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Betfair Turbo Tennis
The O2, 15 September, £20-60
Turbo Tennis compresses a match into 30 minutes, deuces become sudden death and if you spend too long stretching between point prepare to pay a forfeit. This one day competition sees the young guns: James Blake, Andy and Jamie Murray challenging the experienced Champions: Tim Henman, Goran Ivanisevic and Pat Cash. Who will take home the $100,000 prize fund?
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Beastie Boys & KT Tunstall
The Roundhouse, 6 Sept (Beastie Boys), 30 Oct – 1 Nov (KT Tunstall), £20-30
Amongst the multitude of performers taking to the stage at the Roundhouse over the next few months, two take my fancy. The Beastie Boys will play an exclusive instrumental Gala show, featuring The Mix-Up, their first album of all-new instrumental material. KT Tunstall, the Brit Award-winning singer-songwriter and Grammy nominee brings her highly acclaimed live band back to the UK to promote the release of her second album ‘Drastic Fantastic’. Will she live up to expectation and are the Boys just too old?
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Ranolf Fiennes: Transglobe Expedition: 25th anniversary celebration
Royal Geographical Society, 10 September, 19:00, £20
From 1979-1982 Ranolf Fiennes and Charlie Burton undertook the first circumnavigation of the world via the North & South Poles. On its 25th Anniversary Celebration, Ranolf Fiennes and members of his team are giving you the chance to listen to the amazing story of their truly epic 3 year journey across land, sea and ice.
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Late Lounge
Terrace Café, National Theatre, Friday/Saturday, 22:00-1:00, Free
The Late Lounge introduced Bring & Share into my life. Unlike a normal club, you bring your ipod, suggest a song and then leave the DJ trying to mix it all together.
Why not try something different on a Friday night? Attend a Watch This Space performance and then head up to the Late Lounge to relax, absorb the eclectic music and meet someone new.
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Bank of England Museum
The Bank of England, Free
The museum tells the story of the Bank of England from its foundation in 1694 to its role today as the United Kingdom’s central bank. If you haven’t got piles of cash at home, the museum gives you the chance to learn about banknotes and coins as well as stare at the shiny gold bars.
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Harlequins v Manu Samoa
Twickenham Stoop, 17 August
In preparation for the start of the 2007/2008 Guinness Premiership season, Harlequins will play four warm up matches. The first is against Manu Samoa, who are currently in preparation for the start of the World Cup. If there is one good reason to slip out of work on Friday, this is it!
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Portobello Film Festival
1 –21 August, Free
The Portobello Film Festival claims it “shows tomorrow’s films today” and with an impressive history it seems to have achieved it. This year’s festival, free as usual, will showcase hundreds of low budget films interspersed with other more random features. Venues are varied with pubs, churches and studios all on the roster.
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The World Press Photo Exhibition
Southbank Centre, 18 August - 9 September, Free
200 Award-Winning photos from all over the planet are exhibited in the “definitive competition for photographic reporting”. The photographs on display “range from the shocking to the sublime, the beautiful to the barely believable, and include war-torn Iraq, street dancers in Paris, fans and footballers at the World Cup in Germany, the American Ms Senior Sweetheart Pageant, and the vicious hunting grounds of the Leopard seal”.
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Warhol vs Banksy
The Hospital Gallery, 10 August – 1 September, Mon-Friday 10:00-20:00, Sat 12:00-18:00, Sun Closed, Free
The Hospital presents a “face to face show of classic drawings and paintings by Andy Warhol set against the infamous graffiti work of Banksy”. This new exhibition consists of more than 40 works and compares those of the late American Pop artist Andy Warhol to the contemporary British graffiti artist Banksy.
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Tête à Tête
Riverside Studios, 9-26 August, £5-10
Tête à Tête return to Riverside Studios for a sensual feast of the newest, funkiest and inspirational opera.
The ‘Warhol vs Banksy’ exhibition is a wonderful opportunity to see an impressive collection of iconic Warhol pieces, such as ‘The Marilyn’ and sketches of the Beatles, and how indebted Banksy is to Warhol’s Pop Art approach. I initially thought it quite bizarre that Banksy’s pieces were to be exhibited in the relatively sterile environment of a gallery but it works very well as the space at The Hospital is far from mainstream. I would absolutely recommend it!
Comment by lizzy_mcgrath — August 29, 2007 #