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Tickets Alert: Ennio Morricone season at the BFI

A chance to remember the crafter of music that was Ennio Morricone, who died earlier this year, with a season of movies at the BFI Southbank.

Tate Britain’s Turner exhibition to feature the £20 bank note

The painting that started appearing on £20 banknotes earlier this year will be one of the highlights of a new Turner exhibition, tickets for which are now on sale.

The first ever Pantomine comes to The National Theatre

It's a strange year and getting stranger, as that bastion of the Southbank arts complex, The National Theatre is to stage its first ever Pantomine this winter.

Prince Charles Cinema reopens next month

The best independent cinema in the West End has announced that it will reopen in October, with a full programme of films, but only a quarter of the seats.

London Cocktail Week – now lasts a month

The annual week-long event to promote the drinking of colourful alcoholic confections has been extended to last a whole month this year.

Tickets Alert: Tantra and the Arctic at the British Museum

Two new exhibitions are opening soon at the British Museum, and in these covid times of restricted visitor numbers, tickets are now available.

Tickets Alert: Chance to go inside the King’s Observatory

The King’s Observatory, a grand building commissioned by King George III as an observatory for the transit of Venus is going to open its doors later this month for a rare chance to see inside.

Tickets Alert: Online guided tours of the Houses of Parliament

As in-person guided tours of Parliament are rather difficult at the moment, they are offering a regular series of online tours instead.

Tickets Alert: Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition

The annual exhibition of award-winning photographs of our planet returns later this year, and due to shorter opening hours, they're putting tickets on sale from today to give people a chance to book early.

Steam trains return to the Epping Ongar Railway for the Bank Holiday

This coming Bank Holiday weekend, steam trains will once again ply the route along the Epping Ongar Railway.

Tickets Alert: Free entry to Greenwich’s Painted Hall

Greenwich's restored Painted Hall normally charges for entry, but for a couple of weeks, entry will be free in the evenings.

Big screen classics back on the big screen at the BFI

A comforting antidote to the dreadful past few months, the BFI Southbank is screening a series of Bank Holiday style comfort movies when it reopens next month.

Tickets Alert: Walk through an underground train tunnel

This coming Saturday, there's a chance to walk through the tunnels deep under Clerkenwell once used by the Post Office's private Mail Rail trains.

Tickets Alert: Backstage tours of the O2 / Millennium Dome

For the next few weeks, the O2 Arena in North Greenwich is hosting behind the scenes tours of the main stage.

Tickets Alert: Open air screenings of Jesus Christ Superstar

For the first time ever, performances at Regent’s Park's Open Air Theatre will be relayed live to up to 5,000 additional ticketholders via a giant screen on the outside lawn.

Tickets Alert: Transport Museum – late night openings

The London Transport Museum has announced that it is going to be opening later in the evenings every Thursday in September and October.

Tickets Alert: Heritage Open Days announced

Next month is the annual Heritage Open Days, where normally private buildings across the UK open their doors to the public.

Tickets Alert: Fires, bells and spinning wheels

Tickets for three art installations for the Greenwich+Docklands International Festival are released at lunchtime today.

Tickets Alert: London Craft Week

London Craft Week will take place at the end of September, and alongside exhibitions of crafty wares in shops and galleries, there are a number of pre-bookable talks and workshops.

Design Museum to open late throughout August

With social distancing reducing how many people can get into museums, the Design Museum is extending its opening hours for the month of August.

Tickets Alert: Midnight Apothecary returns to the Brunel Museum

The Brunel Museum is reopening its open-air cocktail garden built on top of Brunel's original tunnel shaft in Rotherhithe from next Friday.

Tickets Alert: Cycle around Kew Gardens

Bicycles are not normally allowed inside Kew Gardens, but for one evening next month, two wheels can replace two feet for visitors.

Hampton Court Palace reopens to the public

Although some of the gardens are already open, the main buildings at Hampton Court Palace remained closed, until now.

Barbican conservatory starts weekday openings

If you didn't know it was there, it can be a surprise to learn that London's second-largest glasshouse is in the Barbican centre.