All events on Sunday July 20
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- Joanna Newsom
- Sunday 20 July (7:30pm) @ Somerset House
- Hailing from Nevada City, California, the versatile singer, harpist and pianist Joanna Newsom shot to fame with the release of her second album, Ys. Mixed... View details »
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- Shady Bard
- Sunday 20 July (7:30pm) @ The Bedford
- Making up for the lack of folk favourite Homefires this year, Points of the Compass sees a quartet of venues around London hosting events over... View details »
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- Radio Gagarin
- Sunday 20 July (6pm) @ Notting Hill Arts Club
- Radio Gagarin's carnival of creative exploits is an artistic space race with a Soviet-punk edge. In addition to screenings at the Kinodrome, French jazz quartet... View details »
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- Amora
- Sunday 20 July (11am–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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- Skateboard at the Southbank Centre
- Sunday 20 July (8–11am) @ Southbank Centre More times »
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- 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
- Sunday 20 July (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
- Sunday 20 July (8am–4pm) @ 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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- Viktor & Rolf
- Sunday 20 July (11am–8pm) @ 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 »
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- For Your Eyes Only
- Sunday 20 July (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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- Lovebox Weekender
- Sunday 20 July (noon–10pm) @ Victoria Park More times »
- Once again, the Lovebox descends on Victoria Park with eclectic musical madness and considerable amounts of beer. Saturday sees Groove Armada take the stage at... View details »
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- Free Range 2008
- Sunday 20 July @ The Old Truman Brewery More times »
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- 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 »
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- Kite Flying on Hampstead Heath
- Sunday 20 July @ Hampstead Heath More times »
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- 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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- Jazz in London
- Sunday 20 July (10am–6pm) @ National Portrait Gallery More times »
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- Take a trip back to the dark, smoky jazz clubs of the '50s with Walter Hanlon's atmospheric exhibition. While working in the music business during... View details »
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- Parkour
- Sunday 20 July @ 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 »
- Music: DJ
- Roasts and Records
- Sunday 20 July (noon–11pm) @ The Defectors Weld More times »
- If you're feeling somewhat broken in the head after Saturday night, then this Sunday activity is sure to bring you relief while requiring minimal effort.... View details »
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- Skin + Bones
- Sunday 20 July (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
- Sunday 20 July (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 »
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- A Century of Olympic Posters
- Sunday 20 July (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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- The Regent
- Sunday 20 July (noon–10:30pm) @ 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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- Children of Glory
- Sunday 20 July @ 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
- Sunday 20 July (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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- The Escapist
- Sunday 20 July @ Various locations More times »
- 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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- Pygmalion
- Sunday 20 July @ 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 »
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- Dunwich Dynamo 2008
- Sunday 20 July @ Pub on the Park More times »
- Free
- Southwark Cyclists believe the inaugural city-to-coast overnighter comprised a handful of bike couriers who started home one midsummer night and didn't stop pedaling until reaching... View details »
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- The Story of the Supremes
- Sunday 20 July (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 »
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- Tom Hunter
- Sunday 20 July (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 »
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- Wills-Moody Jumble Sale
- Sunday 20 July (1–5pm) @ St Aloysius Social Club More times »
- Free
- The Wills-Moody Jumble Sale is a great place to overhaul your summer wardrobe while avoiding high-street frenzy. At the utterly reasonable time of 1pm, Euston's... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Street & Studio
- Sunday 20 July (10am–6pm) @ Tate Modern More times »
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- 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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- Sid Vicious: No One Is Innocent
- Sunday 20 July (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 »
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- Mona Hatoum
- Sunday 20 July (noon–5pm) @ Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art More times »
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- 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 »
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- Brick Lane Bike Polo
- Sunday 20 July (1–7pm) @ 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 »
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- Haozhan
- Sunday 20 July (noon–10:30pm) @ 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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- Gail Pickering
- Sunday 20 July (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 »
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- Street Art
- Sunday 20 July (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 »
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- Dex Club
- Sunday 20 July (11am–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
- Sunday 20 July (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 »
