• Theatre Review: Sex With A Stranger @ Trafalgar Studios
     
     Laugh-out-loud funny and excruciatingly sad: welcome to the messy world of relationships http://betalon.ldncreative.com/2012/02/theatre-review-sex-with-a-stranger-trafalgar-studios.php
  • A-Z Pub Crawls: Where Is The Best Pub In Angel?
     
     First in a liver-damaging 26-part series that we'll probably never finish. http://betalon.ldncreative.com/2012/02/a-z-pub-crawls-where-is-the-best-pub-in-angel.php
  • Book Grocer: 8-14 February
     
     Book, poetry and spoken word events in London this week: crap dates leaven the lurve. http://betalon.ldncreative.com/2012/02/book-grocer-8-14-february.php
  • Theatre Review: Master Class @ Vaudeville Theatre
     
     In an exceptional performance, Tyne Daly illustrates the passion and the pathos of uber-diva Maria Callas. http://betalon.ldncreative.com/2012/02/theatre-review-master-class-vaudeville-theatre.php
Fernando Espi gives a guitar masterclass

Preview: London Guitar Festival

London’s unique celebration of classical guitar shows that there is still life in the axe.

Back Garden Cabaret: Two young ballet dancers, Violet Hutchinson aged 8, and Betty Putt aged 7, rehearsing in a back garden in Poplar, east London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Exhibition Preview: East at Getty Images Gallery at Westfield Stratford City

A fantastic display of old photos from London’s East End

scotland yard

Met’s Trident Targets Gang Crime

Raids planned for today to net suspected gang members.

Click for the morphing version.

Alternative Tube Maps: Morphing Tube

Watch as it transforms before your amazed eyes.

The Standard, 2007 - The Times, 2012

Standard Criticises Times Cycling Campaign, Similar To Its Own

The Standard’s Simon Jenkins goes off on one against a campaign his paper sort of started. Odd.

Write your own joke. Image by Geoff Caddick/PA

Extra, Extra

A giant, fake whale on the Thames, and other news…

Rafaela Carrasco and company: Vamos Al Tiroteo

Arts Ahead: What’s On In London 7 – 13 February

This week’s hottest art, dance, theatre, classical and operatic offerings

James Tissot, Portsmouth Dockyard © Tate

Review: Migrations: Journeys into British Art @ Tate Britain

Works by immigrant artists, and the stories behind them.