
David Lean
Art: Photography
Ruth Orkin
Wednesday 18 June (noon–6pm) @ Michael Hoppen Gallery More times »
Free
Ruth Orkin wryly described her half-century love affair with the camera as "making people look at what I want them to look at". The daughter... View details »
Ruth Orkin
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London Fencing Club
Wednesday 18 June @ 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 »
London Fencing Club
Art
Lip-Gloss and Lacquer
Wednesday 18 June (10am–5pm) @ Spring Projects More times »
Free
Lip-Gloss and Lacquer's seven artists take on fashion, celebrity and commodification in the glamour industry. Laura Buckley uses video installations of light, refracted by moving... View details »
Lip-Gloss and Lacquer
Art
Damian Elwes
Wednesday 18 June (10am–5pm) @ Lefevre Fine Art More times »
Free
Damian Elwes presents a series of portraits that do more than just represent a person on canvas. The artist depicts the studios (sans inhabitants) of... View details »
Damian Elwes
Art
Tom Milnes
Wednesday 18 June (noon–6pm) @ Ferreira Projects More times »
Free
Tom Milnes uses his residency at the Gallery Studio to cultivate a strange collection of "culturally redundant audio material". Walkmen, new-age music, and relaxation tapes... View details »
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Refugee Week
Wednesday 18 June @ Various locations More times »
First held in 1998, Refugee Week returns with a jam-packed lineup of shows, exhibitions and conferences celebrating the diverse contributions that refugees have made to... View details »
Refugee Week
Art
The Psychology of Fear
Wednesday 18 June (11am–5pm) @ 198 More times »
Free
At her solo show at Herne Hill's 198, Iran-born UK-based artist Maria Kheirkhah confronts the rise of fear in modern society resulting from the British... View details »
The Psychology of Fear
Art: Architecture/Design
John McAslan + Partners
Wednesday 18 June (9am–5:30pm) @ Dreamspace Gallery More times »
Free
Londoners hear plenty about graduate work in the fields of fashion, art and design, but architecture and engineering go virtually unmentioned. This show at the... View details »
John McAslan + Partners
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Cha Cha Moon
Wednesday 18 June (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 18 June (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 »
Quo Vadis
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Plant Room
Wednesday 18 June @ Plant Room More times »
Free
Architect duo Ulrike Steven and Gareth Morris (What If) have teamed up with urban-regeneration agency the Shoreditch Trust to transform a neglected corner of N1's... View details »
Plant Room