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Live Music
Ronnie Scott's
Soho
·
£££
London's oldest jazz club, velvet booths, two sets a night.
Cafe
Monmouth Coffee Company
Borough
·
£
London's original speciality coffee, since 1978.
Restaurant
Padella Borough Market
Borough Market
·
££
Hand-rolled pasta, no reservations.
Restaurant
Brat x Climpson's Arch
Shoreditch
·
£££
Basque embers, whole turbot, Tuesday-only chops.
Restaurant
St. John
Smithfield
·
£££
Nose-to-tail, white walls, doughnuts at 11pm.
Restaurant
Quo Vadis
Soho
·
£££
Soho institution, sharp suits, sharper Jeremy Lee menu.
Restaurant
Sessions Arts Club
Clerkenwell
·
£££
Hidden Clerkenwell courtroom, candlelit dinner, art on every wall.
Restaurant
Sabor
Mayfair
·
£££
Castilian suckling pig, Nieves Barragán's Spanish masterclass.
Restaurant
manteca
Shoreditch
·
££
House-cured salumi, fresh pasta, alive past midnight.
Restaurant
The Quality Chop House
Farringdon
·
£££
Listed Victorian booths, the chop, the wine list.
Bar
Tayēr + Elementary
Old Street
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£££
Two bars, one purpose: cocktails as serious art.
Restaurant
Andrew Edmunds
Soho
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£££
Candlelit Georgian booths, daily-changing menu, a wine list out of time.
Pub
Marksman
Hackney
·
£££
Victorian boozer below, St. JOHN alums plating brown-butter tart above.
Pub
The French House
Soho
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£££
Seven tables above Soho's Frenchest pub; Neil Borthwick on the pans.
Live Music
Cafe OTO
Dalston
·
££
Bare-bones Dalston room where the world's experimental musicians actually want to play.
Cafe
The Dusty Knuckle Bakery
Dalston
·
££
Social-enterprise bakery making London's most-hyped sandwiches.
Wine Bar
Brawn
Columbia Road
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£££
The natural-wine bistro that taught London small plates.
Wine Bar
40 Maltby Street
Bermondsey
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£££
Natural-wine bar under a Bermondsey railway arch.
Wine Bar
Forza Wine Peckham
Peckham
·
££
Rooftop Italian small plates above Peckhamplex.
Bar
Peckham Levels
Peckham
·
££
Ex-car-park turned food, drink and art hive.
Pub
The Old Nun's Head
Peckham
·
££
Nunhead's queer-loved boozer with a Britney shrine.
Restaurant
Flour & Grape
Bermondsey
·
££
No-bookings pasta worth queuing for.
Restaurant
Pique-Nique
Bermondsey
·
££
Fairy-lit French date-night in a Tudor hut.
Pub
Great Exhibition
Peckham
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££
Peckham's giant beer garden for proper chill vibes.
Pub
The Victoria Inn
Peckham
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££
Your nan's pub, but with a Michelin star chef.
Restaurant
Casse-Croûte
Bermondsey
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££
Authentic French. Expect tiny tables, big flavour.
Restaurant
José
Bermondsey
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££
Spanish tapas so good, you'll fight for a spot.
Bar
The Bar with No Name
Islington
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£££
Low-key name, high-key cocktails. Duh.
Bar
Nine Lives Bar
Bermondsey
·
££
Tropical cocktails, zero BS, maximum vibe.
Culture
Sir John Soane's Museum
Holborn
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Free
An architect's house stuffed floor-to-ceiling with antiquity.
Culture
Dennis Severs' House
Spitalfields
·
££
A candlelit time-cappsule you move through in silence.
Culture
Whitechapel Gallery
Whitechapel
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Free
Free East End gallery that showed Guernica before you were born.
Culture
Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art
Canonbury
·
£
Futurist Italian art in a quiet Georgian townhouse.
Market
Columbia Road Flower Market
Columbia Road
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Free
Sunday-only flower riot, cockney barrow-boy soundtrack.
Market
Netil Market
London Fields
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Free
Broadway Market's cooler, calmer little sibling.
Market
Maltby Street Market
Bermondsey
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Free
Weekend food and drink under the Bermondsey railway arches.
Outdoors
Walthamstow Wetlands, London Wildlife Trust
Walthamstow
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Free
Europe's largest urban wetland, herons, reservoirs, big skies.
Outdoors
Crossbones Graveyard & Garden of Remembrance
Borough
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Free
A volunteer-tended memorial garden on a medieval outcasts' graveyard.
Outdoors
Brockwell Lido
Herne Hill
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£
1937 art-deco open-air pool on the edge of Brockwell Park.
Outdoors
Old Spitalfields Market
Spitalfields
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Free
Spitalfields's own, an outdoor spot the critics keep coming back to.
Wine Bar
Elliot’s - Hackney
London Fields
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££
London Fields's own, a wine bar the critics keep coming back to.
Wine Bar
Bambi
London Fields
·
££
London Fields's own, a wine bar the critics keep coming back to.
