{"id":117466,"date":"2025-05-20T16:11:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T16:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/117466\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T16:11:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T16:11:13","slug":"things-to-do-in-london-this-bank-holiday-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/117466\/","title":{"rendered":"Things to do in London this bank holiday weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Going<\/p>\n

Another weekend in the capital and there\u2019s plenty to do and see.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re in the market for a new restaurant south of the river, a hot new Soho exhibition or the latest on where Kylie<\/a> and Iggy Pop<\/a> are playing in London, look no further. We\u2019ve got you covered. <\/p>\n

Here\u2019s everything you could do in London this weekend.<\/p>\n

Things to do in London this bank holiday weekend (May 23-26)<\/p>\n

Explore 2,000 years of Indian history <\/p>\n

\"Indian<\/p>\n

British Museum <\/p>\n

Charting more than 2,000 years of history, Ancient India is a new exhibition at the British Museum with more than 180 objects on display, including sculptures, paintings, drawings and manuscripts. Colourful, multi-sensory and atmospheric, the show examines India\u2019s multi-faith society, exploring its devotional art from a contemporary and global perspective and studying how now familiar depictions of deities and enlightened teachers came to be. A transportive and mesmeric collection of stories and history. From May 22. britishmuseum.org<\/a> <\/p>\n

Check out Cornelia Parker\u2019s new show, History Painting <\/p>\n

Soho\u2019s Frith Street Gallery<\/p>\n

\"History<\/p>\n

Frith Street Gallery <\/p>\n

Soho\u2019s Frith Street Gallery is presenting an exhibition of new works by Cornelia Parker, who has created a series of paintings inspired by historic newspaper and magazine covers and the colour analysis charts of pioneering American artist Emily Noyes Vanderpoel (1842-1939). The pieces are seemingly abstract oil-on-canvas but represent narratives in headline titles. In turn, they hark back to Vanderpoel: Parker was drawn to her coloured grids, which deconstructed everything from Egyptian sarcophagi to Assyrian tiles, early Greek vases to butterfly wings. Everything was under inspection, their palettes scrutinised. Until July 5. frithstreetgallery.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Head down to hot new restaurant Hello JoJo<\/p>\n

\"Hello<\/p>\n

Hello JoJo<\/p>\n

There was dismay when Forza Win closed its Camberwell restaurant, but a new venture has arrived bringing fresh vibes and fresh flavours. Hello JoJo is the work of local pair Jo Lavender and Rob Newlan. In the morning, a bakery, and for lunch and dinner there are classic London dishes like smoked potato dumplings with spring greens, crab linguine and Tamworth pork chop with garlic sauce. Wines are low intervention and the drinks list is heavy on things like vermouth. hellojojo.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

Take a cinema trip and the new Mission Impossible caper <\/p>\n

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Tom Cruise poses on top of a biplane at Leicester Square Gardens in London (Ian West\/PA)<\/p>\n

PA Wire<\/p>\n

Mission: Impossible \u2013 The Final Reckoning Is this Tom Cruise<\/a>\u2019s last M:I film as the name suggests? Who knows. Probably not. He\u2019s surely got a few more stunts in him. The latest installment of the crash and bang franchise follows our hero Ethan Hunt as he continues to fight against \u201cGabriel\u201d \u2013 the villain \u2013 and who is intent on obtaining an AI programme known as \u201cthe Entity\u201d, which he would use to do much ill. There\u2019s not much more to it than that. Expect a fast-paced caper with plenty of explosions as the little Hollywood star takes on new drama. The best bit of the new film might be Cruise hanging off a plane wing mid-flight. <\/p>\n

Or stay in and catch up with Jeremy Clarkson on his farm<\/p>\n

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Kale Cooper, Jeremy Clarkson and Lisa Hogan on Clarkson\u2019s Farm 4 (Ellis O\u2019Brien\/Prime Video)<\/p>\n

Ellis O\u2019Brien\/Prime Video<\/p>\n

Jeremy Clarkson<\/a>, Kaleb Cooper, Lisa Hogan and Charlie Ireland are back for a fourth season of Clarkson\u2019s Farm. Fresh challenges await, we\u2019re told, as the team takes on new and ambitious projects. The series also follows Clarkson\u2019s efforts in buying a pub \u2013 the Farmer’s Dog, now open and doing a roaring trade \u2013 which is no easy task even as a millionaire broadcaster, and there\u2019s a cameo from old Grand Tour pal Richard Hammond. Let\u2019s hope for some tractor racing. <\/p>\n

Listen to Ezra Furman\u2019s new album Goodbye Small Head <\/p>\n

\"Ezra<\/p>\n

Ezra Furman<\/p>\n

Those who don\u2019t immediately recognise the name Ezra Furman might know her songs from the hit Netflix TV show Sex Education, for which she provided the soundtrack for all four seasons. Her latest record, Goodbye Small Head, continues a telling sound; a distinctive, calming voice. Furman said the album covers the topic of weakness, heartbreak, mysticism and societal pitfalls. It is power in vulnerability or, as the US artist put it, \u201ctriumphant in its wounded way\u201d. ezrafurman.com <\/a><\/p>\n

Or sit in the park and read Vanishing Landscapes by Bonnie Lander Johnson\"Vanishing<\/p>\n

Hachette<\/p>\n

This is a captivating combination of nature writing and social polemic. It tells the story of the changing countryside through plants \u2013 like woad, saffron, reeds \u2013 and the people that still live from them. You didn\u2019t think anyone still harvests reeds for thatches, or grows saffron (think Saffron Walden) for baking? Nature writers often treat humankind as the enemy; this book shows that we\u2019re all in this together. hachette.co.uk <\/a><\/p>\n

Make plans for the upcoming weekends <\/p>\n

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Kylie Minogue on stage at Brit Awards (James Manning\/PA)<\/p>\n

PA Wire<\/p>\n

Kylie\u2019s Tension Tour arrives at the O2 this month and is set to be a stunner. \u201cI can\u2019t wait to share beautiful and wild moments with fans all over the world, celebrating the Tension era and more,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s been an exhilarating ride so far and now, get ready for your close up because I will be calling lights, camera, action \u2026 and there will be a whole lot of Padaming!\u201d It\u2019ll be high energy, a lot of fun, and there will probably be her wine in situ too. Her new C\u00f4tes des Provence Ros\u00e9 is coming out on May 28 as Kylie celebrates five years of winemaking. From May 26. theo2.co.uk <\/a><\/p>\n

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Getty Images<\/p>\n

The legendary Iggy Pop is in London right now \u2013 we saw him at the Dom Perignon party at the Tate Modern last week \u2013 and playing at Alexandra Palace on May 28. The special live show is to celebrate his influence over the last five decades, and the set will feature his most timeless songs, from The Passenger to Lust for Life, alongside material from his recent album Every Loser, delivering the raw power and visceral sound that defines Iggy\u2019s music. May 28. alexandrapalace.com <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another weekend in the capital and there\u2019s plenty to do and see. If you\u2019re in the market for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117467,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,50292,439,52712,257,19820,15763,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-117466","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-iggy-pop","12":"tag-jeremy-clarkson","13":"tag-kylie","14":"tag-london","15":"tag-things-to-do-in-london","16":"tag-tom-cruise","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114541041416194974","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}