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- King Lear
- Sunday 20 July @ 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 »
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- Bikram Yoga
- Sunday 20 July (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
- Sunday 20 July (noon–6pm) @ Fox & Anchor More times »
- Dating from the late Victorian era, this pub — an old favourite of blood-spattered meat traders from Smithfields Market down the street — has just... View details »
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- Amazing Butterflies
- Sunday 20 July (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 »
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- London Festival of Architecture
- Sunday 20 July @ Various locations More times »
- With an inspired approach to what could have easily descended into standard festival programming, the London Festival of Architecture kicks off with an opening celebration... View details »
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- China Landscape
- Sunday 20 July (10am–5:30pm) @ British Museum More times »
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- Two of the capital's cultural powerhouses — the British Museum and Kew Gardens — join forces to provide insight into the horticultural preferences of the... View details »
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- Sunday Shoots
- Sunday 20 July (10am–3pm) @ Columbia Road Flower Market More times »
- Free
- Each week, photographer Seamus Ryan opens his doors for his Sunday Shoots, an ongoing series of portrait projects featuring walk-in visitors to his Flower Market... View details »
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- The Rolling Stones 1969 US Tour
- Sunday 20 July (11am–6pm) @ Proud Central More times »
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- 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 »
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- Aaya
- Sunday 20 July (noon–11pm) @ 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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- City of London Festival
- Sunday 20 July @ Various locations More times »
- Since 1962, the City of London Festival has unfurled its teeming arts and music programme over the summer season, inhabiting indoor and outdoor venues throughout... View details »
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- Summer Exhibition 2008
- Sunday 20 July (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 »
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- Past-Forward
- Sunday 20 July (11am–6pm) @ 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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- Chantal Akerman
- Sunday 20 July (10am–6pm) @ Camden Arts Centre More times »
- Free
- One of Europe's most significant auteurs, Chantal Akerman makes her first appearance at a UK public gallery with this selection of pioneering films at the... View details »
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- Brunello Picnic in Kensington Gardens
- Sunday 20 July @ 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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- Jayne Amongst the Birds
- Sunday 20 July (11am–6pm) @ Tatty Devine More times »
- Free
- In September 1959, a strange thing happened in Hackney: iconic American blonde bombshell Jayne Mansfield turned up to present the prizes at a competition held... View details »
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- Piers Jackson
- Sunday 20 July (noon–6pm) @ T1 + 2 More times »
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- 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 »
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- Daniela Schönbächler
- Sunday 20 July @ 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 »
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- Abigail Lane
- Sunday 20 July (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 »
- Performing Arts: Comedy
- The NewsRevue
- Sunday 20 July (9pm) @ 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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- Neeta Madahar
- Sunday 20 July (1–5pm) @ PM Gallery & House More times »
- Free
- Ealing's PM Gallery presents Solstice, a new video project by London-born artist Neeta Madahar, opening on (you guessed it) the solstice. Looking upward to the... View details »
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- London Fencing Club
- Sunday 20 July @ 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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- Et Pendant Ce Temps...
- Sunday 20 July (noon–6pm) @ Nettie Horn More times »
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- This group show of six contemporary artists revives the form of allegorical still life known as vanitas, which reminds viewers that time is fleeting and... View details »
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- Robert Altman
- Sunday 20 July (noon–4pm) @ Idea Generation Gallery More times »
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- The photographs of Robert Altman, lensman for Rolling Stone, encapsulate nearly all aspects of the 1960s, from free love and festivals to psychedelia and sit-ins.... View details »
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- The Courtauld Cézannes
- Sunday 20 July (10am–6pm) @ The Courtauld Institute of Art More times »
- 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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- Machinic Alliances
- Sunday 20 July (2–6pm) @ Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art More times »
- Free
- In group show Machinic Alliances, 11 artists reveal the bonds that form between human and non-human forces, while delving into biology and technology to reshape... View details »
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- The Old Ship
- Sunday 20 July @ The Old Ship More times »
- If you're planning a trip to the Hackney Empire any time soon, be sure to stop by the newly renovated Old Ship next door. Gone... View details »
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- Huang Yong Ping
- Sunday 20 July (11–8pm) @ Barbican Centre More times »
- Free
- 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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- Spice Festival
- Sunday 20 July @ Hackney Empire More times »
- Variety is indeed the spice of life at Hackney's annual celebration of multiculturalism, which touches down at the Empire. This year, expect comedy (from Richard... View details »
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- Little Black Dress
- Sunday 20 July (11am–6pm) @ Fashion and Textile Museum More times »