Wine Bar
The Natural Philosopher
London Fields
·
££
London Fields's own, a wine bar the critics keep coming back to.
Cafe
Climpson & Sons Café
London Fields
·
££
London Fields's own, a café the critics keep coming back to.
Pub
London Fields Lido
London Fields
·
££
London Fields's own, a pub the critics keep coming back to.
Pub
Chesham Arms
London Fields
·
££
London Fields's own, a pub the critics keep coming back to.
Cafe
E5 Bakehouse
London Fields
·
££
London Fields's own, a café the critics keep coming back to.
Pub
Rogues.
London Fields
·
££
London Fields's own, a pub the critics keep coming back to.
Pub
Buen Ayre
London Fields
·
££
London Fields's own, a pub the critics keep coming back to.
Outdoors
Clissold Park
London Fields
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Free
London Fields's own, an outdoor spot the critics keep coming back to.
Outdoors
Hackney Downs Park
London Fields
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Free
London Fields's own, an outdoor spot the critics keep coming back to.
Outdoors
Victoria Park
London Fields
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Free
London Fields's own, an outdoor spot the critics keep coming back to.
Live Music
The Jago
Dalston
·
£
Grassroots music hub where Passing Clouds never really left.
Bar
Strongroom Venue
Shoreditch
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££
Studio bar with one of Shoreditch's biggest fairy-lit courtyards.
Bar
Night Tales
Hackney
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££
Railway arches, a jungle-lit terrace and a Funktion-One system.
Pub
Howl At The Moon
Hoxton
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££
Big-hearted Victorian local with a famous weekly pub quiz.
Wine Bar
Goodbye Horses
De Beauvoir Town
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££
Beaten-earth floors, 4,000 records and serious natural wine.
Restaurant
Barge East
Hackney Wick
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£££
Seasonal British dining inside a century-old Dutch barge.
Restaurant
Plaquemine Lock
Islington
·
££
New Orleans on the Regent's Canal, with live jazz and gumbo.
Restaurant
Mestizo Mexican Restaurant & Tequila Bar
Euston
·
££
Family-run Mexico City cantina with a huge tequila wall.
Restaurant
The River Café
Hammersmith
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£££
Thames-side Italian benchmark, Michelin-starred since 1997.
Live Music
The Blues Kitchen Camden
Camden
·
££
Live blues and soul nightly, with a bourbon-soaked Sunday brunch.
Wine Bar
Sol's
Bayswater
·
££
Deli by day, low-intervention wine bar by night, near Hyde Park.
Outdoors
Kentish Town City Farm
Kentish Town
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Free
London's first city farm, free, with goats between two railways.
Bar
Frank's Cafe at Bold Tendencies
Peckham
·
££
Summer-only rooftop Negronis on a Peckham car park, since 2009.
Market
Duke of York Square Food Market
Chelsea
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Free
Upscale Saturday fine-food market beside the Saatchi Gallery.
Market
Exmouth Market
Clerkenwell
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Free
Pedestrian indie street with weekday street-food stalls.
Market
Victoria Park Market
Victoria Park
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Free
Sunday food market on the Nightwalk inside Victoria Park.
Culture
Kenwood House
Hampstead
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Free
Free Georgian villa on the Heath with Old Masters on the walls.
Culture
Churchill War Rooms
Westminster
·
£££
The preserved underground bunker where Churchill ran the war.
Restaurant
The Camberwell Arms
Camberwell
·
££
Camberwell's own, a restaurant the critics keep coming back to.
Restaurant
Nandine
Camberwell
·
££
Camberwell's own, a restaurant the critics keep coming back to.
Restaurant
FM Mangal
Camberwell
·
£
Camberwell's own, a restaurant the critics keep coming back to.
Wine Bar
Lady of The Grapes
Camberwell
·
££
Camberwell's own, a wine bar the critics keep coming back to.
Wine Bar
Bar Crispin
Camberwell
·
££
Camberwell's own, a wine bar the critics keep coming back to.
Bar
The Old Dispensary
Camberwell
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££
Camberwell's own, a bar the critics keep coming back to.
Pub
The Sun of Camberwell
Camberwell
·
££
Camberwell's own, a pub the critics keep coming back to.
Culture
South London Gallery
Camberwell
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Free
Camberwell's own, a cultural spot the critics keep coming back to.
Culture
Tate Britain
Camberwell
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Free
Camberwell's own, a cultural spot the critics keep coming back to.
Outdoors
Burgess Park
Camberwell
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Free
Camberwell's own, an outdoor spot the critics keep coming back to.
Outdoors
Brunswick Park
Camberwell
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Free
Camberwell's own, an outdoor spot the critics keep coming back to.
Outdoors
Lucas Gardens
Camberwell
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Free
Camberwell's own, an outdoor spot the critics keep coming back to.
Outdoors
Brockwell Park
Camberwell
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Free
Camberwell's own, an outdoor spot the critics keep coming back to.
Restaurant
Bantof
Soho
·
££
Soho's own, a restaurant the critics keep coming back to.
