A week of fantastic free bookish events.
Brobdingnagian birdcage set to illuminate the King's Cross area.
Finally...a reason to pay money to see a Carry On film.
A dazzling show of medieval craftsmanship.
Pop til you, erm... drop. New live pop night gets underway at The Workshop in Hoxton.
Gigs to go to this week.
A new pop-up cinema at the Barbican.
George Formby was so last century, the ukuele is much more than music hall as this unique film shows.
Watch Sandy turn sexbomb in the name of Pudsey
Another unusual tale from the East End, turned into song.
Brilliant, warm and witty show Crash Bash Trash.
Our pick of next week's comedy gigs.
Family revelations galore... in Romanian.
The best book about the capital in at least a decade.
Get a good look at and listen to a square piano, spinets, viols, bagpipes, harpsichords, harps and recorders.
5,000 poppies inside St Paul's, huge fabric poppies and a remembrance wall outside
Fyfe Dangerfield takes us on a musical and culinary trip through his favourite London haunts.
Bring your art to Finsbury Square for a free public exhibition.
Racial tensions simmer in this new Royal Court play, perfomed in Peckham
Book, poetry and spoken word events in London this week.
The best night of geek comedy and entertainment, bar none.
Here's our pick of the top exhibitions, theatre, dance, jazz, classical and opera on offer in London this week
Camden band set for the mainstream with a place on prestigious national tour.
Free gigs are always best, and when they're with two of the best current musicians they're even better.
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