All events on Sunday September 21
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- Open House
- Sunday 21 Sep (11am–5pm) @ British Library
- Free
- Today, the 625km of shelving that is the British Library is made available to visitors in a rare effort to reveal all areas to the... View details »
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- London Freewheel
- Sunday 21 Sep (9:30am–4:30pm) @ Various locations
- Free
- Today Londoners take to their wheels for a day of cycling around a traffic-free city. The route is completely car-, lorry-, taxi- and bendy-bus-free —... View details »
- Music: DJ
- The Loft
- Sunday 21 Sep (5pm–midnight) @ The Light Bar
- No need to get a special invite or a name on the VIP list for this London edition of the Loft, a modern take on... View details »
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- Horse Riding at Wimbledon Village Stables
- Sunday 21 Sep (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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- Amora
- Sunday 21 Sep (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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- Café on the Hill
- Sunday 21 Sep (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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- Parkour
- Sunday 21 Sep @ Westminster Academy More times »
- Release your urban primate with parkour, the sport that catapults folks around London using vaults, leaps and climbs. The beginner's class breaks you in gently... View details »
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- The Regent
- Sunday 21 Sep (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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- Haozhan
- Sunday 21 Sep (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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- Fox & Anchor
- Sunday 21 Sep (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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- Aaya
- Sunday 21 Sep (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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- Brunello Picnic in Kensington Gardens
- Sunday 21 Sep @ 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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- London Fencing Club
- Sunday 21 Sep @ 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
- Sunday 21 Sep (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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- Brick Lane Bike Polo
- Sunday 21 Sep (1–7pm) @ Brick Lane Polo More times »
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- 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 »
- Performing Arts: Comedy
- The NewsRevue
- Sunday 21 Sep (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 »
- Music: DJ
- Roasts and Records
- Sunday 21 Sep (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 »
- Art
- Listening Post
- Sunday 21 Sep (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 »
- Film
- Children of Glory
- Sunday 21 Sep @ 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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- Bikram Yoga
- Sunday 21 Sep (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 »
- Performing Arts: Spoken Word
- In the Mix
- Sunday 21 Sep (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 »
- Art
- For Your Eyes Only
- Sunday 21 Sep (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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- Wills-Moody Jumble Sale
- Sunday 21 Sep (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 »
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- China Landscape
- Sunday 21 Sep (10am–5:30pm) @ British Museum More times »
- Free
- Two of the capital's cultural powerhouses — the British Museum and Kew Gardens — join forces to provide insight into the horticultural preferences of the... View details »
- Art
- Nought to Sixty
- Sunday 21 Sep (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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- The Story of the Supremes
- Sunday 21 Sep (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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- Plant Room
- Sunday 21 Sep @ 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 »
- Art
- Tom Hunter
- Sunday 21 Sep (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 »
- Art: Photography
- Sunday Shoots
- Sunday 21 Sep (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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- Côte
- Sunday 21 Sep (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 »
- Film
- The Escapist
- Sunday 21 Sep @ 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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- The Old Ship
- Sunday 21 Sep @ 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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- The Smallest Cinema in the World
- Sunday 21 Sep (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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- Dehesa
- Sunday 21 Sep (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 »
- Art
- Huang Yong Ping
- Sunday 21 Sep (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 »
- Art
- The Courtauld Cézannes
- Sunday 21 Sep (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 »
- Art: Architecture/Design
- Jeppe Hein: Appearing Rooms
- Sunday 21 Sep (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 »
- Film
- The Visitor
- Sunday 21 Sep @ 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 »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Watch This Space
- Sunday 21 Sep @ 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 »
- Film
- Puffball
- Sunday 21 Sep @ 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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- Skeletons
- Sunday 21 Sep (11am–6pm) @ Wellcome Collection More times »
- Free
- The Wellcome Collection present Skeletons, a gruesome yet fascinating look at London history. Drawing from the Museum of London's collection of over 17,000 skeletons, the... View details »
- Art
- Love
- Sunday 21 Sep (10am–6pm) @ The National Gallery More times »
- Free
- 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 »
- Art
- Beano and Dandy Birthday Bash!
- Sunday 21 Sep (noon–5:30pm) @ The Cartoon Museum More times »
- What a whizzer idea: anarchic kids' comics The Beano and The Dandy launched on the eve of WWII and are still going strong today. Celebrate... View details »
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- Fashion V Sport
- Sunday 21 Sep (10am–5:45pm) @ Victoria and Albert Museum More times »
- Try as you might, it's next to impossible to recall a time when contemporary sportswear and fashion weren't merrily playing house. V&A's new exhibition Fashion... View details »
- Art
- Robin Footitt
- Sunday 21 Sep @ Hoxton Hall More times »
- Free
- 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 »
- Art: Photography
- Forever 27
- Sunday 21 Sep (11am–5:30pm) @ Proud Camden More times »
- Free
- 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 »
- Art
- Romance Is Dead! Long Live Romance!
