What we're reading:
- London councils and campaign groups prepare legal challenge to third Heathrow runway.
- Transport for London's game of bluff with Uber worked — now it has to play by the rules.
- Tooting hospital delivers first set of quadruplets in 13 years.
- London mortuaries install more fridges for obese bodies.
Thing to do:
HORNIMAN GALLERY OPENING: Be one of the first to see the Horniman Museum & Garden's new World Gallery, which opens its doors to the public for the first time ever today. You'll find an anthropological collection of over 3000 objects (here are our favourites) that each tell a story about what it means to be human from across the globe. Horniman Museum & Gardens (Forrest Hill), free, just turn up, 10am-5.30pm
THE GARDEN: Human experience meets the natural world in the myriad of geometric structures that make up Ryan Hewitt's The Garden. The South African painter's third solo exhibition opens today. Unit London, 3 Hanover Square (Mayfair), free, just turn up, 10am-7pm, until 28 July
WHISTLE: Get acquainted with the so-called analog renaissance taking place in the San Francisco Bay area at Arman Golemohammadi & Collin Casino's interactive exhibition. There's handmade neon signs, large scale prints, and custom freehand embroidered vintage Levi jackets for you to purchase. The Brick Lane Gallery (Brick Lane), free, just turn up, 12pm-6pm
PIZZA PILGRIMS PARTY: Snatch up a slice of Chicago at a bottomless deep dish pizza party. Your ticket gets you all the deep dish pies you can stomach, a pint, a Crosstown doughnut, and plenty of retro gameplay. Pizza Pilgrims (West India Quay), £25, book ahead, 12pm-10pm, until 1 July
FROM SILENCE: You don't need to be a virtuoso (or indeed have any musical knowledge whatsoever), to participate in the creation of this multi-layered sound piece. Experiment with the creative disruption of silence as you help make some noise at the Tate Exchange. Tate Modern (South Bank), free, just turn up, 2pm
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Sounds Like London: our picks today
June brings the Mayor of London's Sounds Like London campaign to the capital — a month-long celebration of both women in music and London's grassroots music scene. Here's our pick of today's Sounds Like London events:
REN HARVIEU: Born in Salford, Ren Harvieu first heard traditional Irish music thanks to her father. Well we'd like to say thank you to her father as well, as this fascination with the style led to the genesis of a prodigious talent. Ziferblat, £10, 7pm-10pm
JIMMY ALDRIDGE & SID GOLDSMITH: Sway along with the farm animals to the folk sounds of Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith, as the duo's sensitive storytelling takes control. Spitalfields City Farm, £13, 7pm-11pm
V&A LATE: Step into a world of fantastical futures at today's V&A Late. There's a Church of Bitcoin, a totem for future worlds, and a dystopian film trilogy. But can these imagined tomorrows influence today's choices? You'll just have to wait and see. Victoria and Albert Museum (Kensington), free, just turn up, 6.30pm-10pm
PANDEMIC PREPARATIONS: On the 100th anniversary of the deadly Spanish influenza, Professor Peter Piot explores whether our increasingly connected world equipped to combat another global pandemic. It'll have the squeamish among you clinging on to your hand sanitiser for dear life. The Royal Institution (Mayfair), £20, book ahead, 7.30pm-8.45pm
COMMON AND KIND: A choir of over 400 people, including children, refugees, and world-class musicians come together for the third edition of Common and Kind. They're out to prove that in an age of divisions music has the power to unite us like nothing else. Union Chapel (Islington), £20, book ahead, 8pm
ONE LOVE PEACE CONCERT: Earl 16, Ciyo Mayo, and a full live band recreate the positive vibes of Bob Marley's legendary One Love One Peace concert. Get your groove on to the set list of the 1978 show, featuring music from a myriad of performing artists. Hideaway Jazz Club (Streatham), £17.50, book ahead, 9pm
INFINITE EAR: Dance till dawn at a psychedelic party that brings a bit of culture to the club. Expect film screenings, an interactive art exhibition and some banging DJs. Bloc (Hackney Wick), £15, book ahead, 11pm-6am
Good cause of the day
Join Lush Oxford Street for their Charity Pot Party Weekend in aid of Watertrek. Everything you spend in store will go to the Franco-British non-profit's work in protecting the word's aquatic ecosystems through awareness-building. You can also put your local supermarket to shame with a carrier bag making class, or be transformed into a merperson with Lush's cruelty free make up range.
