What we're reading:
- How visionary designer Humphry Repton created London's glorious squares.
- Hundreds take part in art march to London Migration Museum.
- Here are the London postcodes that attract the most creatives.
- Crossrail release latest images of new stations.
- The best pictures from the London Landmarks Half Marathon.
Things to do:
PAINTING LONDON: Ian Wornast and Thompson Hall spent six months exploring London to create a series of individual and collaborative artworks charting their emotional responses to the city. My Life in London is the result of an Unlimited Emerging Artist Commission, which supports ambitious projects by artists with disabilities. Today's your last chance to see the exhibition. The Koppel Project Hive (Holborn Viaduct), free, just turn up, 10am-1pm
WOMEN ARTISTS: It's been a century since (some) UK women were first given the right to vote. In celebration, this exhibition showcases the work of trailblazing women artists from the past 200 years. Learn how their fight for recognition shaped the way female creatives live and work today. Chris Beetles Gallery (St James's) free, just turn up, until 14 April
COSMIC CONFUSION: Professor Alistair McGrath wonders whether we are lost in the cosmos in a lecture that looks at the implications of the Big Bang on how we see both ourselves and the universe. Can science answer all of our questions? Museum of London, free, just turn up, 1pm-2pm
SOHO UNCENSORED: Discover Soho's x-rated history on a guided walk through the seediest corners of the West End. From the extraordinary story of the Chevalier d'Éon to MPs behaving badly, you're sure to see the district in a whole new light. Soho Square Gardens, £9/£12, book ahead, 6pm-8pm
TERRARIUM WORKSHOP: Build your very own mini ecosystem with the help of east London florist Lizzie Thorne. She'll provide all the materials you need to make a self-contained living garden for you to take home and nurture. Huckletree (Shoreditch), £32, book ahead, 6pm
SPOOKY SHAKESPEARE: Something wicked this way comes... but where from? In this lecture, Jonathan Bate will summon the spirits of Old Hamlet, the victims of Richard III and Julius Caesar to reveal the bloody origins of the Bard's ghosts. Museum of London, free, just turn up, 6pm
BREXITANNIA: The first Brexit film looks beyond the Leave/Remain binary to reveal the individual human stories behind one of the most polarising votes in generations. A portrait of democracy in all its impossible and ugly glory. Rio Cinema (Dalston), £11.50, book ahead, 6.30pm
TEMPLE CINEMA: Hidden inside a 5-star hotel, this Grade II listed Greek-style masonic temple has been given a second lease of life as one of the capital's eeriest event venues. Tonight you can catch a candlelit screening of controversial 1980s erotic drama 9 1/2 Weeks amid the marble splendour. Andaz (Liverpool Street), from £15, book ahead, 7.30pm
TEZTIFY: Star of BBC Radio 4's Tez Talks, Tez Iylas brings his trademark cheek on the road with a nationwide stand-up tour. He's previously appeared on the likes of Mock the Week and The Last Leg, and his brand of slick, subversive humour has been described as candy floss with a razor blade inside. Soho Theatre, from £11.50, book ahead, 7.30pm
NIGHT SHIFT: Classical music for people that don't do classical music, The Night Shift has come to Peckham. Chug beer and chat while listening to top notch horn music by three brilliant unknown composers. CLF Art Cafe (Peckham), £10, book ahead, 8.30pm
Good cause of the day
Petit Miracles reduces unemployment by providing training in traditional craft, painting and decorating, restoration, and DIY. Beneficiaries are also taught entrepreneurship so that, armed with a new skill set, they can go out and create their own jobs. Their lovingly upcycled items of furniture can be bought online or from their Shepherd's Bush shop.
