Arts & Culture in London · Page 4

Queen of London cinemas

Luxurious and arty cinema built in 1966 (now a Grade II Listed building) following the destruction of a cinema on...

Central London · 38 Curzon St, Mayfair, London

• cinema

Return to the 17th century

A spendid red-brick 1610 house (expanded in the 1670s) that was largely the vision of Elizabeth Murray, Countess of...

West London · Ham Street, Ham, Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey

• art gallery

Paintings in the middle of traffic

London's most most sadly situated museum is sandwiched between Hyde Park and traffic-aggressive Hyde Park...

Central London · 149 Piccadilly, Hyde Park Corner, London

• museum
• art gallery

Totally gay-friendly theatre, cabaret and comedy establishment

Opened in 2008 with both a main house and an intimate basement space to host international A-list and often naughty...

Central London · 6 Leicester Place, London

• mixed gay/straight
• theater

Objects of desire

Museum opened in 1989, the vision of design mogul Terence Conran, with a permanent collection that is relatively...

West London · 224–238 Kensington High St, London

• museum

A very British art institution

Overlooking the Thames in a seemingly [but not really] nowheresville bit of London, Tate Britain ranks high on a list...

Southwest London · Millbank, Pimlico, London

• art gallery

Nine miles of towpath with a view of olde-worlde canal-side London

As an antidote to culture and shopping overload, you might consider a walk along all or part of this 19th-century canal...

London

Europe's tallest ferris wheel happens to be in London

Staked at a southside edge of the Thames in a seemingly precarious but imposing position halfway between the Palace of...

Central London · Riverside Building, County Hall, Westminster Bridge Rd, London

UK's top dance establishment

A mecca for lovers of dance, Sadler's Wells is where you'll find the cream of British and international talent, from...

Central London · Rosebery Avenue, Islington, London

• theater
• performance

Distinguished opera company

London's ever-so-slightly less prestigious opera institution might not attract as many high-profile...

Central London · London Coliseum, St Martin's Lane, London

• performance