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On the buses

3:50pm Tuesday 19th August 2008

Transport buffs or any Londoner interested in the capital’s past are in for a rare treat on Bank Holiday Monday when Cobham Bus Museum throws open its doors for an Open Day.

Raise a glass

3:05pm Thursday 3rd July 2008

A low-fi movie about two middle-aged men on a week-long roadtrip through California's wine country, Sideways never had the glam factor.

Human Rights Watch film festival starts for 12th year

12:04pm Friday 14th March 2008

Clapham Picturehouse has teamed up with cinemas across the capital and Time Out magazine for the 12th Human Rights Watch International Film Festival. In all, 25 films and documentaries will be screened from 19 countries, and seven of them will be featured at the refurbished Picturehouse.

Rambert raises the barre

10:18am Friday 14th March 2008

A triumphant first for Richmond Orchestra: a ballet with choreography and dancing by Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance students.

Battersea art fair teams up with zoo

10:08am Friday 14th March 2008

Art and nature: polar opposites, yet in many ways joined at the hip. And, in a beautiful consummation, Battersea Park Children's Zoo has joined with the Affordable Art Fair for a special offer this weekend.

Treat for wine buffs at art fair

9:24am Wednesday 12th March 2008

Gallo Family Vineyards will be the official drinks sponsor of the Affordable Art Fair for the second successive year.

Talking Heads at Happy Soul Festival

11:39am Friday 7th March 2008

For all its razzamatazz and explosions, the cinema screen can be an effective tool for bringing taboo subjects to the attention of the masses. And what is more taboo than our own frailties and mortality?

Chris Atkins takes to Picturehouse stage

5:33pm Saturday 16th February 2008

An increasingly sensitive issue in Britain since New Labour came into power is civil liberty. You only have to flick through a few news channels of an evening and you will find Shami Chakrabarti, director of Liberty, opposing some new initiative that promises to smash terrorism by putting fully operating film and sound crews in every UK residents' bedroom.

Honeywood takes trip to China

2:34pm Monday 11th February 2008

No sooner have the Chinese New Year celebrations started, then the Honeywood Museum get involved like the proverbial up a drainpipe. For it is Year of the Rat, meaning an afternoon of Chinese and rat-related activities down by Carshalton ponds.

Jan Etherington has it all Pegg-ed Up

2:43pm Thursday 7th February 2008

Fancy writing for the likes of Richard Wilson and Simon Pegg? Jan Etherington has. And now the award-winning comedy writer is running a two-day course in Sunbury to show you how it's done.

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Hacker loses extradition appeal

Updated 9:16pm Thursday 28th August 2008

A computer expert who hacked into top secret US military networks has lost his last-ditch legal appeal and will be extradited to the US in the next two weeks.

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