Things to do in London for December
We round up the best London things to do in December, featuring fine dining, world-class art exhibitions and hot ticket theatre
Londrino restaurant, Southwark
Portuguese food seen through a London lens: top pop-up chef Leandro Carreira goes permanent
Read more ...ABBA: Super Troupers exhibition, Southbank Centre
Return to the smokey dance halls of the seventies at Southbank’s immersive ABBA exhibition
Read more ...Matthew Bourne's Cinderella, Sadler's Wells
Matthew Bourne’s take on the much-loved story of Cinderella takes over Sadler’s Wells for the Christmas season
Read more ...Birmingham Royal Ballet, The Nutcracker, Royal Albert Hall
Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without a Nutcracker or three… This year, London sees a brand new production from Birmingham Royal Ballet at the Royal Albert Hall
Read more ...Harry's Dolci Restaurant, London
Harry's Dolci brings the glamour of 50s/60s Italy to Knightsbridge and a wickedly abundant dessert menu. It's the latest sibling in the Ivy, Caprice et al family
Read more ...A Christmas Carol Immersive Event
Three ghosts have come to visit... A Christmas feast and a heart-warming story await you in this immersive Christmas Carol
Read more ...Skate at Somerset House
Festive cheer with a touch of elegance: Skate at Somerset House
Read more ...Handel's Messiah by Candlelight, Royal Festival Hall
Players and singers in 18th-century attire bring to life the London-based world of composer Handel
Read more ...Modigliani: Tate Modern Exhibition
Why the long face? Book now for the autumn 2017 Tate Modigliani exhibition
Read more ...Southam Street restaurant, Notting Hill
Denney and Luca Longobardi (the money man) are expanding. The chef-owner duo are opening a three storey Victorian pub, also in Notting Hill. Downstairs, a Japanese robata grill, upstairs, a raw bar overseen by a Japanese sushi master - and the second floor will be a Champagne bar. Better and better
Read more ...Harry Potter exhibition: The History of Magic, British Library London 2017
Twenty years after Harry joined Hogwarts, JK Rowling's wizarding world takes over the British Library for a magical Harry Potter exhibition. Get ready to book
Read more ...Cézanne Portraits exhibition review, National Portrait Gallery ★★★★★
The beauty of this monumental exhibition lies in its simplicity and its thematic focus on a lesser known facet of Cézanne's oeuvre
Read more ...Basquiat, Barbican Centre
Back in the ‘80s, New York’s contemporary art scene was dominated by Minimalism. White walls, white people drinking white wine. Over in Brooklyn, though, there was a young artist who was about to blow it wide open.
Jean-Michel Basquiat gets his long overdue UK retrospective at the Barbican