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London's most popular Christmas highlights will sell out year after year. Here is what you need to book now to have the best Christmas in town
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Kids
From twisted fairytales to festive musicals: book now for the best Christmas theatre shows London 2023 has to offer
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Dance
Perky street theatre, sky-high dance and reams of free family fun: Greenwich and Docklands International Festival (GDIF) returns to the streets for 2023
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Things to do
From afternoon teas to royal exhibitions and events to bring your neighbourhood together, here's how to spend the coronation of King Charles III
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Immersive
Get ready to pass Go! Beloved board game Monopoly has been transformed into an immersive theatre experience in London
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Things to do
The London summer season is finally here. From open-air cinema to outdoor art, these are the unmissable events to help you make the most of the warm weather
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Opera
It's a musical helter-skelter ride for Lewis Carroll's Alice in Gerald Barry's breakneck opera based on adventures down the rabbit hole
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A bumper year for opera in both city and country houses, concerts marking 250 years of Beethoven's legacy and a chance to catch the biggest names in music today
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Opera
Covent Garden's Christmas show is based on Shaun Tan's enchanting book about a boy who finds a curio on the beach
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Themes
Get ready for Disneyland England. Kent will become home to our very own mega-budget theme park, The London Resort, in 2024
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Opera
Storybook characters come to life in a production that has jokes for adults too
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Classical Music
A fortnight of world-class performances in small-scale venues, featuring music from Bach and Beethoven to Dixieland and Jerome Kern
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Classical Music
Climb down to a subterranean underworld below Tower Bridge for music with a difference
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Classical Music
The best young musicians in the country, heat from Havana and one of the most-loved cello concertos
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Classical Music
When a traveller from another world arrives on Earth, its classical music helps her find her way – and guides her home
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Lifestyle
Sartorial goals for the family: the best dressed mothers and daughters (and some of the sons too)
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Contemporary Music
If you like festivals that offer plenty of zing with a side of zen then head to the wonderland of the Wilderness Festival this summer
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Food
Indulge in B Bakery's traditional afternoon tea on a routemaster bus tour: sightseeing in style
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Cinema
Dan Stevens stars as Charles Dickens in The Man Who Invented Christmas, a festive biopic which follows the author as he works on the Yultide classic, A Christmas Carol
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Kids
Mum’s the word: a heart-warming show about motherhood and its meaning comes to the Camden Fringe
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Kids
Stitch witchery: witness the incredible costumes of Harry Potter at Warner Bros. Studio
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Visual Arts
A nine-year-old and an adult review the thrilling, terrifying Carsten Holler slide: but who was braver?
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Kids
'I love you Miss Hannigan': Miranda Hart makes West End debut in Annie the Musical, London 2017
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Kids
Fly to Neverland at the National Theatre: Sally Cookson brings her subversive take on Peter Pan to London this winter
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Kids
Witchcraft, murder and treason in the murky world of Shakespeare's Macbeth, staged for younger audiences at The National in 2017
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Theatre
It won't rock your world, but Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical version of the hit film is plenty of fun for the kids
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Kids
The third nationwide Fun Palaces 2016 festival celebrates the arts and sciences side by side, inspired by the vision of revolutionary playwright Joan Littlewood
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Kids
Harry Potter and the Philoshopher's Stone comes to the big screen with live orchestral accompaniment at the Royal Albert Hall
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Dining out isn't just for the grown ups: the best London restaurants for kids and families, from cheap and cheerful to the finest of dining
Things To Do
Spending Independence Day in London? We've selected the best events so you can celebrate July Fourth from across the pond
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The glorious, long summer holidays are on the horizon. Keep your family entertained throughout the summer months with best courses and family workshops, from filmmaking to cookery.
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Put Sunday 19th June in your diary and have a perfect day out with Pops with our top film picks and best London events