Battersea Park; fountains
Battersea Park pagoda
Way of Tea Japanese session; British Museum; once a fortnight, Fridays
Freemason's hall; Great Queen Street, nr Holborn
Ally Pally hill; Alexandra Palace
Parliament Hill; Hampstead Heath
Parliament Hill; Hampstead Heath
Picnic; Hampstead Heath
Lovely loo; bus terminus South End green, nr Hampstead Heath
Magdala pub - last woman hanged committed murder here; South Hill Park, Hampstead
Spaniards Inn; Hampstead Heath (read about it here)
Bibilion - rare, second hand, antiquarian books; 1-7 Davies Mews - just more Gray's Antiques now
Pagan city heart; opposite Cannon st station (read about it here)
MPs secret tunnel; St Ermin's hotel lobby, Westminster (read about it here)
Soane's tomb; St Pancras Gardens (read about it here)
Tank; Mandela Way (read about it here)
Binsey walk, Clockwork Orange; Thamesmead South Estate
Manholes; Notting Hill (read about it here)
Street designs; Bellenden Road, Peckham
Charles Dickens Museum; 48 Doughty Street
Indieokie; Buffalo bar, Upper St
Musical bingo; Concrete, Shoreditch (read about it here)
Dr Sketchy's art school (read about it here)
Hot Breath karaoke; The Legion, Old Street (read about it here)
Substone; 93 Feet East
Picnic; Horniman Museum
Wildlife Photographer of the year; Natural history museum (read about it here)
Money; Bank of England
Ironmonger Row Baths; IronMonger Row, EC1V; closed until May 2012
Thames walk
Pub in Chiswick (mum's recommendation)
Street art
Roller skating
Make a meal at The Kitchen; New Kings Road
Long view, 10-miles; Richmond Park, King Henry VIII's mound
Forest walk; Epping Forest (read about it here)
Scuba dive
Wander along regent's canal; Camden Lock to Little Venice (read about it here)
Mystery shopping
TV shows for free
Bunhill Fields Burial Ground; London Wall
Brompton Cemetery; Fulham Road
Highgate Cemetery (read about it here)
Skate outside
Albert memorial
Execution Dock; 62 Wapping High St for access (read about it here)
Hula hooping; The old queens head (no longer happens)
Boxing; York Hall, Bethnal Green, Old Ford Rd
Beachy head
Inter-rail
Devon
Scotland
Pig Day
West Ruislip
Oasis Sport Centre, outside swimming pool; 32 Endell St, WC2 p12
Bloomsberg Space - exhibition area; 50 Finsbury Square
Fetish Harmony
Fetish Liberation
Books for cooks - cookery bookshop with workshops
Banger racing - Wimbledon stadium;
Theatre pub; King's Head Theatre, 115 Upper St
· Hen & Chickens, 109 St Paul's Road
· Gate Theatre/Prince Albert, 11 Pembridge Road
· Theatre 503, Battersea Park Rd
· Oxford arms, 265 Camden High St
Learn to butcher; Hawksmoor
Changing of the Guard; 11 am, daily, 10 am Sundays
Roller Stroll; Sundays, Hyde Park
Urban Rites Friday Night Skate; Fridays; Hyde Park
EasyPeasySkate; Battersea Park
Wine tasting at home, includes dinner
www.irabbit.org - nocturnal 'happenings' (defunct)
Eine A to Z Hackney Rd, Kingsland Rd, Broadway Market, Brick Lane, Redchurch St
Tiling graffitti Dragon Bar, St Anne's Churchyard, Soho, Hanway St
Windmills Wandsworth common, Mitcham common, Benheim gardens, Wimbledon common
Bolan shrine; Barnes Common
Row on Serpentine; Hyde Park
Boogaloo for the most famous jukebox in London; 312 Archway Roa
Westminster Bridge Road; Old MI6, Necropolis Railway (read about it here)
Film clubbing; Roxy Bar & Screen
Denis Severs house; Spitalfields
Dodo remains, amongst others; Grant Museum, UCL
Ice hockey (to watch)
Longplayer exhibition, Trinity wharf or Greenwich observatory
Tower hill memorial (read about it here)
http://www.artangel.org.uk//projects/2010/surround_me/about_the_project/surround_me
Shoreditch house literary salon (read about it here)
White rabbit - are you sitting comfortably; Toynbee studios Www.thewhiterabbit.org.uk (read about it here)
Benjamin Franklin House 36 Craven Street, WC2N
Drink shop do; Kings cross (read about it here)
Museum of childhood; Whitechapel (read about it here)
Wellcome collection
Hatchards - london's oldest bookshop; 187 Piccadilly
Magma - design books; 117-119 Clerkenwell Road
Fake houses; Leinster Gardens, 23 and 24
Thames Tunnel; Railway Ave, SE16
Hatchards - london's oldest bookshop; 187 Piccadilly
Magma - design books; 117-119 Clerkenwell Road
Fake houses; Leinster Gardens, 23 and 24
Thames Tunnel; Railway Ave, SE16
Top of the Monument Monument Street
Waterloo Bridge books
John Soane's Museum; Lincoln Inns
Last duel site; 3 St James's St, sw1A
Gaslight London
Cabman's shelters; Chelsea Embankment, Russell Square, V & A, Temple square
Pet cemetery; Hyde Park
Tybrun martyrs; 8 Hyde Park Place
Royal Observatory planetarium; Royal Observatory
Picnic; Thames Barrier Park
Thames Barrier; 1 Unity way, SE18
Hunterian Museum; Lincoln's Inn fields
