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We’re into the second half of January now and we trust that most of you optimistic enough to have made New Year’s resolutions have dropped them already, if you can even remember what they were. If you resolved to spend less money or to get …

We’re back for a very much nascent new year, struggling out of the early January gloom when events calendars lie as bare as the frosted trees. Bundle up and go forth; too many evenings in can only make it that much grimmer. Friday: The National …

There’s only one show in town this week and we’re not even going to try and pretend otherwise. Just go, go, wallow in your yuletide spirit, and let the Scrooges among us stock up on reading material before the libraries close. Friday: The Scoop at …

Friday: Battersea Arts Centre look like they have another experimental gem on their hands. A Small Town Anywhere is theatre as game, with the audience playing the parts in a story of civic intrigue. Tickets for audience/cast members are only £5/£3 concs. Saturday: Participants in …

We’re splitting into two camps right about now: those who are happy to make the most of the holiday season and let the mulled wine wash over them, and those who are studiously avoiding all things red and green. There are plenty of diversions for …

This is more like it. Momentum is building towards the holidays, not yet to a reckless rush, but a comfortable trot.Lots of good times to be had and parties to crash. Just don’t wear yourself out before things really get moving. Friday: If you’ve never …

As the pall of winter drives away our fair-weather event planners and publicity machines save up their energy for the starting gun of the holiday season, it’s time to revisit old friends. One-off spectacles come and go, but through thick and thin we can count …

It’s getting to that time of year. The city’s shutting itself in for a nice quiet winter beside the radiator, and can’t be bothered with laying out quite as much entertainment as in the past months. Unfortunately, our budgets are only growing tighter, and we …

Cult of celebrity or no, big names are all over the place this week. Take inspiration from your heroes whether they be supermodels, fossil hunters, punk rockers or astronauts. Or if you’re us, punk rock astronauts on dinosaurs. Friday: Haven’t yet come across Kate Moss …

Three big nights of widespread anarchy and strangeness dominate this week– Halloween, Guy Fawkes Night, and Election Night. In between are bits of more cerebral repose to help you keep a grip on reality. Friday: Halloween is an occasion for overpriced costume parties, but there …