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Barts speakeasy's Dark Arts Society evening with The Deceptionist

Learning some new tricks on a magic night out

An evening at Barts speakeasy bar in Chelsea with the Dark Arts Society and The Deceptionist learning a few magic tricks…

Byron Wallen with Homo Sonoriotus 12 July, Print Room Summer Concerts

Byron Wallen shells out some Jazz at The Print Room

Byron Wallen played some innovative jazz at The Print Room as part of their series of Summer concerts…

Come inside the Theatre Brothel and get a little bit of what you fancy

Greyscale presents the Theatre Brothel, a different way to experience performance, at the Almeida Theatre in London until 16th July…

Laura Mugridge, Running on Air - Camden People’s Theatre

Campervan charm with Laura Mugridge

Laura Mugridge’s show Running on Air about her adventures in a campervan is an adventure in itself…

East London guerilla opera

The Wedding Collective presents East London guerilla opera The Secret Consul on until 16th July 2011…

Marawa the Amazing at Jacksons Lane's Postcards Festival

Postcards from the edgy

Postcards Late Night Cabaret at Jacksons Lane in North London was a vibrant mixture of circus, music, comedy and cabaret…

Being made to feel at home in 19 Princelet Street

A trip to 19 Princelet Street taught me more than our history of immigration and diversity…

International Alternative Press Festival, Conway Hall, London

It’s intensely comic at two-day alternative press fair

International Alternative Press Festival in London celebrates self-publishers of comics and ‘zines from around the world…

The Leisure Society, Union Chapel, Islington

Lounging with The Leisure Society

Review of The Leisure Society at the Union Chapel with support from Sarabeth Tucek on 10th May…

Eyes on the stars

Eyes on the stars – Space as inspiration was a free event organised by the Royal Society in partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company…

Seven Stars pub, Carey St in London

Thirsty Work: Seven Stars in London

The Seven Stars located near the Royal Courts of Justice is a small and uniquely decorated pub…

King of Tuzla, Arnold Jansen op de Haar - Holland Park Press

It’s a lonely life for the King of Tuzla

Arnold Jansen op de Haar’s King of Tuzla follows loner Tijmen as he travels into Bosnia with the UN. Interspersed with tales from civilians caught up in the conflict, this is a realistic and personal tale of the effect of war…

Strindberg's Apartment, New Diorama Theatre

A mixed night out in Strindberg’s Apartment

Strindberg’s Apartment is a new adaptation by Simon Reade on until 26th February 2011 at the New Diorama Theatre…

The Overcoat, Brockley Jack Theatre

Going Gogol over a coat

The Overcoat is a play adapted by Howard Colyer from a short story by Nikolai Gogol and is on until the 29th January at the Brockley Jack Theatre…

Tastes of Lincolnshire Christmas Food and Drink Fair

Licking our lips in Lincolnshire

The Tastes of Lincolnshire Christmas Food and Drink Fair had over a 100 stallholders offering a variety of local produce…

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Curiosity of the Week

Visit a Venetian Waterway in Norfolk
Great Yarmouth Venetian Waterway - photo: Gary Philo

Our latest Curiosity of the Week is a Venetian style waterway in the seaside resort of Great Yarmouth…

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Unique light display in Cornwall
Mousehole Harbour Lights

Head to the Cornish fishing village of Mousehole this winter, for their unique annual Christmas lights display…

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