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Best grouse, hare and venison in London

03.09.08
Country comes to town as we find top places to eat grouse, hare and venison. Let your appetite for game run wild. ... more

The Mikado is a treat

25.07.08
The Mikado is The tiny Union's fourth musical - and second all-male production of Gilbert and Sullivan - in a year and it keeps getting better.... more

What to do in London this weekend

11.07.08
Visit a fair trade market, watch or join in with a Flash Drumming event and make sure you don't miss Lewisham People's Day.... more

Charles Dickens would have felt at home

20.05.08
There's a fine range of real ales on tap, the food is decent, traditional pub nosh and the staff are friendly at The Charles Dickens.... more

TV stars in comic Pursuit

17.04.08
League of Gentleman's Reece Shearsmith and former Eastenders actor Nigel Harman to appear in a new production of Simon Gray's The Common Pursuit.... more

Shakespeare's London Connection

15.04.08
As the RSC brings its English history cycle to the Roundhouse, Charles Nicholl examines the bard's adopted city.... more

Prince Albert is different from its surroundings

08.04.08
This charming pub, which occupies the bottom floor of a 1960s building, is like an O'Neills, but with authenticity.... more

The great British roast revolution

30.01.08
Shhh, don't tell your mum but London's eateries are serving up gourmet roasts that are better than hers.... more

Try a night out on the goulash...

23.01.08
Get stuck into spicy stew, dumplings and shots of vodka, as Europe's eastern promise takes over London.... more

Anchor and Hope weighs in as top gastropub

03.12.07
The Anchor and Hope has come out top in a list of the country's finest gastropubs, with London venues dominating.... more

Fine art of museum dining

24.10.07
The real hidden treasure of our galleries and museums is the amazing food on offer.... more

Why Mel's making a song and dance

25.09.07
Mel Smith said he wanted to abandon 'repetitive performance'. So why is the millionaire comedian and director becoming a West End hoofer in Hairspray? Nick Curtis finds out.... more

Find your inner burlesque

24.09.07
Throughout the week, the International Workshop Festival is offering the chance to get in touch with your inner burlesque.... more

Park dates for Romeo and Juliet van tour

28.08.07
The Globe's first national tour since plague closed London theatres 400 years ago is to end with extra dates in the capital.... more

Epic heart of darkness

14.08.07
Riding high in her career, celebrated theatre director Thea Sharrock tells Siobhan Murphy why she is restaging an uncompromising play on one of London's biggest stages.... more

The New Cross brothers' triumph

03.08.07
The revelation of the Festival Hall's Carmen Jones has been that the two singers playing Carmen's love rivals Joe and Husky are, in fact, Jamaican brothers from New Cross.... more

Aviation musical fails to take off

26.07.07
The Menier Chocolate Factory has supplied the West End with some quality musicals, but the latest offering, Take Flight, remains resolutely earthbound.... more

100 boxers go into the ring at Tate Modern

17.07.07
Tate Modern is to be transformed into a boxing ring for a one-off spectacular involving more than 100 amateur fighters.... more

Rival brothers who sing to win Carmen

16.07.07
Two brothers are taking the lead in a dazzling new production of Carmen Jones at the Royal Festival Hall.... more

Latest canvas at Tent Modern

30.05.07
As part of an educational event, more than 120 children held a mass sleepover under canvas in Tate Modern's vast Turbine Hall. ... more

Tate Modern pyramid scheme wins approval

28.03.07
Designs for a controversial extension to Tate Modern have been given the go-ahead.... more

Pub guide highlights London's local gems

20.03.07
More than 30 of London's best-preserved establishments have been included in a new register by The Campaign for Real Ale.... more

Something to smile about in SE1

14.03.07
SE1 Laughter Week kicks off with a free charity comedy night and features seven days of stand-up courses, charity events and funny film shorts.... more

A bog-standard approach to hygiene

05.03.07
Rather than the romantic spot Toby Young imagined, The Real Greek is little more than an up-market fast-food restaurant with sloppy service and some very unappealing toilets.... more

McGowan to make West End impression

19.01.07
Impressionist Alistair McGowan is to make his West End stage debut as a sadistic dentist in rock musical Little Shop Of Horrors. ... more

Critics' choice: top 5 plays

13.10.06
We pick the best productions in town including Tobias and the Angel, the new Godot, Wicked, Cabaret and The Madras House.... more

Young Vic stages £12million comeback

11.10.06
The Young Vic re-opens its doors tonight following a £12.5 million redevelopment. Jude Law's favourite artistic haunt in the capital, has been closed for two years. ... more

Maria and the 20 von Trapps

10.10.06
The cast for Andrew Lloyd Webber's £3 million revival of The Sound Of Music has been unveiled with 20 children lining up alongside the show's stars Connie Fisher and Simon Shepherd.... more

£15 menu helps Arbutus win top title

19.09.06
Arbutus in Soho has been named as London's best new restaurant. The Frith Street establishment has been awarded the accolade in the new Time Out Eating and Drinking Guide.... more

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