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Theatre 

The Hairy Ape, Eugene O'Neill's abstract play about a rich girl and ship's stoker, is revived with vigour at the Old Vic

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Theatre 

Barrie Keeffe's 1977 Barbarians play is a harrowing look at hard times and bad boys, made fresh in site-specific production

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Cinema 

Patricio Guzmán's emotive documentary The Pearl Button is a beautiful and haunting new masterpiece. Here's our review from London Film Festival 2015

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Food 

We review Canto Corvino: East London's newest (and best) modern Italian

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Food 

We review The Hour Glass, South Kensington's latest pub

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Theatre 

A new play by Christopher Shinn, Teddy Ferrara uses LGBT students' suicides to give a nuanced exploration homophobia

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Food 

We review Viertfood, a delicious addition to the Soho food scene

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Kids 

Not for the faint-hearted: this raw and powerful play by the National Youth Theatre explores the blurred lines of sexual consent and coming of age

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Cinema 

Director Jake Gavin's Hector comes to cinemas this December: read our Hector film review.

Transfer

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Theatre 

After tepid reviews at the St James Theatre, play inspired by visionary fashion designer Alexander McQueen closes early on the West End

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Theatre 

Trevor Nunn brings Shakespeare's histories to life with epic drama in this engrossing triliogy of plays

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Food 

We still dreaming about their pizza; Homeslice Fitzrovia knocked it out of the park

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Food 

From the team behind Truscott Arms: Belsize Park gets a much needed new hangout

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Kids 

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra bring the music of Disney's Frozen to life in a rousing Frozen Concert at the Royal Albert Hall

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Food 

We were completely bowled over: read our Foxlow Stoke Newington Review

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Theatre 

A magnetic performance from actress Nicole Kidman in Photograph 51 for the Michael Grandage Theatre Company elevates an otherwise patchy drama

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Food 

Mele e Pere Review: a vast restaurant serving up good modern Italian food in Soho

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Food 

Peruvian sharing platters on Carnaby Street - here's our Kingly Court Señor Ceviche review.

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Theatre 

Playwright Rory Mullarky's new adaptation of the ancient epic of vengeance, blood, forbidden love and divine intervention is brought to life at the Globe, 2015. 

Day tickets

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Theatre 

Director Ivo van Hove and playwright Simon Stephens collaborate in  Song From Far Away, a stripped back exploration of grief

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Food 

It might be a gimmick, but the new Waffle On residency has made the Watchouse of the best places to eat in Bermondsey

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Theatre 

Timberlake Wertenbaker's masterpiece about the humanising power of theatre for prisoners in 1788 Australia is revived at the National Theatre.

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Food 

Parlour head chef Jesse Dunford Wood serves a veritable feast with fun and flourish at the most entertaining chef's table we've experienced.

In the Know

Cinema 

New film on in London about the life of Pier Pasolini: Director Abel Ferrara presents an intriguing biopic about Pasolini's last hours.

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Theatre 

Wot? No Fish!! at the Southbank Centre is an original and touching, if slightly saccharine, portrayal of true and honest love

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Theatre 

This Spanish Golden Age style thriller about a proto-feminist nun in 17th century is brought to lively, lusty life at Shakespeare's Globe. 

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Theatre 

Impossible review: The biggest magic show to hit the West End in years stuns us, both with its performers’ impressive skills and sadly also its antiquated attitude to women.

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Theatre 

The Donmar London premiere of playwright Abi Morgan's Splendour is a tense, intelligent and expertly performed by an all-female cast.

Features

Guide to the best new cookery books summer 2015: whether you're picnicking, barbecuing, entertaining or just looking for gastronomic inspiration here's the freshest new recipes.

Latest News

A new London festival with a hedonstic twist: Citadel establishes itself as a major contender on the festival calendar

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Kids 

Relive the magic of your favourite childhood books at House of Illustration Ladybird by Design exhibition 

Features

Superstar British artist Marc Quinn talks blood heads, Kate Moss and controversy ahead of his 2015 White Cube exhibition