Category Events

Events an things to do in London, Sydney, Italy and the world.

St. Barts Museum of Pathology and the Hunterian Museum of Surgery

Forget the London Dungeon: some of London’s goriest and most interesting museums exhibit real dead things: St. Bart’s Museum of Pathology and the Hunterian Museum of Surgery. And they’re both free-entry. If, like me, you’re a creep who loves seeing dead things,…

Wellcome Collection Institute of Sexology and Forensics

What better way to spend your Saturdays than queuing for London’s hottest exhibitions right now? The Wellcome Collection caters for the morbid and the kinky with the over-reviewed, highly anticipated and – sigh – incredibly queued-for displays on violent death (Forensics) and…

Bistrot Bruno Loubet and Baranis

Last weekend was all about London’s obsession with France: read my reviews of Bistrot Bruno Loubet and the cocktail bar Baranis. After working in front of it for nearly three months, I managed to have lunch at Bistrot Bruno Loubet before…

Wasted Chic sample sale in Shoreditch’s McQueen

Last Saturday, Shoreditch’s McQueen bar hosted Wasted Chic, a pop-up sample sale where up and coming designers sold funky clothes under £100. Cocktails and money were flowing. The sample sale was one of the greatest people-watching occasions I had been to in…

Beard Somerset House exhibition

Entering Somerset House last weekend was surreal. It was almost as though the entire male population of East London had decided to venture West to celebrate itself and one of its most recognisable trade-marks: the beard. Somerset House’s Beard exhibition displays over 80 images shot…

Magnificent Obsessions at The Barbican

Have you ever wondered what your favourite artists do in their free time? Well, some of them collect weird stuff. London’s Barbican Centre has put some of that weird stuff on show for its Magnificent Obsessions – The Artist as a…

The Image as Burden: Marlene Dumas at the Tate Modern Gallery

The Tate Modern Gallery in South Bank is now hosting one of London’s most talked-about exhibitions, Marlene Dumas‘s The Image As Burden.  Focusing mainly on sex, love, death and shame, her paintings explore popular culture and women through an intense and…

East London foodie treats: Hawker House and Boss Hoss pies

Last weekend, I tried to show my American Couchsurfer some good time – which obviously means I took him out to eat London style: in markets and pop-ups. Here’s some Hawker House and Boss Hoss goodness for you.  Saturday morning meant making our…

The Dolls’ House Islington: opening night

Yesterday night The Dead Dolls Club’s new venue, The Dolls’ House at the House of Wolf, opened its doors to the public for the first time. I was there (as always). After closing its Hoxton doors late last month, the…

Moonrise Kingdom @ Shoreditch’s Pillow Cinema

If you’re too tired to make a rave out of your weekend, the  Pillow Cinema in Shoreditch is the place for you. Head to the former Shoreditch Overground station near Brick Lane and you’ll be invited to an event in full East…

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