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Nightlife & the Arts in London
| Name | Category | Location |
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100 Club
Since this small club opened in 1942, many of the greats have... |
Music Clubs | Soho |
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12 Bar Club
This small and rough-and-ready acoustic club hosts notable singer-songwriters... |
Music Clubs | Soho |
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333
Fashionable bright young Shoreditch things dance to indie rave... |
Dance Clubs | Shoreditch |
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606 Club
This civilized Chelsea club showcases mainstream and contemporary... |
Music Clubs | Chelsea |
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Admiral Codrington
Named after a hero of the Napoleonic Wars, this smart pub is... |
Bars | Chelsea |
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Ain't Nothin' but ... The Blues Bar
The name sums up this bar that whips up a sweaty environment... |
Music Clubs | Soho |
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All Star Lanes
One of London's most chic bars is an unlikely combination—it's... |
Bars | Bloomsbury |
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Almeida Theatre
This Off-West End venue premieres excellent new plays and exciting... |
Theater | Islington |
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American Bar
Festooned with a chin-dropping array of club ties, signed celebrity... |
Bars | St. James's |
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Amused Moose
This Soho basement/retro nightclub is often considered the best... |
Cabaret, Comedy Clubs | Soho |
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Anchor
Near the Southwark Bridge, this historic pub is today best known... |
Bars | South Bank |
Anchor & Hope 
One of London's most popular gastropubs, the Anchor & Hope... |
Bars | South Bank |
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BAC
Battersea Arts Centre has a reputation for producing innovative... |
Theater | South Bank |
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Barbican Centre
Opened in 1982, the Brutalist-style Barbican is the largest performing... |
Arts Centers | London |
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Barfly Club
At one of the finest small clubs in the capital, punk, indie... |
Music Clubs | Camden |
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Beach Blanket Babylon
In a Georgian house in Notting Hill, close to Portobello Market... |
Bars | Notting Hill |
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Bedford and Strand
The wine bar enjoyed something of a renaissance in the first... |
Bars | Charing Cross |
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BFI London IMAX Cinema
The British Film Institute's glazed drum-shaped IMAX theater... |
Film | South Bank |
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BFI Southbank
With the best repertory programming in London, the three cinemas... |
Film | South Bank |
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Black Friar
A step from Blackfriars Tube stop, this spectacular pub has an... |
Bars | The City |
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Blue Anchor
This unaltered Georgian pub has been seen in the movie Sliding... |
Bars | Hammersmith |
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The Blue Bar at the Berkeley Hotel
With low-slung gray-blue walls, this hotel bar is ever so slightly... |
Bars | Knightsbridge |
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Book Club
Light and friendly, the Book Club tops off a dose of Shoreditch's... |
Bars | Shoreditch |
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Cadogan Hall
Formerly a church, Cadogan Hall has been turned into a spacious... |
Concerts | Kensington |
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Cafe des Amis
This relaxed basement wine bar near the Royal Opera House is... |
Bars | Covent Garden |
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Camden Arms
On the site of the last fatal duel in Britain, this funky-yet-chill... |
Bars | Regent's Park |
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Canal Café Theatre
Famous comics and cabaret stars perform every night of the week... |
Cabaret, Comedy Clubs | Little Venice |
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Candy Bar
London's top girls' bar is intimate, chilled, and cruisey, with... |
Bars | Soho |
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Cargo
Housed under a series of old railway arches, this vast brick-wall... |
Dance Clubs | Shoreditch |
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Cinnamon Club
In the basement of what was once Old Westminster Library, the... |
Bars | Westminster |
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Claridge's Bar
This elegant Mayfair meeting place remains unpretentious even... |
Bars | Mayfair |
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Comedy Store
Known as the birthplace of alternative comedy, this is where... |
Comedy Clubs | Soho |
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The Cow
Crowds head to this chic mix of fun, haute food and friendly... |
Bars | Notting Hill |
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Crazy Bear
This sexy basement bar with cowhide stools and croc-skin tables... |
Bars | Fitzrovia |
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Curzon Soho
This comfortable cinema runs an artsy program of mixed repertoire... |
Film | Soho |
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Dogstar
This popular South London hangout is frequented by local hipsters... |
Bars | Brixton |
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Donmar Warehouse
Hollywood stars often perform here in diverse and daring new... |
Theater | Covent Garden |
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Dove Inn
Read the list of famous ex-regulars, from Charles II and Nell... |
Bars | Hammersmith |
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Dover Street Restaurant & Jazz Bar
Put on your blue-suede shoes and prepare to dance the night away—that... |
Music Clubs | Mayfair |
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The Electric Cinema
This refurbished Portobello Road art house screens mainstream... |
Film | Notting Hill |
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Everyman Cinema Club
Kick off your shoes, curl up on the large comfy sofas, and have... |
Film | Regent's Park |
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Fabric
This sprawling subterranean club is now a firm fixture on the... |
Dance Clubs | Hoxton |
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French House
In the pub where the French Resistance convened during World... |
Bars | Soho |