- Style icon Wallis Simpson once said, "When the little black dress is right, there is nothing else to wear in its place". First championed by... View details »
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- Architectural Bike Tours
- Sunday 20 July @ Various locations More times »
- For a green and cardio-friendly way to tour London's architectural gems, pedal along with the London Festival of Architecture for its innovative cycle tours. Weeknight... View details »
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- Tim Brennan
- Sunday 20 July (noon–6pm) @ ROOM More times »
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This exhibition at ROOM features images from Tim Brennan's touring photography show The North, which captures
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- Richard Prince: Continuation
- Sunday 20 July (10am–6pm) @ Serpentine Gallery More times »
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- American artist Richard Prince first achieved notoriety in 1977, when he photographed advertisements (most famously the Marlboro cowboy) and images from the press and repackaged... View details »
- Art
- Nick Hornby: Tell Tale Heart
- Sunday 20 July (10am–5pm) @ Camley Street Natural Park More times »
- Free
- As bizarre art projects go, building a massive replica of a Disney castle in your West London studio and floating it down a canal to... View details »
- Film
- Graphic Images: Comic-Book Movies
- Sunday 20 July @ BFI Southbank More times »
- Expect to see Jonathan Ross on the Southbank over the next couple of months, as a season of comic-book adaptations lands at the NFT. The... View details »
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- Cha Cha Moon
- Sunday 20 July (noon–10pm) @ 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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- Côte
- Sunday 20 July (10am–10:30pm) @ Côte More times »
- 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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- Dehesa
- Sunday 20 July (11am–5pm) @ Dehesa More times »
- 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 »
- Film
- The Visitor
- Sunday 20 July @ Various locations More times »
- 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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- Watch This Space
- Sunday 20 July @ National Theatre More times »
- Free
- For those navigating the insistently endless summer days on a budget, the National Theatre's Watch This Space returns to the scenic shore of the Thames... View details »
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- The Smallest Cinema in the World
- Sunday 20 July (noon–6pm) @ Regent's Park More times »
- Free
- For Portavilion, a project that puts mobile public art in London's open spaces, Swedish artist Annika Eriksson teamed up with architects and engineers to create... View details »
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- Almeida Summer Festival
- Sunday 20 July @ Almeida Theatre More times »
- The Almeida Summer Festival is, as you would expect, a bit more high-brow than your standard fest fare, combining music, art, theatre and cabaret with... View details »
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- Wang Jianwei & Ali Kazma
- Sunday 20 July (11am–6pm) @ Whitechapel Art Gallery More times »
- Free
- Whitechapel Laboratory's multimedia exhibition juxtaposes the videos and photographs of Chinese conceptual artist Wang Jianwei with the art of Turkish filmmaker Ali Kazma, highlighting the... View details »
- Film
- Puffball
- Sunday 20 July @ Various locations More times »
- 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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- Lewis Scott: The Transient City
- Sunday 20 July (noon–6pm) @ The Empire Gallery More times »
- Free
- The Empire Gallery presents The Transient City, the debut show from artist-on-the-rise Lewis Scott. Since graduating from Central St Martins in design, environment and architecture,... View details »
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- Games & Theory
- Sunday 20 July @ South London Gallery More times »
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- This exhibition at the South London Gallery features ten artists from the UK and around the globe who share a thematic concern: the concept of... View details »
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- Emilie Selbourne
- Sunday 20 July (noon–5pm) @ Burgh House & Hampstead Museum More times »
- Free
- Photographer Emilie Selbourne presents her debut solo exhibition, The Spirit of Hampstead Heath, on the walls of a most appropriate venue, the Grade I-listed Burgh... View details »
- Art
- Open Studios
- Sunday 20 July (noon–6pm) @ The Galleria More times »
- Free
- As part of the I Love Peckham festival, artist's charity Acme Studios throw open the doors of the Galleria (their affordable creative space) for an... View details »
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- Hairywood
- Sunday 20 July @ Covent Garden Market Piazza More times »
- Free
- World-renowned design firm Eley Kishimoto teams up with 6a Architects to erect the weird and wonderful Hairywood Tower in the heart of Covent Garden. The... View details »
- Art
- Under a Red Sky
- Sunday 20 July (11am–7pm) @ StolenSpace Gallery More times »
- Free
- The artists in StolenSpace's summer exhibition come from diverse urban environments, ranging from the seaside town of Hastings to the metropolitan sprawl of São Paulo.... View details »
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- Fashion in the Mirror
- Sunday 20 July (noon–6pm) @ The Photographers' Gallery More times »
- Free
- The process that occurs between a fashion photograph's initial conception and the time when the image appears in a glossy magazine — from dealing with... View details »
- Art: Architecture/Design
- Jeppe Hein: Appearing Rooms
- Sunday 20 July (10am–11pm) @ River Terrace, Southbank Centre More times »
- Free
- Berlin-based Jeppe Hein's water fountain is the perfect place to cool down on a sizzling summer day. The grid-like array of aquatic plumes takes its... View details »
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- Plant Room
- Sunday 20 July @ 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 »
- Performing Arts: Spoken Word
- In the Mix
- Sunday 20 July (2–5pm) @ Rich Mix More times »
- Free
- Stars of critically acclaimed jazz-education group Tomorrow's Warriors host weekly jam sessions at east London's Rich Mix. On the first Sunday of the month, the... View details »
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- Anya Gallaccio
- Sunday 20 July (10am–6pm) @ Camden Arts Centre More times »
- Free
- 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 »
