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Chelsea Flower Show 2008 Great Pavilion © Jon Enoch

Chelsea Flower Show

25 - 29 May 2010 (annual)

The Chelsea Flower Show is the gardening Mecca of Europe. Some of the greatest exponents of the art exhibit imaginative garden designs over an 11-acre site at the Royal Hospital in Chelsea…

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Overlooking Courts 14 & 15 during The Championships. Courtesy of www.britainonview.com

Wimbledon Championships

Jun - Jul 2010 (annual)

Widely considered the world's greatest tennis tournament, top-seed players, traditional strawberries and cream and the infamous rain delays set Wimbledon apart from other Grand Slams. Some of…

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Notting Hill Carnival. Photo by bellaphon (flickr)

Notting Hill Carnival

Aug 2010 (annual)

Around a million people hit Notting Hill's streets in West London for Europe's biggest carnival. Fabulous floats make a colourful circuit of the area and sound systems blast out music all day.…

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Royal Albert Hall at night during Proms time. Courtesy of the BBC Proms

BBC Henry Wood Proms

16 Jul - 11 Sep 2010 (annual)

Founded in 1895 by Sir Henry Wood, the Proms concerts at the Royal Albert Hall take over London's classical musical calendar every summer and, with some justification, can claim to be the…

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London Eye, London. Courtesy of Visit London Images/Britain on View

London Eye

Daily

The giant London Eye wheel on the Thames riverbank is a magnet for visitors to the capital. A ride provides panoramic views over the river, Big Ben, St Paul's Cathedral and even the distant…

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St Paul's Cathedral, London. Courtesy of Visit London

St Paul's Cathedral

Daily; not Sun

The famous dome of St Paul's Cathedral, in the City, is a London icon. Test the acoustics in The Whispering Gallery and visit the tombs of Nelson and Sir Christopher Wren, the cathedral's…

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Tate Modern, London. Courtesy of www.britainonview.com

Tate Modern

Daily

The industrial Bankside Power Station on the south bank of the Thames houses the Tate Modern gallery's world-class 20th-century and contemporary art collection. Catch temporary exhibitions…

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Inside the National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London. © National Gallery

National Gallery

Daily

The pedestrianisation of Trafalgar Square has created an even grander forecourt to one of the world's finest art collections. The National Gallery houses European paintings from the 13th to…

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Barclays ATP World Tour Finals

22 - 29 Nov 2009 (annual)

The Barclays ATP World Tour Finals brings together the best male tennis players of the season for a final showdown at London's O2 Arena. The likes of Roger Federer and Andy Murray slug it out…

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Yellow (detail), 1999, Anish Kapoor. Photo by Dave Morgan, installation in Haus der Kunst, Munich, 2007-08

Anish Kapoor

26 Sep - 11 Dec 2009

London's Royal Academy of Arts hosts a solo exhibition on the works of Turner Prize winner and pioneering sculptor, Anish Kapoor. Signature works are displayed. The centrepiece is the…

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Richard Wright, Untitled (detail), 2005. Courtesy of Gagosian Gallery, London/New York, The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow, and BQ, Berlin

The Turner Prize Exhibition

6 Oct 2009 - 16 Jan 2010; not Mon (annual)

Always provocative, the eagerly awaited Turner Prize is awarded to a British artist under 50 for an outstanding exhibition or other presentation of their work in the preceding year. See the…

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Mosaic mask of Tezcatlipoca. Aztec/Mixtec, 15th-16th century AD. From Mexico. © Trustees of the British Museum

Moctezuma: Aztec Ruler

24 Sep 2009 - 24 Jan 2010

The last in the British Museum's series on great rulers, the Moctezuma exhibition explores Aztec civilisation through the divine, military and political role of the last elected ruler…

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Michael Jackson: The Official Exhibition

18 Nov 2009 - 31 Jan 2010

Still lauded by music fans worldwide, Michael Jackson makes a posthumous return to London's O2 Arena with this official exhibition chronicling his vast contribution to music and pop culture.…

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Chinese acrobat dancer. Photo by Hayley Madden, courtesy of Greater London Authority

Chinese New Year Celebrations in London

21 Feb 2010 (annual)

London's vast Chinese community welcomes the New Year with a colourful bang. Follow the grand parade along the Strand, Charing Cross Road and Shaftesbury Avenue and catch splendid lion dances…

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The new Wembley Stadium. Courtesy of Action Images/Paul Harding

Carling Cup Final: Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur

Mar 2010 (annual)

Manchester United play Spurs in the Carling Cup Final at Wembley Stadium.

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Ornette Coleman, jazz saxophonist and composer & curator of Meltdown 2009. Photo courtesy Southbank Centre

Meltdown

Jun 2010 (annual)

The annual Meltdown festival of contemporary music, organised by London's Southbank Centre, is programmed each year by a celebrity curator. In 2009, legendary avant-garde jazz innovator…

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Pride London. Photo by Miranda Wilson

Pride London

Jul 2010 (annual)

The Pride march has firmly established itself in London and is the biggest event in the UK gay diary. The carnival atmosphere transforms central London with a flamboyant parade of floats…

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The façade of Harrods department store, Knightsbridge, London. Courtesy of Harrods

Harrods Summer Sale

Jun - Jul 2010 (annual)

Harrods Sale is an international event, drawing thousands of bargain hunters to the store that boasts to be "Omnia Omnibus Ubique" - all things for all people, everywhere. A vast array of…

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Iliana Boyiakis, 'Untitled', The Arts Institute at Bournemouth

Free Range

May - Jul 2010 (annual)

With visitor numbers to rival some of the capital's top art shows, Free Range at the Old Truman Brewery in London's East End brings the very best of the nation's creative talent together on…

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Two little terrors at Kids Week, London. Courtesy of Kids Week

Kids Week

Aug 2010 (annual)

Every year in late summer during Kids Week the average age of the audience in London's theatres plummets. Children from under-fives up to 16-year-olds flock to an unrivalled selection of plays…


Highlights

Chelsea Flower Show

Royal Hospital Chelsea

25 - 29 May 2010 (annual)

Wimbledon Championships

The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club

Jun - Jul 2010 (annual)

Notting Hill Carnival

Notting Hill

Aug 2010 (annual)