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Friendly Society
This haute moderne hot spot hops with activity almost any night... |
Bars | Soho |
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The George Inn
Shakespeare drank in this Southwark pub, Dickens featured the... |
Bars | South Bank |
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Glyndebourne
Fifty-four miles south of London, Glyndebourne is one of the... |
Opera | London |
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Hackney Empire
The history of this treasure of a theater is drama in its own... |
Theater | Hackney |
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Harp
This is the sort of friendly little local you might find on some... |
Bars | Covent Garden |
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Heaven
With the best light show on any London dance floor, Heaven is... |
Music Clubs | Covent Garden |
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The HMV Forum
The best medium-to-big-name rock performers consistently play... |
Music Clubs | Kentish Town |
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The Holly Bush
A short walk up the hill from Hampstead Tube station, the friendly... |
Bars | Hampstead |
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Institute of Contemporary Arts
Housed in an elegant John Nash-designed Regency terrace, the... |
Film, Art Galleries | St. James's |
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Jazz Café
A palace of high-tech cool in bohemian Camden remains an essential... |
Music Clubs | Camden |
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Jerusalem Tavern
Owned by the well-respected St. Peter's Brewery from Suffolk... |
Bars | Clerkenwell |
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Kings Place
This airy concert venue opened in October 2008 near the Eurostar... |
Concerts | King's Cross |
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KOKO
This Victorian theater, formerly known as Camden Palace, has... |
Dance Clubs | Camden |
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Lamb & Flag
This refreshingly un-gentrified 17th-century pub was once known... |
Bars | Covent Garden |
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The Lamb
Charles Dickens and his contemporaries drank here, but today's... |
Bars | Bloomsbury |
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Le Beaujolais
Around 60 lovingly selected French wines are available, and you... |
Bars | Leicester Square |
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Le Salon Bar
Renowned chef Joël Robuchon's intimate, relaxed, and elegant... |
Bars | Leicester Square |
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Lisson
Owner Nicholas Logsdail represents about 40 blue-chip artists... |
Art Galleries | Marylebone |
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The London Coliseum
Ballet troupes are often booked into the spectacular Coliseum... |
Dance | Covent Garden |
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The London Coliseum
A vertiable architectural extravaganza of Edwardian exoticism... |
Opera | Covent Garden |
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Long Bar at Sanderson Hotel
The 80-foot-long shimmering white onyx bar in the Philippe Starck-designed... |
Bars | Fitzrovia |
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Market Porter
Opposite Borough Market, this atmospheric pub opens at 6 am for... |
Bars | South Bank |
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Mason and Taylor
This hip industrial Shoreditch bar specialises in ales, lagers... |
Bars | Shoreditch |
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Mass
In what was previously St. Matthew's Church (whose crypt now... |
Dance Clubs | Brixton |
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Mayflower
An atmospheric 17th-century riverside inn (rebuilt in the following... |
Bars | South Bank |
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Ministry of Sound
It's more of an industry than a club, with its own record label... |
Dance Clubs | South Bank |
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The Mint Leaf Bar
The renowned long bar is stocked with more than 500 spirits and... |
Bars | Haymarket |
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Museum Tavern
Across the street from the British Museum, this friendly and... |
Bars | Bloomsbury |
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The Nag's Head
The landlord of this classic little mews pub in Belgravia runs... |
Bars | Knightsbridge |
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National Theatre
When this theater opened in 1976, designed by Sir Denys Lasdun... |
Theater | South Bank |
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Nordic
With shooters called "Husky Poo" and "Danish Bacon Surprise"... |
Bars | Soho |
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Notting Hill Arts Club
Rock stars like Liam Gallagher and Courtney Love have been seen... |
Dance Clubs | Notting Hill |
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Novello Theatre
Dating back to 1905 and refurbished a century later, the Novello... |
Theater | Covent Garden |
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O2 Academy Brixton
This legendary Brixton venue has seen it all—mods and rockers... |
Music Clubs | Brixton |
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The Old Vic
This grand old theater, former haunting grounds of such stage... |
Theater | South Bank |
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Open Air Theatre
On a warm summer evening, classical theater in the pastoral and... |
Theater | Regent's Park |
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Opera Holland Park
In summer, well-loved operas and imaginative productions of relatively... |
Opera | Kensington |
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Pacha
London's version of the Ibizan superclub is in a restored 1920s... |
Dance Clubs | Victoria |
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Peacock Theatre
Sadler's Wells's West End annex, this modernist theater near... |
Dance | Bloomsbury |
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Photographer's Gallery
Britain's first photography gallery brought world-famous photographers... |
Art Galleries | Soho |
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Pizza Express Jazz Club Soho
One of the capital's most ubiquitous pizza chains also runs a... |
Music Clubs | Soho |
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The Place
The Robin Howard Dance Theatre is London's only theater dedicated... |
Dance | Bloomsbury |
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Prince Charles Cinema
This repertory cinema right off Leicester Square offers a chance... |
Film | Soho |
