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Get your skates on: London’s best festive ice rinks for 2024

London feels particularly festive when you’re falling over on the ice — here’s where to head

Evening Standard

Inside Making a Rukus! the new Somerset House exhibition celebrating London's black LGBTQ+ history

As the Rukus! federation opens its groundbreaking archives to the public, curator Topher Campbell talks about why his exhibition is so important

Evening Standard

Making a rukus! review – rousing and emotional celebration of Black LGBTQ+ culture

The rukus! Federation opens up its archives for an exhibition brimming with joy, sadness … and an incredible amount of sex

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Frieze Art Fair marks the full arrival of Culture Season in London, when the city is buzzing with new openings and events. We’ve rounded up the ones to visit now and in the coming months

We've rounded up the events and exhibitions you need to visit

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Booker Prize 2024: Women dominate shortlist as all six authors tackle ‘fault lines of our times’

Shortlist for the prestigious literary prize features the largest number of women it its 55-year history

The Independent UK

How Instagram changed restaurant design forever

Spurred on by social media trends and influencers, diners have become ever more demanding when it comes to the visuals of where they’re eating out. Helen Salter asks the experts how aesthetics came to rule the roost

The Independent UK

Café Petiole is a pastel-hued, plant-based haven within Somerset House

Designed by female-led studio Duelle, Café Petiole’s romantic interiors complement a vibrant vegetarian menu by chef Rishim Sachdeva, at Somerset House in London

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Things to do in London this weekend (July 12 – 14)

From south London’s hottest new suntrap to a series of live music gigs and a party for the ages, this is everything to eat see and do this weekend

Evening Standard

Zadie Smith: Martin Amis riled me with questions like 'Women not funny. Discuss?'

Smith was among the famous faces who paid tribute to Amis at his memorial service

Evening Standard

‘An absolute joy’: 10 years of Charles Jeffrey’s playful Loverboy

With Tilda Swinton and Harry Styles as fans, a brand born of east London dancefloors celebrates a grown-up milestone

The Guardian - UK

London Fashion Week Men's is back — here are the talks, shows and 5K runs (yes, really) open to the public

The style set will all be out this weekend for London Fashion Week (Men’s) — Joe Bromley on what you need to know

Evening Standard

What's on in June — top things to do in London this month

From Chaka Khan to Loverboy, here’s a few highlights of what to get up to across town this month

Evening Standard

Photo London 2024: what to see at this year's photography fair

Photo London 2024 returns to Somerset House bringing together over 120 exhibitors worldwide. With so much to see, we have put together a round-up of highlights during the fair and around the city

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Now Play This 2024 review – the eccentricity is the point

A world away from Fortnite and Call of Duty, the UK’s biggest festival of experimental games celebrates quirky one-offs and making it up as you go along

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Café Petiole: Tendril's 'mostly vegan' chef Rishim Sachdeva to launch new concept at Somerset House

Sachdeva will open in May

Evening Standard

14 cultural things to do with the kids this Easter, from Terrible Thames Tours to Jurassic Encounters

From eye-boggling balloon rooms, to historical Easter egg hunts in palace grounds, there’s tonnes of brilliant London activities for children over the break

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Canon launches a photography exhibition that it doesn't want you to see

A new immersive photography exhibition from Canon has been developed for visually impaired people to experience the medium in a new way

Evening Standard

A-COLD-WALL* founder Samuel Ross appointed London Design Biennale artistic director

Samuel Ross, MBE, fashion designer and artist is announced as London Design Biennale artistic director for 2025

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Design highlights from Collect 2024 at Somerset House

Collect 2024 is on view at Somerset House from 1 to 3 March: here are the highlights from the fair’s design and craft offering

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Gardener's notebook: all the best gardening events to check out in London for spring 2024

From sketching bamboo at Somerset House to listening to music to go with the spring blossom at Kew gardens

Evening Standard

Best Hello Kitty merchandise: Plush toys and accessories

Join the cult of cuteness

The Guardian - UK

Cute review – the world is on fire, but just look at that smol round boi!

From Victorian cat memes to Hitler petting a deer, with more big-eyed manga characters than you could shake a magic wand at, this exhibition showcases the unsettling power of cuteness

Evening Standard

Cute exhibition at Somerset House: Sickeningly interesting and knowingly Instagrammable

There’s meaningful Instagrammability at this sickeningly interesting new Somerset House show

The Guardian - UK

Clumsy kittens, pigs in costumes and glittery unicorns: how the cult of cute took hold

From chubby puppies to loveable robots, ‘cuteness’ has us all melting in its sticky little hands. But why did it gain such global traction – and does it have a dark side?

Evening Standard

The best exhibitions to see in London in 2024, from CUTE at Somerset House to Francis Bacon at the NPG

The capital's museums and galleries are a treasure trove of glorious art and ideas – here's our pick of the year's offerings

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