Sure, London's nightlife has something to suit all tastes, but our jaded Urban Junkies palate always craves something new. Nice, then, that London's nightlife is takings its cues from cuisine and going all fusion.

Burlesque? So over. Burlesque life-drawing? Smoking hot. Dr Sketchy's monthly class in Camden is the place to get your Art School Confidential kicks. Drawing exotic dancers and circus freaks is always going to be so much more fun than wax fruit or old birds. What's more, artists get to slog wine and scoff cream teas during classes.

Alternatively, south London's Ska Burlesque is the night of choice if you like your boys rude and your girls ruder. A marriage made in heaven?

We've all sung our hearts out at Lucky Voice karaoke but there's only so many times you can warble 'Islands in the Stream' (our count: 24). Fusing Japanese chic with West Coast cool at The Social's monthly Hip Hop Karaoke night - now that's a postmodern culture clash we can get down with. Over at Notting Hill Arts Club, a venue that's always keen on eclecticism, hip hop meets Bollywood at Bombay Bronx.