Day in Sloane city
Actors' church; St Paul's Church Gardens
City farm; Spitalfields
City farm; Hackney
Smallest police station; Trafalgar Square
Ceremony of the Keys; Tower of London
Central Criminal Court; Old Bailey
Cocktail classes; Salvador and Amanda
Photographer's Gallery; Ramillies St
Stock Pot; Soho
Richmond; Park and deer
Antifolk; 12 bar
Rootmaster (closed)
The Inns; Holborn/temple
The Clink; Clink Street
Borough Market; Borough
Appearing Rooms; South Bank
Nice square; Hoxton
Nice square; Lincoln's Inn fields
Royal Observatory panorama
Camping
The Bad Book Club; Robin Ince will do other things http://www.myspace.com/robinince p33
Little Ben - little brother to Big Ben; Victoria Street
Penguins at London zoo
Psychic Mews - recreation of Victorian street with gypsy caravan at end
Crystal palace dinosaur court; Crystal palace park
Bluebird - all sorts of things here; 350 King's Road
Last sewer lamp; Carting Lane
Roman Bath', Strand Lane; Red brick plunge pool
Postman's Park off Aldersgate St; Plaques commemorating fatal acts of bravery, was in Closer
First red phone box; just by the RA Ultimate power ballad night
Map of London Peculiars
Secret Cinema (read about it here)
Medieval Banquet
Shunt stuff
Bang said the Gun (read about it here)
Letters you never Sent
Storytails
Last Man Standing quiz (read about it here)
Hip hop/Now that's what I call karaoke
Dalston Superstore Quiz
Whiskey and Words
Cringe - diary reading (read about it here)
You're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat Quiz (read about it here)
London Word Festival; MarchPancake race; Spitalfields; Shrove Tuesday (read about it here)
Hot Cross Bun - Widow's Son Inn; Easter
Homework; Bethnal green working men's club; April to october (read about it here)
Camden Crawl; October now
Land of Kings; first weekend of May (read about it here)
Gumball 3000 rally; end of May
All tomorrows parties; Minehead, butlins; Mid mayBeatboxing convention; May
Covent Garden Puppet Festival; St Paul's Church Gardens; 10-May (ish) (read about it here)
BP Summer Screens; (Carmen); June
West End Live; Leicester Square; 19-20 June (ish) (read about it here)Exhibition Road Music Day; Exhibition Road; 20-Jun(ish)
Dragon boat race; June
Greenwich and Docklands International festival; 24 June - 4 July
Zoo lates; June-July
Glastonbury; June
Strawberry Fair; Ely place; late JuneLovebox; 16-18 July
Doggett Coat and Badge Race; London Bridge to Chelsea; July
V & A summer camp; end of July
Field Day; end July/beg Aug
Fruitstock; first weekend August
International athletics; Crystal Palace Park; 13-14 August
Midnight Madness finals; 21-Aug
National Panorama Championship; (week before Notting Hill Carnival) (read about it here)
Open Air Theatre Regent's Park; 6th Aug - 11 Sept
Tin Pan Alley festival; Denmark Street; September
Mayor's Thames Festival; South bank; mid Sept
Open House weekend; 18-19 SeptLondon design festival; 18-26 September
London Tattoo convention; 24-26th September
Great river Race; 16 Sept (read about it here)
Regent Street Festival; end Sep
The Proms; Royal Albert Hall; mid July - Sept
Falcon watching; South bank; July - Sept
Pearly Kings and Queens; St Paul's Covent Garden; October
Apple Day; 21st October(ish)
Films, concerts etc; The Scoop, South Bank; May - October (read about it here)
Hammerton's ferry; Marble hill house/ham house; mid-Feb to Oct (read about it here)
Veteran car rally; 5-Nov
Moonwalk
See the stars; Hampstead Observatory; 8-10 Fri and Sat, 11-1 Sun, Sept-April (read about it here)
Passing clouds
A Door in a Wall (read about it here)
Scotch Egg Challenge at the Ship (read about it here)
Ping Pong - Rich Mix or Book Club or Bounce!
Roller Derby (read about it here)
Backyard Cinema
Rock Paper Scissors Championships
Roxy Film & TV quiz
Twisting tongues at Apres London
Sounds familiar quiz (read about it here)
VHS Video pub quiz (read about it here)
Art Macabre drawing
Simon Drake's House of Magic
The Dalston Arts Club
London Street Games
Treasure Trails
Hint Hunt
Madame La Freak
Butchery Bingo (read about it here)
Classic Album Sundays
It's Your Funeral
Limbo at London Wonderground (read about it here)
Belle Epoque's Dark Circus Party
Punch Drunk
The Book Stops Here
I went to a contemporary art fair in Shanghai recently, which was a real eye-opener. Chinese contemporary art has come leaps and bounds from the watery Zen landscapes to huge canvases of strange-looking beings. The prices being asked and paid were huge too.
ReplyDeleteOriental, if not Chinese, my print of Jean-Léon Gérôme's painting, http://en.wahooart.com/A55A04/w.nsf/OPRA/BRUE-8BWS6R, bought some time ago from wahooart.com, is as lovely as ever.