Seven bespoke walking itineraries designed to get the most out of the capital’s streets
This year's special exhibition at the annual summer opening of the 19 State Rooms is found in the Ballroom, which is set up for a State Banquet. A grand table is laid with silver-gilt service, ornate porcelain and lavish flower arrangements,...
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As ‘The Wizard of Oz’ opens on stage at the Royal Festival Hall, Time Out hears about the Dorothy-themed acts...
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Time Out crawls round the strawberry beds of the UK's largest pick-your-own farms
Explore the oldest City park (dating from 1606), a rooftop garden, hidden courtyards and fountains on this walk that includes restricted areas and a 'wormhole' route across the City in elevated tunnel passageways. Meet by Boots outside station.
The restaurant and courtyard of this elegant Chelsea eaterie are decorated in 1950s style every Wednesday for classic film screenings. Sun loungers, striped parasols and staff in black-and-white uniforms channel the Hollywood of yesteryear, and...
Entertaining, anecdotal tours conducted by Blue Badge guides during the summer recess of parliament run every fifteen minutes. Starting at Victoria Tower, they take in the Queen's Robing Room, the Royal Gallery, the Prince's Chamber, the Chamber...
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The low-down on the capital's small indie museums that celebrate the obscure and the eccentric
The written word is a subtle, endlessly nuanced way to communicate – but photographs can bypass the brain and...
David Jenkins packs his picnic rug, sarnies and brolly and looks ahead to this summer’s alfresco film screenings in...
Free events to accompany Southbank Centre's production of 'The Wizard of Oz': every Friday and Saturday, contemporary singers showcasing styles from jazz to musical theatre perform sets inspired by the music of Harold Arlen, who composed songs...
Forget the V&A, it's time to celebrate the lesser-known gems tucked away in every corner of the capital
The potters' collective celebrates its thirtieth anniversary by taking up to 50 per cent off a wide range of pieces, and staging live demonstrations of the craft throughout the weekend.
Two-month festival of...
Weekly exploration of Hampstead with author Adam Daly.
Two-hour tour of historic gardens and churchyards in the City, led by a City of London Guide.
This series of peripheral events to the Battle of Ideas weekend (which takes place Nov 1-2) are brought to you with Time Out. This week, in 'Who Gives a Folk?', the new wave of folk-fusion music (nu-folk, twisted folk, twindie, apparently) and...
This workshop demonstrates how to best capture outdoor scenes and subjects around Central London. Booking essential.
A season of outdoor concerts in the elegant environs of Kenwood House in Hampstead and Audley End House in Saffron Walden, Essex. The programme for each venue follows. Kenwood House: Michael Ball and Leslie Garrett (Aug 2), Diana Krall (Aug 9),...
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Now in its eleventh year, this festival of music, comedy and theatre takes place at Merton Abbey Mills, SW19. Highlights include free jazz concerts, open-air theatre, a blues festival and Kidsfest, which celebrates the Olympics handover to...
Two-month festival of...
A series of concerts, literature events, exhibitions, films, architecture walks and talks. Highlights include family singing at the Museum of London in Songs of the City (Aug 10) and a celebration of the Olympic torch handover on the steps of St...
Flying at approximately 300 metres and at around 30mph, the Zeppelin NT helium-filled airship offers a new perspective on the city – weather permitting. Embarking involves a comically quaint system of 'one on, one off' to ensure the Zep remains...
Conservationists from Thames 21 cast their nets into the river to demonstrate the diverse wildlife living there. Take a picnic and take part in art, craft and sculpture workshops using found materials.
Early risers can join in with these weekly Fight Club classes teaching the moves made famous in the film, with free-standing training bags to knock about. Turn up to on-site health club 37°, register and take part in one-hour classes suitable...
An outdoor festival of music and comedy. Highlights include Jenny Eclair (July 13), Bill Bailey (July 22) and Hayley Westenra (July 27). There's also lunchtime jazz and family-focused weekend events with Polka Theatre and others. For details...
Check out our pictures of Cans Festival, the Banksy-curated guerilla street art exhibition held in a tunnel under...
Two walks led by Brenda Cole of Daisy Walks and Tours: 'London and the Anti-slavery movement' (Sun 11.15am, meet Exit 1 of Bank tube); 'Cut, Cover and Tunnel: London's Underground' (Sun 2.45pm, meet Farringdon tube). No need to book.
Film locations are brought to life on these walks which reveal where scenes from films including 'Four Weddings and a Funeral', 'Bridget Jones's Diary' and the Harry Potter and James Bond series were shot. Booking essential.
See photo gallery If you were too busy enjoying the rare phenomenon of sunshine on a bank holiday weekend to make it...
Props, costumes and monsters from the BBC series go on display at Earls Court from Thursday, alongside...
Pictures of the late Sex Pistols bass player by punk photographers from the late 1970s, accompanied by extracts from upcoming film 'Who Killed Nancy?'
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A tour of the establishment buildings of Piccadilly, St James's and Whitehall, designed by some of London's most celebrated architects. The route takes in the newly master-planned Trafalgar Square, the 1980s Channel 4 headquarters, the...
The Southwark connections of the literary twosome. Meet at Fish Street Hill exit of station.
Founded in 1841 by Victorian writer and historian Thomas Carlyle, the library boasts a distinguished list of members and patrons that includes Thackeray, Dickens, Tennyson, Kipling, Eliots George and TS and current president Tom Stoppard. The...
Sandra Shevey leads this walk taking in locations from Hitchcock's films and contextualising with storyboards and period photos. The walks are held throughout the year and booking is essential: sandra_shevey@yahoo.com.
Those of us who remember the last visit of Tut 35 years ago will find him little changed. The presentation though, is...
Showcase for 600 cars including classic models, sports cars and environmentally friendly electric cars, plus stunt shows in the live action arena, kids' entertainment and a display of boats in the dock. The Motor Show music festival features...
This traditional-style summer fête run by the people behind Innocent Smoothies includes home-made cake stands, welly throwing, duck herding, tug-o-war, a coconut shy, fruit and veg competitions and morris dancing. There'll also be a fancy dress...
Eight themed walks around the borough, on themes including Barnet ghosts and local pubs.
Malaysian culture shows including dance and fashion, demonstrations of crafts such as batik and carving, a market, travel fair and art bazaar.
Twice-weekly walk looking at the first 1,000 years in the area's history, with Clerkenwell & Islington Guides Association.
This Capital Explorer walk examines the countercultural Soho of the '50s, including the Battle of Frith Street, as well as demonic Dr Crippen's dental surgery. Meet at Exit 1.
Weekly walks providing guided tours of six to ten current exhibitions showing at the many galleries in the area. Saturday's walk starts at Contemporary Art Projects, 20 Rivington Street, EC2; Sunday's meeting point is VINEspace, 25a Vyner Street,...
In the first major public museum display of street art in London, the river facade of Tate Modern is showcasing works by international artists Blu, Faile, JR, Nunca and Os Gemeos.
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