London agenda for Monday 30 July 2012
1. Hear a festival curated by east London Nu World Reggae guitarist Planetman at Global Beats Festival [Le Cool]
2. Listen to the Olympic edition of the Velvet Tongue Erotic Literary Soiree [Run Riot]
3. Go to Camden’s Barfly for Wiley [Don’t Panic]
4. See how the Victorian period, viewed in the West as a time of self-confident progress, was experienced by Asians as a catastrophe [Ian Visits]
5. Attend the Peninsula Festival [Tired of London]
6. See Kyla La Grange for free at Rough Trade East [London in Stereo]
There is all sorts of free stuff going on at the various Olympic Country Houses. Check out Snipe’s guide here.
30 Jul 2012
London agenda for 27 July 2012
1. Hear the master of techno, Derrick May, play a rare headline set at a secret location [Flavorpill]
2. Hear five amazing true stories at a twilight event by the magical Ladies’ pond [Run Riot]
3. Listen to the amazing Ivan Smagghe at Plastic People [Don’t Panic]
4. See if it is all happening late at the Zoo [Ian Visits]
5. Watch the Olympic Opening Ceremony [Tired of London]
6. Birthday Sex // Trophys // One Man Destruction Show at the Victoria [London in Stereo]
27 Jul 2012
London agenda for 26 July 2012
1. Listen to a ‘hypnotic slice of World War Two audio verite mixed with banjo and electronica’ at the Bull & Gate with Public Service Broadcasting [Le Cool]
2. Watch a ‘masterpiece of early ‘70s Italian genre cinema, the stylish, sexy and enchanting’ Queens of Evil [Run Riot]
3. Launch a literary basecamp for the Olympics at the Book Club [Flavorpill]
4. Hear as Georges Kaplan Presents Live from the ‘Ditch at Zigfrid Von Underbelly [Don’t Panic]
5. ‘See items not normally on display at this 1930s modernist home designed by Erno Goldfinger’ [Ian Visits]
6. Drink at the Cock Tavern [Tired of London]
7. Honeyblood // Carousels // Joyland at the Old Blue Last [London in Stereo]
26 Jul 2012
London agenda for Wednesday 25 July 2012
1. Create a new future, featuring drinks and live music, at Think Act Vote [Run Riot]
2. Listen to ‘the master of liquid sounds Fabio and guests’ at Cable [Don’t Panic]
3. Watch tall ships sail up the Thamas into the Royal borough of Greenwich [Time Out]
4. Chat about climate change scientists of the 19th Century [Ian Visits]
5. Eat at the Seagrass [Tired of London]
6. There is probably no better place to be than the Dalston Roof Park for Eyes, No Eyes [London In Stereo]
25 Jul 2012
London agenda for Tuesday 24 July 2012
1. Hear rackety noise-gazers supergroup Parakeet at White Heat [Le Cool]
2. Listen to a lethal five piece Rasp Thorne and The Briars at the Water Rats [Run Riot]
3. Visit the Arcola Theatre for Micachu And The Shapes [Don’t Panic]
4. Bask in the sudden sunshine on 150 tonnes of sand at Camden Beach [Time Out]
5. Be lectured on the lost trades of Clerkenwell [Ian Visits]
6. Wander in Coldfall Wood [Tired of London]
7. Mazes // Virginia Wing // Apostille at the Sebright Arms [London in Stereo]
24 Jul 2012
London agenda for Monday 23 July 2012
1. Listen to Timba Smits, the man behind lowbrow art magazine Wooden Toy Quarterly [Le Cool]
2. Hear School for Creative Startups founder Doug Richard discuss The Power of Design [Don]t Panic]
3. Some sort of Olympics PR Event to take place by City Hall [Ian Visits]
4. See the Spitalfields Dioramas [Tired of London]
5. If ‘you like megahits and stunning music’, then head to the Lex for Arthur Beatrice [London In Stereo]
23 Jul 2012
London agenda for Friday 20 July 2012
1. View an exhibition of photographs and paintings of Muhammad Ali at different stages of his life along with audio, poetry and memorabilia, recording his contribution to sport and charity through the decades in Hackney Wick [Le Cool]
2. Spend the next 12 hours with Hotel Medea [Run Riot]
3. Warm-up to the he Hoxton Soundgarden with a showcase featuring Two Little Boys, Dirty Nelly, Refuge for the Meeks [Don’t Panic]
4. Listen to Janie Hampton’s meticulous research on the The Austerity Olympics: London 1948 [Ian Visits]
5. Wonder at Lobb’s boots [Tired of London]
20 Jul 2012
London agenda for Wednesday 18 July 2012
1. Spend the night at Stokey’s Birthday for Cerebral Ballzy [Le Cool]
2. Watch a gorgeously restored collection of 1920 London travelogues launched by the wonderful magazine Smoke: A London Peculiar [Run Riot]
3. Inaugurate FarmFestival at the Hoxton Grill with The Boy Least Likely [Don’t Panic]
4. What London has been waiting for: Morris Dancing Along the South Bank [Ian Visits]
5. Do some sport at the Hub [Tired of London]
18 Jul 2012
London agenda for Tuesday 17 July 2012
1. View works by Claire Halifax, Trinidad Ball, Richard Burel and Mike Edwards at Icons [Le Cool]
2. If a crime is committed by someone with a brain tumour or genetic condition, should we hold them responsible for their actions? Plus live music. Cosy Science at the Exmouth Arms [Run Riot]
3. Spend the night after spending the night with Madonna at the BarFM aftershow [Don’t Panic]
4. Watch an interactive show-and-tell with some of the more curious objects that has been uncovered in the storerooms of the Grant Museum [Ian Visits]
5. See the BAPS Mandir Haveli [Tired of London]
17 Jul 2012
London agenda for 16 July 2012
1. Photographer Giles Price exhibits his large-format aerial shots of the Olympic site at E20 12: Under Construction [Le Cool]
2. Launch the BFI’s Christopher Nolan season with The Prestige [Run Riot]
3. Relax to the subtle sounds of Suis La Lune, Veils, We Came Out Like Tigers at the Old Blue Last [Don’t Panic]
4. Bob Wilcock, vice president of the Society of Olympic Collectors, tells the definitive story of the 1908 London Olympic Marathon: the Greatest Race of the Twentieth Century [Ian Visits]
5. Browse Bishopsgate Library [Tired of London]
16 Jul 2012
Snipe Highlights
Some popular articles from past years
- The five best places in London to have an epiphany
- A unique collection of photos of Edwardian Londoners
- Margaret Thatcher statue rejected by public
- Random Interview: Eileen Conn, co-ordinator of Peckham Vision
- London has chosen its mayor, but why can’t it choose its own media?
- Silencing the Brick Lane curry touts could be fatal for the city's self-esteem
- Hope and despair in Woolwich town centre
- Diary of the shy Londoner
- Nice map of London's fruit trees shows you where to pick free food
- Peter Bayley has worked for 50 years as a cinema projectionist in East Finchley
© 2009-2026 Snipe London.