London agenda for Wednesday 16 May 2012
1. Watch the long anticipated documentary on NY Times society photographer Bill Cunningham [Le Cool]
2. Hear the amazing Niki & The Dove and Elliphant at XOYO [Run Riot]
3. Listen to Blackpool’s Karima Francis at Hoxton Hall [Don’t Panic]
4. Get some Hackney history in context at Hackney’s oldest tower [Ian Visits]
5. Eat at the Roundwood Park Cafe [Tired of London]
16 May 2012
London agenda for Tuesday 15 May 2012
1. Does anyone have thinner skin than a journalist? Then this night of journos-turned-stand-up-comedians could be hilarious and painful. Bright Lights: Journalism [Run Riot]
2. Watch Kid ‘n Play’s House Party followed by some of the best 90s Hip Hop, RnB and New Jack Swing at Wax On Wax Off [Don’t Panic]
3. Listen to a lecture on the new Thames sewer [Ian Visits]
4. Admire the Canada Gate [Tired of London]
15 May 2012
London agenda for Thursday 10 May 2012
1. Watch live music, screenings, promos, animation, quizzes and DJs at the Book Club for Screen Social [Le Cool]
2. Catch up on the work of contemporary Skull Artist Lauren Baker [Run Riot]
3. Hear the artist who created one of the ‘best albums ever to come out of the Netherlands’, rapper Pete Philly [Don’t Panic]
4. Eat some free Ben & Jerry’s ice cream in Golden Square [Time Out] (Until 2pm)
5. Listen to a talk that includes teabags dropped over Holland during the Second World War, the first airmail stamp, and more at Aeronautica [Ian Visits]
6. Visit the Rookery in Streatham [Tired of London]
10 May 2012
London agenda for Wednesday 9 May 2012
1. View a series of images both shocking and natural at Young British Naturists [Le Cool]
2. Watch the undead dance at Daniel Linehan Zombie Aporia [Run Riot]
3. Hear Brooklyn’s Friends at Scala [Don’t Panic] (Here’s an old Snipe Like)
4. Ask what has London wildlife ever done for us? [Ian Visits]
5. Book a London at Dawn Photography Tour [Tired of Life]
09 May 2012
London agenda for Tuesday 8 May 2012
1. View the work of 400 participants who created the Great Wall of Vagina [Le Cool]
2. Listen to the experience of Yacht [Run Riot]
3. Watch some French old wave with Le Quai des Brumes at the Curzon [Don’t Panic]
4. Have a quick seminar on the Origin of Structure in the Universe [Ian Visits]
5. Lunch in St George’s Gardens [Tired of London]
08 May 2012
London agenda for Friday 4 May 2012
1. Be at the only place to be this weekend – The Land of Kings Festival [Le Cool]
2. Watch the fantastic End End Cabaret recreate a dark, sexy, and humorous sit down cabaret event on the glamorous 1918 ship HMS President at Torture Garden HMS Kabaret [Run Riot]
3. As one can’t stop the rise in intelligence in birds, then one may as well dance at The Trilogy [Don’t Panic]
4. Meet the bees. Then master them. On top of Fortnum & Mason’s [Ian Visits]
5. See the birds of Roundwood Park Aviary [Tired of London]
04 May 2012
London agenda for Thursday 3 May 2012
1. Watch the 20th century unfold as it happens at the London Archive Film Festival [Le Cool]
2. Watch ‘one of the world’s first IT-contractor-step-parenting-shadow-musicals featuring a live band, animation and songs about supermarkets, steamy beverages and shifty commuters’ at The Adventures of Thunder and Coal [Run Riot]
3. Enter your own social dreaming matrix via Jungian experts Helen Morgan and Penny Pickle at Salon [Flavorpill]
4. Discuss arguably Britain’s first and only example of a ‘black power’ movie with curator and writer David Dibosa at Death May Be Your Santa Claus [Don’t Panic]
5. Learn 10 ways to win a maths bet in the pub [Ian Visits]
6. And listen to Tired of London Vote
03 May 2012
London agend a for 2 May 2012
1. Gin and tantric sex with Angel Shakti [Le Cool]
2. Celebrate one year of Printout with a panel of publishing experts sharing memories of their favourite dead magazines [Run RIot]
3. Visit the intersection of progressive folk and psychedelic rock with Arbouretum and Hush Arbors [Don’t Panic]
4. Remember the War of 1812 and how right-think people burned down the White House [Ian Visits]
5. Wander in Kensal Green Cemetery [Tired of London]
02 May 2012
London agenda for Tuesday 1 May 2012
1. Watch Brit comedian Tom Basden and American short story writers Jarred McGinnis and Sam Taradash join Rich Fulcher, Nikesh Shukla and Craig Taylor for an evening of cross-ponding comedy at The Special Relationship [Le Cool]
2. Have an unhappy birthday with Amy Lame [Run Riot] Plus an exhibition of rare Smiths and Morrissey photos by Tom Sheehan
3. Watch a ‘town hall meeting and a radio broadcast, a public protest and the news of your world’ at Make Better Please [Don’t Panic]
4. Nanananananana na na Bat Walk! [Ian Visits]
5. Watch the Islington Milkmaids Garland [Tired of London]
01 May 2012
London agenda for Monday 30 April 2012
1. Listen to directors Mathew Charles & Juan Passarelli and The Economist‘s International Editor Edward Lucas discuss Belarus president Aleksander Lukashenko, Europe’s last dictator [Le Cool]
2. Be positive with comedian Tony Hawkes [Run RIot]
3. In the only borough without a cinema, watch the New Cross & Deptford Free Film Festival [Flavorpill]
4. Hear comedian Barry Cryer rehabilitate Fatty Arbuckle’s reputation and watch some banned films [Ian Visits]
5. Visit the Guards Chapel [Tired of London]
30 Apr 2012
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