Summer

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Things to do 

The London summer season is finally here. From open-air cinema to music festivals, these are the unmissable events to help you make the most of the warm weather

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Netflix 

From the latest Liane Moriarty adaptation, Nine Perfect Strangers, starring Nicole Kidman, to Joseph Gordon-Levitt's return in Mr. Corman, here are five of the best TV shows coming in August

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Kids 

Many of London's parks and squares have exciting fountains, paddling pools and water features – that kids can dip their feet into or run through with abandon…

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Food & Drink 

Vast and spacious, these are London's best pub gardens boasting plenty of green space, secluded booths and stellar menus

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Classical Music 

New-look Proms announces a final fortnight of live music-making – including a healing Last Night of the Proms

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Kids 

Summer is full of fun and frolics for kids. Keep them safe outdoors with a fab sunscreen they won't mind you applying.

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TV 

In the final episodes of I May Destroy You, Michaela Coel examines a mind-bending, torturous journey into empathy, understanding, and acceptance

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TV 

Arabella (Michaela Coel) continues to struggle with her second work, but finds communal solace in her support group. Terry (Weruche Opia), on the other hand, is sceptical

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TV 

Based on Eleanor Catton's Booker-winning novel, The Luminaries is an endlessly confusing murder-mystery wrapped in gold nuggets and zodiac signs. Eva Green stars

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West End Live, the free festival showcasing the best of musical theatre, goes online with an all singing, all dancing virtual offering

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TV 

Based around the Salisbury Novichok attacks on Sergei and Yulia Skripal in 2018, this three-part BBC drama follows the efforts by Tracy Daszkiewicz (Anne-Marie Duff) to contain the poison

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TV 

Episodes 3 and 4 of Michaela Coel's BBC series plunges into the sticky issues of consent, drugs, and period sex

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TV 

In this new BBC drama from Michaela Coel, I May Destroy You follows the carefree life of Londoner Arabella (Coel), who pieces together the traumatic night before

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Lifestyle 

Enjoy all the best marine-inspired buys – so you can get that feeling of being beach-side – all without flouting the social distancing rules

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Immersive 

Dragons and Mythical Beasts is an interactive children's show that brings the most amazing creatures to life for the kids thanks to spectacular puppetry

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Kids 

Cirque du Soleil's Corteo is.a celestial celebration of life, as performers float on chandeliers and trampoline across beds. Bring the kids.

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Opera 

Poulenc's heart-breaking opera is staged for the first time ever at Glyndebourne, with Danielle de Niese as a young aristocratic who makes a courageous choice

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Netflix 

From the dark, psychopathic pleasures of Joe Penhall's Mindhunter to the puppet-fighting fantasies of The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, Netflix in August is filled with adventure

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Shopping 

Wide-brimmed, bucket, visor or headband - what's your summer style?

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Things to do 

Looking for London parks where you can barbecue? Have no fear – we’ve rounded up all the spots where you can sizzle all summer long

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Kids 

Some like it hot - kids do not. Here are the best water slides and water parks you can find in London and beyond

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Kids 

School's out for summer: keep children entertained with our round up of the best London has to offer throughout the 2019 summer holidays

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Theatre 

Dominic Hill's A Midsummer Night's Dream at Regent's Park is dark, hilarious and open air theatre at its very best

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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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Beauty 

Fleur de Sel or SALT!

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Exclusive 

Big Screen on the Green is offering a jam-packed weekend of entertainment to celebrate the biggest sporting event of the year: screenings, gourmet food, VIP experience and more

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Netflix 

From Demogorgon battles in Stranger Things season 3 to the final visiting hours of Orange is the New Black, Netflix in July is filled with familiar pleasures

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Design 

The Serpentine Pavilion, designed this year by Japanese architect Junya Ishigami, opens to the public in London's Kensington Gardens

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Best of 

London's best open air theatre: summer is coming and culture's heading outside with a season of unmissable outdoor performances across the city

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Design 

Fancy nosing around the city's hidden gems? Discover the best secret gardens in London with Open Garden Squares Weekend

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Kids 

Blenheim Palace will welcome Europe's first pop-up Shakespearean theatre with a season of Renaissance revelry

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Theatre 

Head to one of London's historic squares to watch the summertime Shakespeare favourite, A Midsummer Night's Dream