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1985 review – a very 2018 take on the AIDS film

It’s the perfect tonic to brainless Netflix romcoms this Christmas, says Stephen Emms

Mog the cat at Christmas with family 1976
Books

Like moggies? Don’t miss Cats on the Page, British Library

A free new exhibition celebrates our beloved feline friends

Gaspard the fox reads his book
Books

The fascinating tale of Gaspard the Fox

BBC newsreader Zeb Soanes on his brush with ‘London’s Handsomest Fox’

Image of London by night from the Tate by Philipp Pley
Art

Philipp Pley: a very London photographer

We meet an auditor who balances his stressy job with snapping the capital

Dandelion
Film & Theatre

Dandelion: How Section 28 crushed queer female sexuality

A new play at Islington’s King’s Head explores the impacts of the infamous Thatcherite legislation

The Terrace of Discovery at the Aga Khan Centre overlooking London
Community

A tour inside the Aga Khan Centre, King’s Cross

We go exploring the new Islamic terraces, gardens and courtyards of London N1C

Cardboard Citizens Terrence Rising
Film & Theatre

Watch a free livestream of Femi Keeling’s topical play Rising

A crucial piece of theatre exploring the implications of Universal Credit on those just released from prison

michael palin
Art

Last chance to catch Michael Palin + Irvin & Golding

If you’re a Monty Python fan you should head to the British Library asap. Plus abstract artists at Kings Place

The houses along Keystone Crescent
History

The curious story of Keystone Crescent, King’s Cross

Author Andrew Whitehead on the most enchanted street in the heart of King’s Cross

Interior of Everyman bar. Everyman and Spiritland are uniting
Drink

Everyman and Spiritland combine classic movies with after-parties

An artistic collision of films, bass and bevvies in N1C as two titans unite