PlaceActivities
London Wetland Centre
Water birds, hides, gardens and family trails fill this Barnes wetland reserve, offering a different sort of London day outdoors.
Good things are out there
Follow your curiosity.
A name, a neighbourhood, a mood. Start somewhere.
EventConcerts
Takuya Nakamura Live at EartH
New York-based Japanese artist Takuya Nakamura brings a live set to EartH Hall for a late Saturday session.
On the house
EventExhibitions
Listening to the Earth
Ten artists use earth as subject and material, from pigments and ash to slate, photography and field recordings.
PlaceOutdoors
Green Park
A simple expanse of trees and grass between Piccadilly and Buckingham Palace, useful for slowing down in the middle of town.
PlaceOutdoors
Victoria Park
An east-London park with lakes and broad walking routes, well placed for a day around the canals and neighbourhood markets.
PlaceOutdoors
Kensington Gardens
Long paths, planted spaces and royal-park scenery make an easy outdoor counterpart to the museums of South Kensington.
EventConcerts
A Slow Jams Day Party
Room 187’s Slow Jams party shifts the weekend towards R&B, neo-soul and slower grooves, with dancing scheduled in the afternoon and evening.
EventConcerts
LSO Family Concert: December
A participatory orchestral afternoon introduces children aged seven to twelve to live instruments, with Paul Rissmann and conductor Catherine Larsen-Maguire.
GuideCulture
From Bloomsbury to the sound system
Treasures, curious collections, a Smithfield table and fabric after dark. London shifts from close looking to deep listening.
PlaceCulture
Churchill War Rooms
A preserved underground wartime headquarters in Westminster, where narrow rooms make the history feel unusually immediate.
EventConcerts
Ezra Collective & Friends at KOKO
Ezra Collective mark Here Because of Hope with a KOKO performance featuring guests still unnamed in the reviewed listing.
EventConcerts
Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony and Fujikura with Pappano
Antonio Pappano conducts Mahler’s Second Symphony and the UK premiere of Dai Fujikura’s Amber Alchemy, with the London Symphony Chorus.
EventConcerts
Grace Cummings
Grace Cummings performs with a full band at Village Underground, bringing the Bloodhorse era to an early Saturday live show.
PlaceOutdoors
Greenwich Park
Sloping lawns and hilltop views connect a Greenwich walk with the city's maritime landscape.
PlaceExhibitions
Fashion and Textile Museum
Fashion and textile exhibitions occupy the brightly coloured Bermondsey Street museum, with a programme focused on changing displays rather than a permanent collection.
EventActivities
Tim Key: Loganberry
Tim Key brings poems and comedy to Wilton’s in a new show with six evening performances.
EventActivities
Short Films by William Greaves, 1959–1974
Four films introduce the work of William Greaves in an evening screening at Barbican Cinema 3.
EventConcerts
FIGURE: My Heart Swims in Blood
Bach’s cantata Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut meets new commissions by Lara Agar, Alex Paxton and Oliver Leith in a period-instrument programme.
EventActivities
An Evening with Fran Lebowitz
Fran Lebowitz brings her observations on cities, culture and everyday behaviour to a conversation at the Barbican Hall.
PlaceExhibitions
Keats House
The house where John Keats lived connects the poet’s work with rooms, objects and a garden in Hampstead.
EventConcerts
Tekno
Tekno brings a full-band performance to Shoreditch, with the Nigerian artist’s pop and dance catalogue at the centre of the evening.
PlaceConcerts
FOLD
An artist-led electronic music space in Canning Town, for nights organised around the sound system rather than the clock.
PlaceFood & drink
The Black Friar
A Blackfriars pub with marble, mosaics and sculpted monks woven into an extraordinary Arts and Crafts interior.
RestaurantItalian
Padella Borough Market
Fresh pasta on Southwark Street. This branch works with a virtual queue, so keep the rest of your lunch plan flexible.