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Barts

Lavender Love: Flower Show @ Bart’s Speakeasy

Behold the beauty of flowers. Mixed with booze.

Duncan Mundell outside the Part Superstore

Riot-Torched Shop Re-opens Almost Two Years On

Owner of ‘The Partystores’ tells us what it was like to see his business burning down

Mark Lester and Jack Wild in Oliver! © 1968 Columbia Picture

Preview: Singalong Oliver! @ The Southbank Centre

Consider yourself invited to a 2,000-voice choir singalong

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Last Minute Listing: Freaks, Monstrosities And Marvels Of Nature

There’s a kaleidoscope of cabaret in Walthamstow tomorrow night.

Richmond's Victorian Evening takes place on Friday

This Friday: Head to Richmond’s Victorian Evening

Richmond celebrates a traditional Victorian Christmas

Floating Cinema by Three Mills. Image courtesy of Studio Weave

Preview: Floating Cinema’s Fancy Dress Fantastic Mr Fox

Watch a free screening of Fantastic Mr Fox in Bow courtesy of the lovely people at the Floating Cinema

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Preview: Grand Vintage Ball and Vintage Attire Pageant

London is currently buzzing with glamorous shindigs promising to whisk you back to more decadent times, but UMI+Co‘s Grand Vintage Ball and Vintage Attire Pageant has lured us in with its promise to entertain lovers of all vintage and retro eras this Saturday. Brockley’s sumptuous …

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Review: Prohibition @ Bloomsbury Ballroom

If your Saturday nights are feeling a little quiet, try stepping back to the 1920s – the only era to have a synonymous sound effect – and act like a total Flapper for the evening. An air of glamour and sophistication (at least until the …

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In Pictures: The Great Spitalfields Pancake Race

Torrential rain, freezing temperatures, wind and even thunder didn’t stop this intrepid lot of flippers and tossers racing up and down Dray Walk, Brick Lane, yesterday for the annual London Air Ambulance Great Spitalfields Pancake Race .An enthusiastic crowd came out to support the runners, …

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Preview: Angels Retro Sale

Angels are at it again. The theatrical and TV costumier is running another huge sale at its Wembley warehouse. After the military sale late last year, they’re opening the doors on their collection of retro fashion on Saturday 6 Feb. Be prepared to sharpen your …

Blitz spirit

Review: The Blitz Party @ Village Underground

Girls! Dying to draw a line up the back of your legs in eyeliner? Fancy putting your hair in curlers? Book a ticket for the next Blitz party and you’ll have a simply spiffing excuse. A fancy dress night for people who haven’t grown out …