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London On The Cheap

Sure, you’re hungover, quite possibly bloated, and probably rather haggard, but the fun of the Bank Holiday weekend doesn’t have to stop there! We’ve got a great line-up of activities all week long to fuel you through your blissfully short four-day workweek. Monday: Forecast says …

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London On The Cheap

And the livin’ is easy: the weather’s been divine, and summer is here at last. There is the compulsion to spend every possible moment outdoors (Pimms preferably in hand), as it’s London after all and you never know when the good meteorological fortune will end. …

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Art Hotels to Open This Summer

The decor of hotels can be something of a mixed bag: It can be very elegant, it can be very tacky, and it generally has a store-bought look to it. But the generically named Guest Hotels group has found a way to dispense with all …

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London On The Cheap

T.S. Eliot wrote that “April is the cruelest month,” but we’re officially endorsing Birthday Boy Bard’s more optimistic quote instead: “April hath put a spirit of youth in everything.” Feel young and sprightly in the warmer weather as you sample the Shakespeare-themed week ahead in …

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Arts Ahead

Now that you’ve spent a long, slothful weekend hiding from the snow on your mum’s couch, bloated with chocolate whilst watching endless episodes of the Simpsons and the Hollyoaks (No? Just us?) your brain could probably use a little stimulation. Luckily, London’s art scene is …

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London On The Cheap

It’s officially Spring and by Pisces it’s lovely out there in the sunshine. Crocuses have been spotted in Highbury Fields so our biggest recommendation for expenditure light trips this week is get to the parks and into the gardens and witness the miracles of the …

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Review: Astronomy For Insects, London International Mime Festival

True to the form of mime, there are no words to describe Astronomy For Insects. Russian company BlackSkyWhite’s jaw-dropping performance at the ICA last night proves that mime can be far, far worse than a skinny man in a stripy top trapped in a glass …

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Preview: Sylvia Plath Revisited

Tell your friends that you’re attending a talk on Sylvia Plath – In London. As winter approaches. – and they’re apt to shoot you a funny look and start silently monitoring your behaviour for signs of mental distress. Such is Plath’s difficult legacy. Although her …