The Metropolis

London agenda for Thursday 9 June

Darren Atwater | Thursday 9 June, 2011 10:52

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1. Check out BBC’s Concert Orchestra tackling an Aphex Twin number and an ode to Joseph Beuys presented by Jarvis Cocker at Electronica III [Le Cool]

2. Settle in for an evening of telly—live!—with Margaret Cabourn-Smith & Zoe Gardner presenting Thick of It star Justin Edwards, stand-up Danielle Ward and sketch trio The Trap at King’s Place [Run Riot]

3. See what the kids are drawing at the University of Arts Summer Show

4. Hear historian Philip Davies explain how Victorian London was transformed in to a great Imperial capital before the devastation of wartime bombing altered it forever at Lost London [Ian Visits]

5. Celebrate Dickens Day [Tired of London]

6. Go up on top of the Dalston Roof park and listen to The See Hear Club [John Rogers]

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