We all have those days: open your bulging wardrobe desperate for clothes that give you that happy, spring-is-sprung feeling - but the cupboard is bare. Of course it's not bare, but you know what I mean. It's full of last year's frippery that doesn't give you the hit you need. |
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High priestess of Mozart, the formidable pianist Mitsuko Uchida plays at RFH. 7:30pm Belvedere Rd, SE1. £10-40. 0870 401 8181 or online. |
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At Camden Arts Centre, Jan Verwoert explains fetishisms and surface dreams. 7pm. Arkwright Road, NW3. Free, book on 020 7472 5500. |
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Turner nominees Langlands & Bell discuss The House of Osama Bin Laden at London Review Books 7pm. 14 Bury Pl, WC1. £4. 020 7269 9030. |
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Problem solved: check out whatsmineisyours.com, an eBay-alike with an added twist - you can swap. Remember Seventies Saturday mornings Multi-Coloured Swap Shop? Well this - theoretically - has all that and you don't even need to wear a bad retro woolly jumper. It's retail therapy without the credit-card guilt. And it's part of a whole recycling trend that's about saying no to over-consumption (have you heard about freecycle.org?) |
Aidan Smith charms with his acoustic folk at Spitz. 7pm 109 Commercial Street, E1. £5. 020 7392 9032 or online. |
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Gaucho art: Hauser & Wirth open exhibition of Argentine Guillermo Kuitca. 10am-6pm 196 Piccadilly, W1. Free. | ||||
Let's face it: it's as much fun to have a designer clothes swap night with your friends as it is to get the latest wares. Well, almost. You heard it here first. It still needs a little work, and frankly we all know eBay has first-mover advantage when it comes to online selling, but the swappage is where it's at. |
Johnny Borrell's Razorlight is bringing its raw rock sounds to Ally Pally, N22. 7:30pm. £18. 0870 264 3333 or here. |
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Feel-good play The Girl With Red Hair opens @Hampstead 7:30pm. Eton Avenue, NW3. £13. 020 7722 9301 or here. |
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Banshee screaming at Mean Fiddler: The Blood Brothers. 7pm. 165 Charing X Rd WC2 £8. 0870 264 3333 or online. |
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