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With the Affordable Art Fair Battersea 2018 edition now open, we offer our top tips for starting an art collection with the help of Fair Director Luci Noel
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Gigs
Britain's longest running rock group keep on rolling with their first UK tour in 12 years
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Podcast
Lie back, close your eyes and listen: best podcasts to entertain and enlighten over commutes, long journeys or inky evenings
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Design
The opening of the Serpentine Pavilion marks the beginning of summer; here's what's in store for the Serpentine's glamorous summer season
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Visual Arts
Pace Gallery London to show Jean Dubuffet's Theatres of memory paintings in the first exhibition dedicated to the series in three decades
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Visual Arts
Walk through a career and a life story: It's time to celebrate one of the most radical abstract sculptors of our time
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Theatre
Kevin McNally steals the show as the ill-fated King Lear in Nancy Heckler's new production of the Shakespearean tragedy
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Visual Arts
From time to time — an exhibition of new works by Milan-based French artist Nathalie du Pasquier — extends its run at Burlington Arcade's Pace Gallery
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Looking for the perfect soundtrack for your summer? We round up the best music festivals in and around London
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Musicals, modern classics, new writing and outdoor Shakespeare: the London theatre shows to see this August
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Theatre
The French Revolution is brought to life in this crude, clunky Open Air Theatre adaptation of Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities
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Books
Revive your reading list and arm yourself for the holidays with our selection of the 12 best new books to devour this summer
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Feminist theatre, a-list letter reading and a multi-sensory gin-soaked adventure: this summer is full of surprises. Here’s where to go and what to do in London this July
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Fashion
Favotell’s most luxurious event of the year hits Mayfair in late July with the Fashion Feast
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Sienna Miller, Olivia Coleman, Billie Piper and the team behind Fleabag bring girl power and star status to the London stage this July
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Game of Thrones is returning! And if dragons and witches aren't for you, there's some other important shows to get excited about this summer
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Visual Arts
Discover another side to celebrity portraitist John Singer Sargent in a new exhibition showcasing his watercolours at Dulwich Picture Gallery
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Shopping
To coincide with the opening of Somerset House's Perfume exhibition, here are the very best perfumes inspired by London
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Theatre
The annual Open Air Theatre musical has all the joy of a crew of sailors unleashed on the city for one night only: On The Town, London 2017
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Not sure what to watch right now? Here are our June TV highlights, from the return of Poldark to the brand new Orange is the New Black
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Things to do in London this month: nosy around the Prime Minister’s back garden, enjoy a melting-pot music festival, concoct your signature scent and much more
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A cult kooky comedy, an examination of post-truth tabloid press, a topical new musical and much more: June's new theatre brings variety & relevance
Interview
'No,
women aren't getting more difficult, women are difficult!' – fashion designer Vanessa Bruno tells us what she likes about dressing London women
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Classic stories re-imagined, a Star Wars star on stage, bold new fringe shows and an outdoor musical are lighting up London theatres this May
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Unity, the centenary of the Russian Revolution, and religious works come with ways to get up close and personal to the music
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Things to do
Glorious Mozart and stirring Verdi are served with smoked salmon and a big helping of ingenuity when the evenings lighten and the opera scene heads for the great outdoors
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Visual Arts
A baobab by way of Berlin... 2017 pavilion Serpentine design has us sitting in a tree
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Kids
From the workhouse, to the streets of London, to the open air stage: Oliver Twist is brought to life in new family stage show at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
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Kids
Action, atmosphere and an elephant puppet balance a sad, slightly heavy-handed story of survival: Running Wild returns to London in March 2017 for its UK tour
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Things to do
Take advantage of ripe summer apricots with this bright gluten free tart recipe by CW's resident foodie
Features
August is the month in which tables at some of London's smartest restaurants can be had. We offer our best tips on where and how to do so
Things To Do
There's a wealth of things to do in London parks. 2016 promises proms, picnic spots and parties in the royal parks and green spaces in the city