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Joanna Lumley by Debra Hurford Brown,  2005. Copyright Debra Hurford Brown. Part of The Actress Now exhibition at the NPG

Arts Ahead: What’s On In London 18-24 October

A slew of new exhibitions and shows open in London this week; some with a distinctly half-termish outlook

The Colored Museum at the V&A

Theatre Preview: The Colored Museum @ Victoria and Albert Museum

The V&A hosts George C Wolfe’s powerful satire as part of Black History Month

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V&A To Star In BBC Four Season: Handmade In Britain

Three, three-part series and a selection of individual hour-long films will look at all aspects of the decorative arts

Circe - Julia Margaret Cameron (copyright Victoria and Albert Museum, London)

New Photograph Gallery For The V&A

A new permanent exhibition will chronicle the history of photography.

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The River Thames: Serco Prize For Illustration @ London Transport Museum

There’s a new poster on the tube today.

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Apsley House Dining Room Reopens This Weekend

You’ve never seen a centrepiece like it.

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Visit The Wallace Collection In 1759

Let the Wallace Collection transport you back in time with a “Day in the 18th Century”.

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Bringing Back Bramah Tea & Coffee Museum

Rejoice! A new Bramah Tea and Coffee Museum (and hopefully an even bigger and better tearoom) has been granted permission, for the site between Calvert’s Buildings and St Margaret’s Court just off Borough High Street. Since its last site on Southwark Street closed in 2008, …

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Preview: Keats In Hampstead @ Keats House

Site specific performances are two a penny in London, with some making excellent use of interesting spaces and others merely dropping actors and audiences into an unusual venue with the hope some magical synthesis will happen. Keats in Hampstead is an example of a crucially …

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Preview: Hendrix In Britain @ Handel House

©Barrie Wentzell Photography Handel House Museum will pay tribute to its rock history this summer, when “Hendrix in Britain” opens at 25 Brook Street. This Mayfair townhouse was home to composer George Frederick Handel for 36 years and is now a museum dedicated to his …

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Last Minute Listing: Lates @ V&A

Victoria and Albert seem to be all over our TV screens at the moment. We should return the housecall by visiting their eponymous museum for tonight’s Lates event. The jamboree kicks off at 6.30 and is themed around the playground. There’s waaaay too much going …