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What we're reading:
- Why women are using chalk and Instagram to stop street harassment.
- London clubs and racism: 'The West End is a hostile environment'.
- London's housing crisis has turn the Stratford Centre into a homeless shelter.
- Inside an LGBTQ+ Bollywood night in an east London strip club.
- Millions of wet wipes flushed into the Thames causing plastic nightmare.
Things to do:
FREE PIÑA COLADA: If you like piña coladas and boozy freebies, today's your lucky day. Get yourself down to your local Young's pub and claim your complimentary tropical cocktail. The catch? You just need to download their On Tap app. Multiple Young's venues (London), free, just turn up, 6-10 July
FUTURE FEST: Step into the future at Tobacco Dock, where a star-studded line up of speakers including Annie Mac, Imogen Heap, and Nicola Sturgeon will be exploring the changing nature of our cities and sense of identity. If you fancy more direct contact with alternative futures, there are also immersive experiences to get stuck into. Tobacco Dock, from £50, book ahead, 9pm-6pm, 6-7 July
POST MODERNIST ARCHITECTURE TOUR: Let Sir John Soane Museum's Senior Curator, Owen Hopkins, give you a crash course in one of architecture's most controversial movements. He's inviting you on a tour of The Return of the Past: Postmodernism in British Architecture, featuring never-before-seen drawings, models, and building fragments. Sir John Soane's Museum (Lincoln's Inn Fields), £12.50, book ahead, 12pm
MYTHS AND MATERIAL: London-based artist Evy Jokhova draws on Greek mythology and our relationship to stone through a series of interactive sound sculptures, photographs, paintings and performances. Her site-specific installation opens today. L'étrangère (Hoxton), free, just turn up, until 9 September
DANCE FUSION: From salsa to street, tanztheater to tap, there's a whole universe of dance to be discovered at Morley College's talent showcase. This year's theme is Changes in Space and Time — expect a planetary-themed riot of movement. Morley College (Lambeth), £7-£10, book ahead, 7pm-10pm
THE SQUIDZ CLUB: Deptford's club night for young people with learning disabilities returns to The Albany. There are video games, an outdoor cinema and a silent disco — plus parents and carers can sit back and relax with a free massage. The Albany (Deptford), £5/pay what you can, book ahead, 7pm-11pm
HILARY MANTEL & PAT BARKER: The Man Booker Prize's 50th anniversary literature festival opens with a talk from two masters of historical fiction. Award-winning authors Hilary Mantel and Pat Barker discuss the truths that rewriting the past can reveal about our present. Southbank Centre, from £30, book ahead, 7.30pm
CAPTURED LIGHT: Prepare to be plunged into the dreamy world of early 20th century French choral music. To mark the centenaries of Claude Debussy's and Lili Boulanger's untimely deaths, Londinium will be performing Trois Chansons de Charles d'Orléans, alongside works from Fauré, Ravel and Duruflé. St Sepulchre without Newgate Church, £15, book ahead, 7.30pm
REGINALD D HUNTER: Following a sell-out national tour, Have I Got News For You regular Reginald D Hunter returns to London of another daring stand up comedy set. Bush Hall (Shepherd's Bush), £20, book ahead, 8pm
TUNDAY AKINTAN: Fela Kuti meets James Brown in Tunday Akintan's intoxicating Yoruba rhythms. Don't miss the Nigerian music maker's triumphant return to London's South Bank. Purcell Room (Southbank Centre), £21.45, book ahead, 8pm
Good cause of the day
Explore one of south London's most spectacular hidden gems as Lambeth Palace Gardens opens its gates to the public. Kids and four-legged friends go free, but all the money raised from the grown-ups will be donated to national youth work organisation Youthscape. £5, just turn up, noon-3pm