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Princess Louise
This fine, popular pub is an exquisite museum piece of a Victorian... |
Bars | Holborn |
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Prospect of Whitby
Named after a ship, this is London's oldest riverside pub, dating... |
Bars | East End |
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The Queen's Larder
The royal associated with this tiny pub is Queen Charlotte, who... |
Bars | Bloomsbury |
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Riflemaker
In the oldest public building in the West End, and a former Georgian... |
Art Galleries | Soho |
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Riverside Studios Cinema
The selection at this converted movie studio showing repertory... |
Film | Soho |
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Roebuck
Perched on top of Richmond Hill, the Roebuck has perhaps the... |
Bars | Richmond |
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Ronnie Scott's
This legendary jazz club has attracted big names since the 1960s... |
Music Clubs | Soho |
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Royal Academy of Arts
Housed in an aristocratic mansion and home to Britain's first... |
Art Galleries | Mayfair |
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Royal Albert Hall
Built in 1871, this splendid iron-and-glass-dome auditorium hosts... |
Concerts | Kensington |
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Royal Court Theatre
Britain's undisputed epicenter of new theatrical works, the RCT... |
Theater | Chelsea |
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Royal Opera House
As well as the Royal Opera, the renowned Royal Ballet performs... |
Dance | Covent Garden |
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Royal Opera House
Along with Milan's La Scala, New York's Metropolitan, and Paris's... |
Opera | Covent Garden |
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The Running Horse
Wood paneling lends an authentic feel to the ground floor of... |
Bars | Mayfair |
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Rupert Street
For smart boyz, this gay chic island among the sleaze has a lounge... |
Bars | Soho |
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Saatchi Gallery
Charles Saatchi lit the fuse to the contemporary art explosion... |
Art Galleries | Chelsea |
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Sadler's Wells
This gleaming building opened in 1998, the seventh on the site... |
Dance | Islington |
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Serpentine Gallery
Built in 1934 as a tea pavilion in Kensington Gardens, the Serpentine... |
Art Galleries | Kensington |
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The Shadow Lounge
This fabulous little lounge and dance club glitters with faux... |
Dance Clubs | Soho |
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Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
This faithful reconstruction of the open-air playhouse where... |
Theater | South Bank |
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Sketch
One seat never looks like the next at this collection of esoteric... |
Bars | Soho |
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Soho Theatre
This innovative theater's programs include comedy shows by established... |
Comedy Clubs | Soho |
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Soho Theatre
This sleek theater in the heart of Soho is devoted to fostering... |
Theater | Soho |
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Southbank Centre
The Royal Festival Hall is one of London's best spaces for large-scale... |
Arts Centers, Concerts, Art Galleries | London |
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Spaniards Inn
Ideal as a refueling point when you're on a Hampstead Heath hike... |
Bars | Hampstead |
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St. James's Church
The organ was brought here in 1691 after fire destroyed its former... |
Concerts | St. James's |
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St. John's, Smith Square
This baroque church behind Westminster Abbey offers chamber music... |
Concerts | Soho |
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St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Popular lunchtime concerts (free but £3.50 donation suggested)... |
Concerts | Covent Garden |
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Tate Modern
This converted power station is one of the largest modern-art... |
Art Galleries | South Bank |
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Terroirs
Specialising in "natural wines" (organic and sustainably produced... |
Wine Bars | Covent Garden |
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Tricycle Theatre
The Tricycle is committed to representing the cultural diversity... |
Film, Theater | Kilburn |
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Union Chapel
The beauty of this sublime old chapel and its impressive multicultural... |
Music Clubs | Islington |
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Viaduct Tavern
Queen Victoria opened the nearby Holborn Viaduct in 1869, and... |
Bars | The City |
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Victoria Miro Gallery
This important commercial gallery has exhibited some of the biggest... |
Art Galleries | Islington |
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Water Rats
This high-spirited pub hosted Bob Dylan on his 1963 tour, as... |
Music Clubs | Bloomsbury |
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White Cube
The English role in the exploding contemporary art scene has... |
Art Galleries | Hoxton |
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White Hart
Claiming to be the oldest licensed pub in London, this elegant... |
Bars | Covent Garden |
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Whitechapel Art Gallery
Established in 1897 and newly expanded, this large, independent... |
Art Galleries | Shoreditch |
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Wigmore Hall
Hear chamber music and song recitals in this charming hall with... |
Concerts | Marylebone |
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Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese
Yes, this extremely historic pub (it dates from 1667, the year... |
Bars | The City |
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Ye Olde Mitre
Hidden off the side of 8 Hatton Gardens, this cozy pub's roots... |
Bars | The City |
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Ye Olde Watling
This busy corner pub has been rebuilt at least three times since... |
Bars | The City |
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Young Vic
In a home near Waterloo, big names perform alongside young talent... |
Theater | South Bank |
