Designer Warehouse Sale
What’s a weekend without a spot of bargain hunting, we ask you. But with all that foraging around for sample sales here, vintage bargains there, we know a post-work shop is pretty doomed from the outset. Or is it? From Wang to Westwood with a veritable army of new and established designers in between, today is the first public day for the new DWS sale (preview on the 4th and it runs till Sunday) so get in while the goods are hot. Which is to say “to trot” rather than “off the back of a truck.”

Van Doesburg & the International Avant Garde
Founded on their Neoplasticist philosophy and recognisable by that simple bright, arithmetically perfect style (think of Mondrian and you get the drift), the Dutch artistic movement De Stijl has barely slipped out of fashion in over 90 years, influencing everything from modern architecture to interior design. This major exhibition of Theo van Doesburg’s work – the first of its kind in the UK – present a refreshing, wonderful opportunity to dive into the mind of the man that got the iconic ball rolling.

World of Wine
It’s Saturday morning, which means you’ve got two whole days of play ahead. So do you a) go for a healthy mid-morning jog, maybe hit your local Waitrose and give the house a bit of a tidy? Or b) unravel the mysteries and delight of the World of Wine with a one-day workshop? Tough call, we know. Saturday papers versus two hours each on whites and reds covering at least 15 different bottles? Break out the duster or break in your varietal palette? Guess where we’ll be… Hic.

Edward Scissorhands
Part of the BFI Johnny Depp month, this is Tim Burton at his best. The dark world of fairy-tail suburbia, magic and loss; the tousled, deep-eyed innocence of Depp; the adolescent empathy and xenophilia of Winona Ryder… It’s like a moving testament to their pre-mash-up years. Romantic, twisted and thoroughly enjoyable, if you miss tonight’s (Thursday’s) Cry Baby then this is the next best hit of early Johnny. Popcorn an absolute essential.

Charles Leadbeater on Perspective
Aside from carrying a name with more inherent potential for intimidation than any man since Vlad the Impaler, the governmental advisor, charming author and wise social analyst Charles Leadbeater is also a man with an uncanny understanding of what the future might hold. In today’s Sunday Sermon at The School of Life, he advocates an about-face perspective to life which begins with the contemplation of a good death, moves through an appreciation of a ripe and satisfying old age and heads back home from there. And apparently it’s actually all rather optimistic. Which is strange, considering.

Red Bull Music Academy - Gerd Jansen
In their own words he’s ‘the original Endor Blender’, and on Sunday Gerd Jansen is down at Fabric to kick off this year’s official Red Bull Music Academy shenanigans, blending his usual mix of rare and wonderful tunes beside a nice selection of accompanying DJ talent. As the Academy pushes on through until mid March, keep your eyes peeled for more parties and gigs including Ms Dynamite, Matmos, Goldie, Jazzie B and the Trojan Sound System at venues that stretch from Dalston Superstore to Paramount, the Roundhouse to the Royal Festival Hall. But tonight – tonight is where it all begins…