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How often do you go to museums?

Posted by whenthiswasfields over 2 years ago
Last active about 1 year ago 26 responses

I’m always hearing about the general intellectual meltdown in society these days, so I was wondering how often your well-informed, ice-cream-nostalgic readership manage to go to museums. Not art galleries or anything like that, most people I know have trooped round the Tate Modern a few times more than is goo...

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Where are the latinos?

Posted by whenthiswasfields about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 10 responses

Does anyone know of the places where London’s growning latin population hang out? I am not looking for a cheesey over done salsa joint, just a place to go and hang with latin people and absorb some latin culture. Any ideas? Desperatly Seeking Some Latin

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Lost Girl

Posted by stephalicious about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 16 responses

Does anyone have any suggestions for fun/cultural things for a single girl to do in the evening in london?

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So when is Friday Cities gonna go international?

Posted by Provdes about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 13 responses

Hola peeps. Been a long time. So lots been happening here? I’ve just returned from a short trip to Toronto, and I like that city. I know people say you are missing out on the travelling experiece when you look for signs of home when you are away, but I love those small comforts when i’m away and Toron...

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What are your thoughts about London and terrorism?

Posted by themanwhofellasleep about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 25 responses

If anything has really put London on the map in the last few years, it was the Tube bombings. Our place as a global capital was sealed by 7/7. Obviously, this is not a good thing, but it’s quite interesting the way that it has changed the city – the relations between the public and the police, the way we...

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London - the world's cultural capital?

Posted by flippy about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 1 response

I found this site, having read an article on the evening standard website. While the comments on the ES site seem to disagree, I wonder what other Londoners actually think. I’ve got no frame of reference, cos I’ve only been to Manila recently, and, well, intestines-onna-stick don’t make for cultura...

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Jamie the Saxt

Posted by faith about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 0 responses

Does anyone fancy coming with me to this tonight? Its at the Finborough Theatre in Earls Court- my mate is playing the lead. Tickets are about 12 quid.

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But is it Art?

Posted by Tikki about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 0 responses

The Sultan’s Elephant, Faust in Wapping, Lost Vagueness, Royal Festival Hall, Philippe Genty, Kneehigh’s Coriolanous, Jerry Springer – The Opera All good stuff, and all funded by the Arts Council, so you may want to know that the Arts Council want to know what you think about public funding for...

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Jim Crace discusses The Pesthouse, 24th April

Posted by babybat about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 1 response

Jim Crace in Conversation with Dr Philip Tew at Waterstones, Gower Street, WC1 Tuesday, 24 April 2007, 6:30PM – 8:00PM Free Tickets Available instore The Whitbread award winning author Jim Crace will be discussing the relationship between fiction writers and academic critics with his biographer Dr Phil...

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Have you heard about Lates?

Posted by BraveNewMalden about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 10 responses

A flyer fell out of Saturday’s Guardian about ‘Lates’, a season of after-hours art and culture in London running through May. It features loads of late-night events at some of our top arts venues including the ICA, the V&A, Tates Modern and Britain, the Southbank Centre and more. The one tha...

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More to life than the pub?

Posted by faith about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 10 responses

I am becoming guilty of spending all of my time in the pub and pretty much nothing else at the moment. So, in an attempt to get out of the drinking and wasting time vicious cycle, who fancies doing something cultural/educational with me? I vote for the Imperial War Museum first (its my fave), who is in? I̵...

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John Pilger: Freedom Next Time, 31st May

Posted by babybat about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 6 responses

Don’t miss the opportunity to hear Britain’s renowned broadcaster and journalist, known for exposing deception and improving human rights. John Pilger will be talking about his latest book Freedom Next Time as well as answering questions and signing books. There will also be a screening of his latest fil...

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Socrates Cafe at Waterstones, 4th June

Posted by babybat about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 0 responses

Noted philosopher Christopher Phillips brings his hugely successful Socrates Cafe to Waterstone’s Gower St. He will be discussing his new book ‘Socrates in Love’ and answering questions on all things Socratic. Refreshments will be provided. 3rd Floor, Waterstone’s Gower St, WC1E 6EQ Free Tick...

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Roger Scruton: Culture Counts 28th June

Posted by babybat about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 2 responses

What is culture? Why should we preserve it, and how? In this event renowned philosopher Roger Scruton will be discussing his new book ‘Culture Counts’ which defends Western culture against its internal critics and external enemies, and argues that rumours of its death are seriously exaggerated. Refreshments will be ...

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Kiran Desai signing at Waterstones

Posted by babybat about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 1 response

Booker Prize-winning author Kiran Desai will be signing her novel The Inheritance of Loss at Waterstones, on Gower Street, at 1pm on the 6th June. This is a free event, and everyone is welcome!

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Anyone going to / been to Shakespeare in the park?

Posted by Morals about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 0 responses

I’m going to watch A Midsummer Night’s Dream on Saturday – anyone seen it yet or planning to see it? Obviously to balance out all that culture I’ll be heading to The Intrepid Fox afterwards for a few pints of lager and a fight….

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Garth Cartwright discusses Balkan music

Posted by babybat about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 1 response

Garth Cartwright, the music writer and Songlines magazine contributor will be discussing Balkan music and signing copies of his new book ‘Princes Amongst Men: Journeys with Gypsy Musicians’. Part travelogue, part discography, and a wonderful history of the Balkan musical culture, this promises to be a really intere...

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An Evening of Decadence

Posted by babybat about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 1 response

Come and help us celebrate the paperback launch of the Decadent Handbook with speakers Rowan Pelling, Maria Alvarez, Durian Gray, Sebastian Horsley and Hari Kunzru. Refreshments provided, tickets £2 redeemable against purchase. At Waterstones Gower Street on Tuesday 18th September, from 6.30pm-8pm Further details: 0...

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BAD SCIENCE, HEADJAM, DJ MULLY, SCHEME BOY, QUEENS ENGLISH

Posted by MrHovis about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 10 responses

{friday, 7th dec} – needleandthreads big-ass chrimbo shindiggery.. @Jamm Bar, 261 Brixton Road.. 8pm till 4am, £6/£5 NUS, or £4 before 9pm! Room One.. the mighty BAD SCIENCE are headlining this festive knees up, and will be bringing their usual dance-floor wrecking dubfunk-skahop-ery, frontman DISRAELI&#...

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Livesey Museum Closing

Posted by savannah
Took place 17:00 on 29th Feb at Livesey Museum for Children
0 people attending, 7 responses

Southwark Council is planning to close the Livesey Museum tomorrow, 29 Feb, only nine days after voting to do so. I don’t live in the area so I only found out today, but this is really cultural vandalism of the worst kind. The place has consistantly come up with engaging, child-friendly exhibitions for years o...

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