October,2011
Exhibition: The First Actresses
The National Portrait Gallery‘s current exhibition The First Actresses: Nell Gwynn to Sarah Siddons explores art and theatre in eighteenth-century England, bringing together over 50 portraits of the most famous and notorious actresses of the time [...]
Acclaimed Nigerian artist Seun Kuti in London this Friday
MOBO nominated Nigerian artist Seun Kuti brings his 14-piece band Egypt 80 to 229 The Venue this Friday 4 November. The youngest son of legendary Afrobeat musician Fela Kuti, Seun started as a backing singer for [...]
Après-ski on the Thames
The combination of a sunny spot overlooking the river and lots of space to sit outdoors absorbing the striking cross-Thames views has helped Cantina Del Ponte gain its reputation as one of London’s classiest Italian restaurants, [...]
Ladyhawke plays the 100 Club
Ladyhawke will play an intimate gig at the 100 Club on Tuesday 15 November, performing tracks from her 2008 self-titled debut album and showcasing material from her forthcoming follow up. Charlatans front man, Tim Burgess, with [...]
Ben’s Canteen brings eBay to life in Battersea
Scout London favourite Ben’s Canteen is holding its inaugural Canteen Clothes Swap tomorrow evening from 19.00. Ben’s Canteen, as we previously reported, is a new café/deli/bar/restaurant that opened in Battersea earlier this year. Liberal with discounts, [...]
Attention cyclists: free bike lights being handed out tonight
Winter reared its ugly head around 16.30 yesterday afternoon, as the end of British Summer Time means that London is plunged into darkness a wee bit earlier than is acceptable to humankind. This means that it [...]
Anatomy of a London band: The The
The The is a true London band created by Matt Johnson in 1977, the ever present of its line-up. As well as making music, Johnson was a founder member of the Save Shoreditch committee, which fights [...]
Wildlife Photographer of the Year returns to the Natural History Museum
The ever-popular Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition is now showing at the Natural History Museum and will be open daily until 11 March 2012. This year’s show is the culmination of a competition that saw [...]
Friday Late: The Postmodern Look tonight at V&A
V&A‘s hugely successful and critically acclaimed major exhibition, Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970-1990, gets a late night viewing session from 18.45 this evening. The exhibition itself covers the influence of the movement on architecture in the [...]
London Jazz Festival
It’s just two weeks to go until London Jazz Festival (LJF), and tickets are already selling out for many of the events. LJF runs from Friday 11 to Sunday 20 November at venues across the city [...]
Trade’s 21st Birthday
The pioneering after hours club night, Trade, celebrates 21 years this Saturday. The brainchild of Laurence Malice and Tim Stabler, Trade distinguished itself from other club nights in London by opening after they closed. It would [...]
Scout London’s Seven Sinister Days of Halloween: A Danse Macabre
Halloween in London doesn’t have to be about dressing down to imitate the undead: tonight there’s a chance to dress up and have a ball, a vintage ball to be precise. Describing itself as ‘a baroque [...]