Restaurant
Scarlett Green
Soho
·
££
Soho's own, a restaurant the critics keep coming back to.
Pop-up
Chat Noir!
The Lost Estate, 9 Beaumont Avenue
·
West Kensington
Ends Sat 19 Sept
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From £95 per person
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Mundo Pixar Experience
Wembley Park
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Wembley
Ends Sun 28 Jun
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From £20
Pop-up
Mundo Pixar Experience
Wembley Park
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Wembley Park
Ends Sun 28 Jun
·
Not specified
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England Pop-Up Shop
15 Carnaby Street
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Carnaby
Ends Fri 3 Jul
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Free
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Big Penny Beach Club
Big Penny Social
·
Walthamstow
Ends Mon 3 Aug
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From Free
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The Shop for Mortals and All Fools
London Bridge (Venue details upon booking)
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London Bridge
Ends Sat 4 Jul
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From £38.00
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Citizens of Soil Olive Oil Bar
Olive Oil Clubhouse
·
Covent Garden
Ends Mon 29 Jun
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Free
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KYOTOGRAPHIE: Kawada Kikuji x Iwane Ai
Japan House London
·
Kensington
Ends Sun 18 Oct
·
See site
Music
Dreamers Circus
Union Chapel
·
Islington
Thu 4 Jun
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6:30 PM
·
Tickets via Ticketmaster
Music
Songs in the Key of Life - 50th Anniversary
Jazz Cafe
·
Camden
Thu 4 Jun
·
7:00 PM
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Tickets via Ticketmaster
Music
The Story So Far
Electric Ballroom
·
Camden
Thu 4 Jun
·
7:00 PM
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Tickets via Ticketmaster
Music
Sofia Isella
Roundhouse
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Chalk Farm
Thu 4 Jun
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7:00 PM
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Tickets via Ticketmaster
Art
RIOPY
Cadogan Hall
·
Chelsea
Thu 4 Jun
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7:30 PM
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Tickets via Ticketmaster
Music
Sister Sledge ft Kathy Sledge
KOKO
·
Camden
Fri 5 Jun
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6:00 PM
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Tickets via Ticketmaster
Music
Jeroboam - Restaurant
Jazz Cafe
·
Camden
Fri 5 Jun
·
6:30 PM
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Tickets via Ticketmaster
Comedy
Comedy At Cadogan Hall with Simon Amstell
Cadogan Hall
·
Chelsea
Fri 5 Jun
·
7:30 PM
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Tickets via Ticketmaster
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London Open Gardens
Across London
·
London
Ends Sun 7 Jun
·
From £24
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Great Exhibition Road Festival
Great Exhibition Road
·
South Kensington
Ends Sun 7 Jun
·
Free
Comedy
Eric Rushton: Innkeeper
Moth Club
·
Hackney
Sat 6 Jun
·
7:00 PM
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Tickets via Ticketmaster
Comedy
Live At the Chapel with David O'Doherty
Union Chapel
·
Islington
Sat 6 Jun
·
7:45 PM
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Tickets via Ticketmaster
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Soul Supper Immersive Dining Experience
Quaglino's
·
Mayfair
Ends Sun 14 Jun
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From £30.74
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Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition
Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House
·
Piccadilly
Ends Wed 29 Jul
·
Not specified
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Taste of London
Regent's Park
·
Regent's Park
Ends Sun 21 Jun
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From £20
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MYNE Supper Club
Ravens Way
·
Various (check dates)
Ends Sat 4 Jul
·
From £38.50
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Kol at Tate Modern
Tate Modern
·
Bankside
Ends Wed 29 Jul
·
Not specified
Art
I'm Grand Mam: Happy Campers
Hackney Empire
·
Hackney
Thu 25 Jun
·
7:30 PM
·
Tickets via Ticketmaster
Pop-up
Disney YuYus Boutique Pop-Up
19 D'Arblay Street
·
Soho
Ends Sun 28 Jun
·
Free (ticketed)
Music
EVERYWHERE AT ONCE: Steve Smith & Vital Information
Ronnie Scott's
·
Soho
Fri 26 Jun
·
6:40 PM
·
Tickets via Ticketmaster
Art
KINKY HISTORY LIVE: THE EGGPLANT TOUR
Union Chapel
·
Islington
Fri 26 Jun
·
7:00 PM
·
Tickets via Ticketmaster
Music
EVERYWHERE AT ONCE: W3 Funk Sessions
Ronnie Scott's
·
Soho
Sun 28 Jun
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8:30 PM
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Tickets via Ticketmaster
Comedy
Live At The Chapel with Sarah Keyworth
Union Chapel
·
Islington
Sat 4 Jul
·
7:45 PM
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Tickets via Ticketmaster
Art
Shanay Holmes - Live In Concert!
Cadogan Hall
·
Chelsea
Sat 11 Jul
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7:30 PM
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Tickets via Ticketmaster
Comedy
Live At the Chapel with Henning Wehn
Union Chapel
·
Islington
Sat 25 Jul
·
7:45 PM
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Tickets via Ticketmaster