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Your event guide
Here's a snapshot of our favorite things to do in London. |
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From huge, all-encompassing shows to down-home gigs, this month in London has everything culture vultures could need. The Henry Moore retrospective at the Tate is a welcome spotlight on the work of Britain's most successful sculptor, taking in some of his lesser-known works. Meanwhile, Felix Buxton of Basement Jaxx fame returns to his Brixton stomping ground for a DJ set sure to make you question where your head is at. Add some points in between — the Red Bull Music Academy, a girls-only night at the luxurious 40 Winks, a festival of rhythm and blues — and we're pretty certain London has it covered.
- Kieran Wyatt, Managing Editor
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Happy birthday, Fred Perry
Fred Perry ushers in their 100th birthday in their typical sporty fashion. Besides finding a wide array of cable-knit sweaters and vests, sharp blazers and reasonably priced buttondowns, you can also score a limited-edition Fred Perry-customized Vespa LXV 125 and other Fred Perry 100-year gifts. Cruise into 2010 in style.
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SPECIAL FEATURE
20 presents for your Valentine that don't suck
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Valentine's Day may be the most maligned holiday of the modern greeting-card era. But even the biggest misanthrope's gotta love someone, even if it stems from total narcissism. Hence, our shopping guide for February 14, for everyone from the cute girl you've been crushing on, to the friend-with-benefits and/or the unlucky object of your next break-up. Plus, a chance to win three of our top picks! »
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MUSIC: DJ
Felix Buxton
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Saturday 6 Feb (10pm–6am)
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Jamm (261 Brixton Road, SW9, 020.7274.5537)
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Basement Jaxx and Brixton go hand in hand like Morecambe & Wise or strawberries and cream. So it's always a verifiable Good Thing when at least one of them comes back to the manor for a hometown DJ set. Buxton is deft on the decks, inclined to add plenty of yin and yang to house sets that also take in Brazilian super-jams, epic '70s soul and obscure-yet-funky-as-hell global grooves. Support comes from a bonzer line-up that includes Filth & Splendour (Itch Records) and Alfonso Falcone (Cass Collective). One word: roadblock.
- Kieran Wyatt
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MUSIC: Festival
Red Bull Music Academy
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Sunday 7 Feb
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Various locations
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Red Bull's long-standing commitment to both showcasing and cultivating musical talent moves to a new (and very welcome) level with this month-long magnum opus of events around the capital. By teaming up with like-minded brands such as Resident Advisor and the ICA, RBMA builds credibility at every stroke. The champagne moments are astounding (and too numerous to do justice to here!): Bugge Wesseltoft and Henrik Schwarz play the Royal Festival Hall on 12 Feb; Goldie soundclashes Roots Manuva at the Roundhouse on 17 Feb; while Plaid and DJ Food satisfy the bleepheads in the unlikely environs of the Royal Albert Hall on 18 Feb. Wow.
- Joe Rudkin
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MORE FLAVOR: City Gem
Tart
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Saturday 13 Feb (2–6pm)
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40 Winks (109 Mile End Road, E1, 020.7790.0259)
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Cake, cocktails, pampering and palm-reading are just a few of the delights at Tart, a monthly girlie glam-fest at 40 Winks, organised by David Carter, model Fleur de Guerre and fashion emporium founder Naomi Thompson. Strictly ladies only, you can enjoy a massage from Xhilarate or a makeover from BeneFit and Lipstick & Curls, then slip on a show-stopping gown. Sustenance comes in the form of dainty delicacies from Vintage Patisserie, accompanied by champagne served in teacups. It's not all frivolity — expand your mind with self-improvement lessons or a stocking master class and channel your inner pin-up girl.
- Lucy Davies
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PERFORMING ARTS: Spoken Word
White Rabbit: Are You Sitting Comfortably?