- Sunday 21 Sep @ Trolley Gallery More times »
- Free
- In her first solo exhibition, Romance Is Dead! Long Live Romance! artist Isabelle Graeff brings together the obscene and the commonplace in a provocative display... View details »
- Film
- The Wackness
- Sunday 21 Sep @ Various More times »
- 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 »
- Art
- Noise Room
- Sunday 21 Sep (noon–6pm) @ Cubitt Gallery and Studios More times »
- Free
- Electronic-arts pioneer Jan St Werner's Noise Room explores the concept of a simulated listening environment. The various compositions on offer are played on an all-encompassing... View details »
- Art
- Roger Hiorns
- Sunday 21 Sep (noon–5pm) @ Artangel Harper Road Site More times »
- Free
- British artist Roger Hiorns leaves his trademark chemical trace in new project Seizure, commissioned by Artangel and the Jerwood Charitable Foundation. Hiorns focuses his attention... View details »
- Art
- Hannah Waldron
- Sunday 21 Sep (noon–9pm) @ The Old Shoreditch Station More times »
- Free
- 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 »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- 365
- Sunday 21 Sep @ Lyric Theatre Hammersmith More times »
- Set in a practice flat intended to support young people coming out of the care system, 365 follows a group of teenagers venturing into adulthood.... View details »
- Art
- Charles Avery
- Sunday 21 Sep (noon–5pm) @ Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art More times »
- Free
- 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 »
- Art
- David Blandy
- Sunday 21 Sep (11am–6pm) @ Artprojx Space More times »
- Free
- 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 games... View details »
- Art: Architecture/Design
- Designers in Residence
- Sunday 21 Sep (10am–5:45pm) @ Design Museum More times »
- Selected for their all-out experimentation, the Design Museum's resident designers have been asked to respond to the theme of collections and collecting. Jethro Macey reinvents... View details »
- Art
- Francis Bacon
- Sunday 21 Sep (10am–5:50pm) @ Tate Britain More times »
- As famous for his outlandish lifestyle as for his often disturbing paintings, Francis Bacon spent most of his career in the capital, at his infamous... View details »
- Art
- Material Presence
- Sunday 21 Sep (11am–6pm) @ 176 More times »
- Free
- 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
- Ivanov
- Sunday 21 Sep (3pm) @ Wyndham's Theatre More times »
- Tom Stoppard, one of the 20th century's finest dramatists, makes over the work of Chekhov, arguably the 19th century's greatest playwright, in the Donmar's new... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin
- Sunday 21 Sep (noon–6pm) @ Paradise Row More times »
- Free
- This powerful series of new work by photographic collaborators Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin chronicles the artists' time spent with the British Army on the... View details »
- Art
- Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth
- Sunday 21 Sep (11am–8pm) @ BFI Southbank More times »
- Free
- Following the success of their 2005 Academy Award winner Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, French director Michel Gondry and visual artist Pierre Bismuth have... View details »
- Art
- Turner Prize
- Sunday 21 Sep (10am–5:40pm) @ Tate Britain More times »
- 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 »
- Art
- Mimei Thompson
- Sunday 21 Sep (noon–6pm) @ Transition Gallery More times »
- Free
- 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 »
- Art
- Menagerie
- Sunday 21 Sep @ The Jones More times »
- Free
- The newly opened Jones Hotel has set about re-creating the once-popular aristocratic pursuit of collecting exotic animals. But this is a menagerie with a twist:... View details »
- Art
- Wouldn't It Be Nice
- Sunday 21 Sep (10am–6pm) @ Embankment Galleries More times »
- Free
- The theme of this installation at Somerset House is the optimistic fusion of modern art and design as a medium for social experimentation. Besides displaying... View details »
- Film
- High Wire
- Sunday 21 Sep (11am–7pm) @ The German Gymnasium More times »
- Free
- 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 »
- Art: Photography
- Beside the Seaside
- Sunday 21 Sep (10am–5pm) @ National Maritime Museum More times »
- Free
- The National Maritime Museum's archive of photographs, posters and memorabilia provides fascinating insight into a boom time for the British coast. In the mid-1800s, rail... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Environmental Photographer of the Year
- Sunday 21 Sep (10am–6pm) @ The Art Pavilion More times »
- Free
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Happy in Her Own World, the winning picture of this photography contest, powerfully reiterates the ethos of the competition. A young
- Art: Festival
- Tent London
- Sunday 21 Sep (11am–5pm) @ The Old Truman Brewery More times »
- Tent London returns for another year of top-notch design that doesn't require IDO credentials of its participants. A stage for innovators in all areas of... View details »
- Film: Festival
- Russian Film Festival
- Sunday 21 Sep @ Apollo West End Cinema More times »
- For world-cinema lovers, and especially followers of Russian works, Academia Rossica presents the second Russian Film Festival in London. Among an array of contemporary gems... View details »
- Art: Exhibition
- Dolly Mixture
- Sunday 21 Sep @ Bacon Street Project More times »
- Free
- The ladies behind Dolly Mixture have emerged from the post-art school, pre-teaching wilderness to reacquaint the world with the magnificence of arts and crafts, and... View details »
- Art: Architecture/Design
- Designersblock
- Sunday 21 Sep (10am–7pm) @ No.1 the Piazza More times »
- At this year's London Design Festival, collective Designersblock host an exhibition of work from fledgling and established talent in the heart of Covent Garden. Join... View details »
- Art: Architecture/Design
- From Now to Eternity
- Sunday 21 Sep (noon–6pm) @ Mother More times »
- Free
- Even with concerted efforts to get people to reduce consumption — every shop worth its salt offers a stylish canvas alternative to the plastic bag... View details »
- Film: Animation
- The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
- Sunday 21 Sep @ ICA More times »
- This contemporary take on a popular sci-fi fable won best animated film and best director prizes at the Tokyo Anime Awards last year. It's a... View details »
- Performing Arts: Dance
- in-i
- Sunday 21 Sep @ National Theatre More times »
- French avant-gardist Juliette Binoche teams up with maverick choreographer Akram Khan to create a piece that remains in flux as it is performed. With Binoche... View details »
