Prince

This week’s Cabaret Zingers features fire dancers, Prince impersonators, a midnight pyjama party, zombie-bop and a hijacked haberdashery. But who is our Zinger Of The Week?

A few years ago, street artist Eine sprayed the shutters of Shoreditch with letters from the alphabet. He’s now gone one better and filled an entire street in Spitalfields with his typographical stylings. Head down to Middlesex Street, E1, to see the most enjoyable Alphabet …

Thanks to a lousy US box office reception, Grindhouse – the adored bastard sprog double-feature of Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez – was hacked in two when it finally came here. Film nerds agog at the prospect of a three-hour neo-exploitationfest had to cough for …

After the (non-)scandal of (un-)banned Tube posters, the works of Lucas Cranach the Elder are now well and truly on show at the Royal Academy. Painter, print-maker, illustrator, businessman, propagandist, and huge fan of the female nude, this is Cranach’s first major exhibition in Britain. …

It was somehow appropriate that Bill Oddie should be in attendance to witness the final display of England’s finest young songbird on the eve of her maiden migration to the winter warmth of Texas and California. Laura Marling closed her brief national tour on Sunday …

We fell in love with Black Cab Sessions the moment we first heard of them. How could we not? Taking a drive around the best city in the world (okay, we’re biased, yes) in a design classic with some of our favourite bands rockin’ out …

There’s a Spitfire in Trafalgar Square today. Not a Banksy Spitfire, amusingly positioned so it looks like it is crashed into the steps leading from the National Gallery. It’s not propped up between the lions by a protest group and it’s not there as a …

Ken’s race advisor Lee Jasper steps down Al fresco boozers in Harrow – you’re no longer welcome Tessa Jowell unveils Olympic legacy action plan London is Eighties pop star territory: Whitney Houston to follow Prince and Jacko with comeback gig Al Sugar meets Ann Summers: …

Harrygate escalates: Prince pulled out of Afghanistan, whilst the media whip selves into frenzy over involvement in the news blackout/leak. Winegate averted (for now): Winehouse will not face charges in connection with husband’s alleged attempts to pervert justice. Guess which city is the world’s museum …

This Week In London’s History Monday – 18th February 1996: An IRA bomb explodes on a double-decker bus on Aldwych, killing the bomber and injuring eight members of the public. Tuesday – 19th February 1960: Prince Andrew is born in the Belgian Suite of Buckingham …