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London's Hot Five
 
1 Cans Festival images
Cans Festival images
Our pick of the Banksy-curated street art exhibition held in a tunnel under Waterloo Station
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2 King Lear
King Lear
Simon Calder tackles the role of the misguided king in this corking season opener
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3 Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art
Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art
Last chance to get an alien's eye view of modern art
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4 Stag and Dagger
Stag and Dagger
So many acts, so little time. Shoreditch's answer to the Camden Crawl kicks off
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5 Museums at Night Weekend
Museums at Night Weekend
Make like Wallace & Gromit and have after-hours fun at museums across London
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Gay & Lesbian - Tournament of Tease
Cuddly Fred Bear hosts this burlesque extravaganza
Dance - Argentine Tango
Learn this hip-swivelling dance
Theatre - An Alchemy of Flesh
Intriguing suicide play
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Tomorrow  
 
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Clubs - Friday at Stoned Pony
Start the weekend at this new 'ditch venue
Theatre - The Good Soul of Szechuan
Jane Horrocks stars in Brecht's lyrical masterpiece
Clubs - DJ Marky & Friends
Brazil's fave D&B producer hosts his anything-goes party
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Weekend  
 
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Comedy - Fat Tongue
Wickedly twisted sketches
Clubs - Brand New Fiction Warehouse Party
it's techno time! Ewan Pearson headlines
Around Town - James Bond's Mayfair
Visit Bond creator Ian Fleming's old haunts
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  Sun
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Around Town - Get Afloat
Cut-price Thames boat trips
Art - Hans Schabus
Installation of 461 chairs fills the Barbican's Curve Gallery
Museums - The Story of the Supremes
Go retro! Relive the glory days of Diana Ross's iconic girl group
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Restaurants
London's best vegetarian menus
London's best vegetarian menus
Gone are the days when veggies were forced to settle for pasta 'n' pesto. Find out where to graze on the capital's finest meat-free cuisine
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London's top 20 sights
London's top 20 sights
From glimpses of everyday life to world-famous views, London's sights come in a dizzying array of guises. Here's a few of our favourites
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Human Rights Watch theatre offer
Human Rights Watch theatre offer
Time Out has teamed up with Human Rights Watch to bring you an exclusive online discount on theatre tickets for their new production 'Cries From The Heart'
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Competitions
Win a culinary camping trip to France
Win a culinary camping trip to France
Summer is here and if you fancy some civilised alfresco fun why not enter this fab foodie competition. Win a week's camping plus gourmet cookery classes
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Culture Clinic
Culture Clinic
Need a solution to a cultural dilemma? Let our critics plan you a bespoke itinerary, from how to party on a pittance to where to get cut-price theatre tickets
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Free cinema tickets
Shotgun Stories
Shotgun Stories
The lives of three brothers descend into violent chaos when they decide to gatecrash the funeral of their estranged father. A tale of revenge gone wrong played out against the Arkansas plains
Free gig tickets
Dawn Kinnard + Essie Jain
Dawn Kinnard + Essie Jain
Time Out's monthly free music series, On The Up, invites husky Pennsylvania gal Dawn Kinnard to headline the next gig on Thursday May 29. Support comes from New York-based folkstress Essie Jain
Free art exhibition
Origins: Time Out 1968
Origins: Time Out 1968
1968 was a big year. Not only did the peace movement explode in cities across the world, but here in London Tony Elliott published the first edition of Time Out. This show celebrates our place in that era
Shotgun Stories
Dawn Kinnard + Essie Jain
Origins: Time Out 1968
 
Hot tickets
South West Four @ Clapham Common
Book nowSouth West Four @ Clapham Common
Hot Chip @ Brixton Academy
Book nowHot Chip @ Brixton Academy
Bestival Reunion @ Koko
Book nowBestival Reunion @ Koko
Midsummer Nights Dream @ Globe
Book nowMidsummer Nights Dream @ Globe
Hairspray @ Shaftesbury Theatre
Book nowHairspray  @ Shaftesbury Theatre
Alicia Keys @ O2
Book nowAlicia Keys @ O2
Competitions
A two-day trip to a French wine region
Enter hereA two-day trip to a French wine region
A Canon EOS 450D digital camera
Enter hereA Canon EOS 450D digital camera
A five-star holiday to Spain's Cava region
Enter hereA five-star holiday to Spain's Cava region
A portable Sony DVD player
Enter hereA portable Sony DVD player
A Sony Cybershot digital camera
Enter hereA Sony Cybershot digital camera
A Panasonic camcorder
Enter hereA Panasonic camcorder
Overheard Underground
“ I just don't know what it is about me that attracts stalkers”
“This is Moorgate. It's not Margate? That's far away innit?”
“Are you Polish? Or do you come from Europe?”
“ I've started carry around a plastic bag with me... just in case I go shopping”
“He's like Jabba the Hutt, only thinner”
“Don't you find it strange how many people resemble hard-boiled eggs?”
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  Londoners' POLL Last week's RESULTS  
This week we want to know: The mayor has proposed Saturday schools for teens. Is it a good idea? Last week we asked: mediators are being recruited by London Councils to negotiate between different gang members. How else could mediators assist Londoners?
A Yes – Sunday too, please
B No – they're all playing truant anyway
C Send them to boot camp
71%  Negotiate between loud music-loving teens and commuters
20%  Help angry motorists make peace with cyclists
9%  Organise peace camps for Millwall and Crystal Palace
 
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