Outgoing Tapas Fantasticas James Morrison Forest concert Newspeak Tea Kimono and Dvd Topshop bandstand picnics The Fitzrovia radio hour
L I S T I N G S
OUTGOING
The
avant-garde
exhibition of
the summer
Play in a designer tree house
London 1:1 Architects Build Small Spaces; 15 June-30 August; V&A, Cromwell Road, SW7; free; vam.ac.uk/smallspaces
With all that space available at the V&A, it can’t have been easy deciding which architecturally jaw-dropping construction
to build first: a reading tower with more than 6,000 books; a tree-house elevated on stilts; or a series of narrow corridors.
The museum has commissioned architectural firms to explore the notion of personal space and everyday experience and
the result is a rather impressive exhibition of seven different ‘buildings’. Leading Japanese architect Terunobu Fujimori will
encourage visitors to gain a new perspective by climbing inside his wooden retreat via a ladder. He must be out of his tree…
FLORENCE & THE
MACHINE IN 1942. FACT
REVISIT RADIO’S GOLDEN AGE
London The Fitzrovia Radio Hour;
15 June-25 July; The Last Days Of
Decadence, EC1; £10: fitzroviaradio.
co.uk Inspired by the charmingly
dated radio plays of the Forties, the
cutglass-voiced cast present two new
shows. Watch, listen and learn as they
bless us with satire and sharp humour.
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EXACTLY WHAT OUR
PICNICS LOOK LIKE…
MINUS THE CIDER
HIT A FASHION-FORWARD PICNIC
Nationwide Topshop Bandstand
Picnics; from 12 June onwards; £10:
topshop.com These stylish outdoor
picnics from fashion mecca,
Topshop, will pop up all over Britain
throughout June. Expect bands, DJs
and more brogues and denim shorts
than you can shake a hamper at.
TRY A KIMONO ON FOR SIZE
Glasgow Tea, Kimono mono
And DVD; 28 August; ust;
The Hunterian Art rt
Gallery, University y of
Glasgow, G12;
free; glasgow.
ac.uk/hunterian
Start this
20-minute
Japanese
baptism with
matcha (powder
green tea), then
learn all about
the kimono and
try one on for size, e,
before finishing off ff
with a Japanese
short film.
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FUJIMORI WAS PROUD OF HIS
NEW HOUSE, BUT HOW THE HELL
WOULD HE GET THE PIANO IN?
“TURNING JAPANESE
I THINK I’M TURNING
JAPANESE” AND REPEAT
FOR THE NEXT 48 HOURS
SUP RIOJA BY RIVER THAMES
London Tapas Fantasticas; 25-27
June; Potters Fields Park, SE1;
free; winesfromrioja.co.uk/
tapasfantasticas
We urge all local
office workers to
pencil in a long
tapas lunch
for each day
of this Spanish
food festival.
With cooking
demonstrations,
Spanish music
and wine tasting,
attendees also have
the chance to win
a case of rioja. Olé!
MORRISON GETS USED TO THE
OUTDOOR VIBE, ALBEIT ON
A ROOFTOP IN SWINDON
GET A WOODLAND SERENADE
Cheshire James Morrison Forest
Concert; 3 July; Delamere Forest
Park, near Northwich, CW8; £31;
forestry.gov.uk/music Spend an
evening with James Morrison’s dulcet
tones in a candlelit forest. Singing
songs from his bestselling albums, the
man is all yours for one night only.
DONALD URQUHART’S A JOAN
CRAWFORD ALPHABET.
WE WANT IT!
SPOT SPO THE NEXT TRACEY EMIN
LADIES, OLIVES ARE
NOT AN ACCEPTABLE
STOMACH LINING
BEFORE RIOJA
London Lon Newspeak: British Art Now
Part
1; until 17 October; The Saatchi
Gall Gallery, King’s Road SW3; saatchi
galle gallery.com The next generation of
British Briti artists will help you get a feel
for what’s w new in contemporary
culture cultu at this pioneering exhibition
in the th home of artistic cool.
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