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Thursday 18 Feb (7:30pm)
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Toynbee Studios (28 Commercial Street, E1, 020.7247.5102)
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Tonight, Toynbee Hall's Arts Bar and Café is the intimate setting for a love-themed storytelling session. In surroundings styled as part-'50s teashop, part-children's party, be prepared to laugh, cry and despair at the highs and lows of love — the perfect post-Valentine's Day antidote. Literary and theatrical trio Bernadette Russell, Gareth Brierley and Paschale Straiton narrate their own stories and those by up-and-coming writers. Expect lots of atmosphere, entertainment and comedy, rounded off with homemade cakes, sweets and a prize draw thrown in with the price of the ticket.
- Helen Holtom
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MUSIC: Festival
The Blues Kitchen Festival of Rhythm & Blues
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Monday 22 Feb
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The Blues Kitchen (111-113 Camden High Street, NW1, 020.7387.5277 )
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The once rowdy Oh! Bar has been transformed into a stylish, live-music oasis by the people who run the Old Queen's Head in Angel. After a few months settling in, the venue announces its ambitions with this week-long festival of the blues. Highlights range from the old, in the shape of '60s pioneers the Pretty Things (tickets £8 from www.seetickets.com) on Mon 22, to the new blues sounds of Little Barrie on Thur 25. One-man-blues-band Son of Dave also feature (Friday 26), while the weekend crams in a New Orleans Mardi Gras party on Sat 28 and an all-day jam on Sun 29.
- Joe Rudkin
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ART: Photography
Music: 21st Century Rock 'n Roll Royalty
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Tuesday 23 Feb (10am–6pm)
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Idea Generation Gallery (11 Chance Street, E2, 020.7749.6850)
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FREE
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British photographer to the icons of our generation Gavin Bond presents a selection of previously unseen images in Music: 21st Century Rock 'n Roll Royalty. Bond's vivid shots of the Killers, Vampire Weekend, Gwen Stefani and Grace Jones take in life on the road, live performances and candid portraits from the last year or so. They share a rare level of depth and insight, in addition to tongue-in-cheek tomfoolery. Green Day even took Bond on the road with them as their personal behind-the-scenes snapper, a decision borne out by these refreshing and beautifully composed images.
- Natalie Liechti
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ART
Henry Moore
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Wednesday 24 Feb (10am–5:40pm)
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Tate Britain (Millbank, SW1, 020.7887.8888)
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The work of iconic British sculptor Henry Moore (1898-1986) is emblematic of the century in which he lived and died. This major exhibition at the Tate Britain of around 150 works in stone, wood, bronze as well as drawings, describes the legacy of a gifted sculptor and student of the East and West, who deliberately chose to veer off the path of convention. Moore's work was incredibly radical: his undulating anthropomorphic figures, asymmetrical beauty, and post-modern totemics represented a direct challenge to established precedent. The middle path Moore pioneered between abstraction and representation laid the foundation for generations to come.
- Shana Nys Dambrot
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ART
Richard Wearn
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Wednesday 3 Feb (noon–6pm)
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Crisp London (3 Newman Passage, W1, 07837.861.935)
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LA-based Richard Wearn's wryly ambiguous art combines performance, photography, video and a healthy obsession with history. "Untitled" features photos of tiny architectural models placed around Paris in locations synonymous with the May 1968 uprising. "Trouw (Fidelity)" meanwhile is a video installation documenting the changing light atop an Amsterdam building that boasts a history of fomenting progressive quasi-anarchy, from WWII resistance to modern-day raves. In both cases, his counter-intuitive method of blending the past (what has been lost) with the present (the action he takes) leads straight to the future (what might be gained by using one's imagination).
- Shana Nys Dambrot
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About Us |
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Cultural Partner
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Editors
MANAGING EDITOR
Kieran Wyatt
DEPUTY EDITOR
Joe Rudkin
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Lucy Davies
Natalie Liechti
Helen Holtom
PUBLISHERS
Sascha Lewis
Mark Mangan
SENIOR EDITORS
Doug Levy
Leah Taylor
Shana Nys Dambrot
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