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Run Riot is organising the UK’s first ever air band competition on the 11th July, at Bethnal Green Young Working Men’s Club, Pollard Row, E2.
For those of you with limited guitar playing ability, the habit of hitting your drums at the wrong time, or truly terrible voices, this is your chance to star! The main […]
Pride London this year celebrates fairytales, myths, and legends, giving the LGBT community the chance to strut their stuff in truly fantastic mood. Prince Charming can kiss as many frogs as he likes, and Cinderella shall go to the ball, so there!
There will be stages in Trafalgar Square and Soho Square, Dean Street and Romilly […]
Head for Highbury Fields this Saturday, July 5, to get a taste of Mongolian life.
There will be a Naadam - a traditional Mongolian wrestling contest. There will be yurts - only if you’re speaking Mongolian, they’re called gers. There will be traditional archery competitions, Mongolian music, and a chance to taste Mongolian food.
You’ll also be […]
Wimbledon is one of Britain’s great icons. Tennis on grass courts, not clay. Players clad in their pristine tennis whites. The gentle sounds of tennis balls bouncing from racquet strings, the thunk-thunk of the ball, polite outbursts of applause.
And, of course, strawberries and cream.
There’s something very British - very middle-class British - about Wimbledon. For […]
Americans in London always organise some nice Independence Day celebrations. But this year the British Museum is helping out.
There will be lindy-hopping. There will be jazz. There will be American food. There will be American beer tasting!
It all coincides with the exhibition The American Scene, which shows prints from Hopper to Pollock. Festivities start at […]
Want to ride a carousel in the middle of London? Here’s your chance - a wonderful summer fair, in one of London’s most interesting shopping streets.
The shops here include the marvellous Daunt Books and Patisserie Valerie, as well as fashion shops like Ronit Zilkha and Fenn Wright Manson. There are perfumiers like Terre d’Oc, and […]
City Hall is one of London’s ‘new’ landmarks, a curvy blob on the South Bank that houses the London Assembly.
Designed by Foster & Partners, the building is a tilted glass globe, which purposely has no ‘front’ or ‘back’ - it’s a democratic shape, which can be seen from any perspective. Equally, it’s an energy efficient […]
A piece in the Guardian today shows ways you can have fun in London for free, with activities as diverse as gigs, knitting, free movies, and watching a trial at the Old Bailey.
Many of the best museums - including the biggest ones - are free, and so is one of my favourites, the Sir John […]
I used to think knitting was for grannies. But then Russell Crowe started making it glamorous, and I discovered that there’s something therapeutic about clicking away with your needles while watching Torchwood.
And with the fantastic yarns now available you can turn out something much nicer than granny’s arran sweaters. (Which always seemed to have more […]
If you’ve ever wanted to watch Chinese opera, head for Sadler’s Wells, where the authentic, five hundred year old tradition of the Chinese opera is on show till 8th June.
The Peony Pavilion tells a weird love story - a girl who dies of love after meeting a young scholar in a dream, the scholar who […]
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Written by Andrea Kirkby [email] for b5media.
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