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With all that went down this week, we thought we thought we’d cheer everyone up by giving everyone a double dose of dogs. It was a rollercoaster ride of emotions this week at DCist. Like the rest of country, we were floored by the news …

This year’s not terribly inspiring Somerset House Summer Sessions have been announced and are as follows: Thursday 12 July – Mogwai [in surround sound] Friday 13 July – Kasabian Saturday 14th July – Bert Jansch with Beth Orton and Bernard Butler Sunday 15th July – …

Are you ready for a season of fresh dance by young and hip UK based choreographers whose work is “confident, idiosyncratic and unconfined by technical dogma”? Erm…. Quite, but if we run this through the arts bullshit translator we estimate it means there will be …

Just out the Van: Margaret Atwood leaves the telepresence book-signing robot at home and joins fellow authors Andrew O’Hagan and Erica Wagner and publisher Stephen Page, Chief Executive of Faber & Faber, to discuss the brave new world of authors, readers and publishers in the …

Just out the Van: Penned in the Margins is an evening of “music-cum-literary delights” this Thursday, featuring spoken word artist Ventriloquist, Bristol-based SJ Esau, Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip and Tim Wells. Spitz, 109 Commercial Street, E1 6BG, 020 7392 9032. In Next Week: …

March 25th marks the bicentenary of the British parliamentary act to abolish the trans-Atlantic slave trade and to commemorate ‘The Voice of Slavery’, a charitable concert, held at The Forum will be one of many events held across Britain. Hosted by Samantha Morton, Rhys Ifans …

Yes, yet another Londonist preview of a fantastically quirky arts event; we love it. Half opera, half dance performance, part underwater extravaganza and mostly Greek tragedy, the innovative staging of England’s oldest opera by one of the stars of German dance theatre should be stunning …

Eurovision selections continue apace all around Europe this week. The biggest and finest selection of them all is that of the mighty Sweden. Melodifestivalen is a Swedish national institution which has been running for almost 50 years. Many people in Sweden claim that the contest …

What with March coming in like a lion and blowing everyone all over the place it’s the ideal time to take to the water under sail power. Although there’s plenty on offer for the seasoned small boat owner in this weekend’s Dinghy Sailing Show at …

Sadlers Wells’ annual Flamenco Festival brings a whirligig of colour, passion, drama, guitars, stamping and really big flouncy dresses to London between 23 Feb and 3 Mar in a welcome bid to remind us of sultry hot days and sunny Spanish sexiness. Highlights of this …