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  • Time Out First Thursdays

    Art

    Until Thu Dec 4, Galleries in East London

    Late night openings and events in galleries and museums in east London, taking place on the first Thursday of each month. See www.firstthursdays.co.uk for...

  • Christmas Champions

    Music

    Thu Dec 4, Cecil Sharp House

    The award-winning contemporary songwriter and champion of English music Chris Wood teams up with storyteller Hugh Lupton to present this unique, festive show...

  • Festive Fair

    Museums & Attractions

    Thu Dec 4, Museum of London

    Sale of ceramics, glass, textiles, bags, badges and stationary, plus live Klezmer music and advent carols and an opportunity to make your own decorations and...

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This week

  • Regent Street VIP Day

    Around Town

    Sat Dec 6, Regent St

    That's Very Important Pedestrian – the street will be closed to traffic between 10am and 6pm. Many shops, including Quicksilver, Burberry and Banana...

  • Twelfth Night

    New

    Theatre

    Dec 5-Mar 7 2009, Wyndham's Theatre

    Apparently Derek Jacobi has had a long-standing ambition to don the trademark yellow stockings (cross-gartered) and play Malvolio

  • Christmas Food and Flower Fair

    FREE

    Around Town

    Sun Dec 7, Spitalfields City Farm

    A chance to meet members of the Tower Hamlets Food Link, find out what growing spaces are available at the farm and learn more about local food issues....

  • 12 Days of T Bar

    FREE

    Clubs

    Until Sun Dec 14, T Bar

    As it says on the tin, T Bar present 12 days of their integral free parties before, sadly, shutting those doors (sob)

  • Choir of the Year 2008

    Classical

    Sun Dec 7, Royal Festival Hall

    The culmination of BBC Radio 3's national search to find the best amateur choir in the UK. Winners from the children, youth, adult and open categories...

  • Lucha Libre London

    Alternative Nightlife

    Dec 6-9, The Roundhouse

    Mexico's finest are back! Following a scorchio season in July, the best luchadores Mexico has to offer don their masks and return to the Roundhouse.

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New site for bus nerds

Check out this new site , which plots any route you want on Google Maps. Very handy for those of us who have, in a moment of madness, elected to catch every bus in London in numerical order. As...
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