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| | | It’s time to celebrate the Windrush Generation properly | The Black Lives Matter protests have shown that London has a lot of work to do when it comes to recognising and celebrating the achievements of its BAME citizens. What with this week being the anniversary of the HMT Empire Windrush’s arrival in the capital in 1948, the public is asking the government to create a perpetual memorial, using the ship’s anchor (currently sitting at the bottom of the sea, off the coast of Algeria). And Hackney Council has commissioned two sculptures to be installed permanently in the
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Fingers on buzzers
Which bar in Soho did the band Pulp write a song about? |
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| Incoming: streaming stuff for your diary | | | | Until Sunday June 28 Bathe in Glasto ambience | | No Glastonbury this year. In the words of the American president: SAD. Luckily the V&A, faithful chronicler of the human condition, has dedicated a load of time and effort to reproducing various bits of ‘the Glastonbury experience’ online. Case in point: a collection of binaural soundscapes which threaten to transport you right back to Worthy Farm. The obvious thing would be to end this with a reference to either mud or drugs. But we respect you. So we won’t. | | The best of the rest: | Today, 6pm Stop yakking, it’s time for some bloody art, courtesy of Somerset House and tech-focused maven Alan Warburton.
Today, 7pm The Royal Institution cordially invites you to its talk on cosmology. Nice and light for a Tuesday.
Wednesday, 1pm City Lit will be chatting with Ruby Wax about mental health and other struggles during the current crisis.
Check out our full list of virtual highlights, updated every day |
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This is how cinemas are about
to change | | | | Ah, the old silver screen. Nothing like it, is there? Shoulder to shoulder with your fellow movie enthusiasts, putting away handful after handful of semi-stale pick ’n’ mix, realising ten minutes into the new ‘Fast and Furious’ film that you’re getting old and all the loud bangs give you a migraine. Nothing. Like. It. Well, in July cinemas should be able to reopen again. The catch: they will be nothing like how you remember. |
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| More quality for your quarantine | | | | London loos | | Bustin’ for a wee? Here’s an excellent map of the capital’s toilets | | |
| | | Hold it together | | Folk from London’s LGBTQ+ community on the obstacle that is lockdown | | |
| | | | Watch and learn | | Maxine Peake on what she’s been gawping at to stave off lockdown boredom | | |
| | | Pore over postcards | | The Chapman Brothers, Boy George and more are auctioning their art for charity | | |
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| | | ‘I know it’s dramatic, but I definitely count that day last year when it was 40 degrees in London as one of the worst days of my life’ | | @stefanbertin | | Overheard something weird or wonderful? Tweet us and you might see it here next week! | | |
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| Time Out has become Time In while our wonderful city is on lockdown. We are still dedicated to bringing you the best of London, even while London itself sits indoors for a while. Wherever you are in the city, if there's something happening, Time In will let you know about it. |
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