With the weather in London likely to be iffy at best this weekend I really wish this Litchfield exhibition had started because it looks fabulous, with some truly amazing shots from the publicity material, for instance isn’t the shot with the woman in the snow just remarkable and then there’s the one of the woman hanging on the hook of the crane.

But the exhibition’s not on until the 24^th so for this weekend here are a couple of suggestions that you might want to do if you want to escape the rain, and of course you can still see the photo exhibition of Marilyn Munroe at the Getty.

But if you’re looking for a good night of comedy the 99 Club still has tickets for this weekend with 3 top comedians on Saturday who if you watch a lot of comedy on TV you’ll instantly recognise, for details of who’s on click here.

Some would call this next event a bit freaky deaky, I’ll let you judge, it’s an exhibition about the human brain and here’s part of what the official info says “There are over 150 artefacts including real brains, artworks, manuscripts, artefacts, videos  and photography,” if that for you go for the free guided tour on Saturday at 11.30, here’s the details.

Finally I couldn’t decide on the Jazz at the Kings place on Saturday or the Tattoo show on Saturday and Sunday so here’s a link to both of them and that’s it from me. Kings Place or Tattoos?

Oh one final thing, it’s not on over the weekend but do your best to get to the Lamb pub in Leadenhall Market on Monday for their St George’s celebrations, it looks absolutely brilliant and the record breaking attempt of St George’s speech from Henry V is a stroke of genius.

“I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,
Straining upon the start. The game’s afoot:
Follow your spirit, and upon this charge
Cry ‘God for Harry, England, and Saint George!”

Click Lamb Tavern

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There are 2 female singers on this week

That you just have to go to hear

Voices so beautiful and soulful

It will feel like an angel being naughty in your ear.

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First up is a band that’s hard to describe

Gabby Young and Other Animals are one of a kind

A gypsy, Russian eclectic beat

Mixed with a sometimes melancholy streak

Where they’re taking you, you don’t know

But you’ll be jumping, whooping or crying

Till their final bow.

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Then there’s Sarah Jane Morris

And man that’s a real treat

I’ll tell you if Paul Wellers in town

He’ll be booking his seat.

No words can do her justice,

She always gives her all

It will be a night you long remember

Way after the curtain falls.

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So treat yourself on Thursday

And go to the Apple Store

There you’ll hear Gabby Young

Playing for free indoors.

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Then on Sunday, even though

You have to pay some bucks

You can see Sarah Jane Morris at the 606 club

But don’t worry they don’t charge much.

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Gabby Young plays for free at the Apple Store in Covent Garden this Thursday 22nd from 7.15 – 7.45 click here for details. Sarah Jane Morris plays the 606 Club this Sunday 25th from 8.30 – 11.15 Click here for details.

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The National Theatre free foyer music sessions have started again and if you’ve never been they’re a really good way to kick start an evening off if you pick the right event to go to and this Friday they have one of those events that I just know will be really good with music from Zena James and her Jazz Quartet.

If you’re open to all sorts of music you should definitely give this a go because from the reviews I’ve read everyone says that Zena is very good live with a great voice, now the acoustics aren’t always the best in the Foyer but I still think this is worth going to because for one it’s free so you’re not losing anything but more importantly she is good.

The event is on this Friday and actually starts at 6.15 not 5.45 and goes on until 7.45 and if you want to read more about her, here’s a link to her website with some track clips (you’ll only can hear them in Internet Explorer) and have a listen to the full version of one of her songs at her MySpace page.

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How do you keep up with all the excellent comedy shows in London, I know we find it pretty difficult and this is what we do, you can try subscribing to the various comedy venues but if you want my advice subscribe to us and a couple of the London blogs we mentioned in 2011 (we’ll be doing a new list for 2012 soon) that way you’ll find all the comedy you can handle, much of which isn’t advertised.

For instance I’ve never seen any kind of advertising for the Tattershall Castle, the Laughing Horse or the 99 Club or loads of other great places that have good comedians on at a reasonable price all in London.

Take the Tattershall Castle, this Friday and Saturday show sold out ages ago and why, the regulars know it is a great venue and with a line up of Paul Tonkinson, Doc Brown, Keith Farnan and MC Rob Beckett it is going to be a great show.

If you have never been to the Tattershall go along and you’ll be hooked, go to any of their shows and you’ll have a great night but while there are still tickets available (it said 42 left while writing this) book the show on the 10^th February, it has Terry Alderton, Lee Hurst, Andrew Bird and MC Yianni, you’ll have a great time.

For tickets for the comedy show at the Tatershall Castle click here, they cost £13.50 and the show starts at 8pm, you will also see the other shows they have coming up.

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Now Chris P might be able to wax lyrical about the London Ice Sculpture this weekend and it being the best thing to do, but if you’re like me and don’t fancy freezing your butt off with an outside event, even if the weather is supposed to be OK, then head to the London A Cappella festival.

I might be wrong but I’m sure the prices are a bit higher than last year but after the success of last year I’m not at all surprised and to be honest it’s still great value when you hear the quality of the A Cappella groups attending.

If you’ve never been to an A Cappella event this festival will be a real surprise and treat for you because they have some of the best singers performing from today until Saturday, unfortunately many of the headline acts are either sold out or there are no good seats left, but if you’re quick and can get to Kings Place at 7pm on Friday you can still see the excellent group Cadence.

Now rather than me trying to tell you how good they are, have a listen to them on their website, I guarantee before the tracks are finished you’ll have got onto the Kings Place website and booked your tickets, click Cadence and sit back and enjoy, you need to click the skip intro link on the top right of their homepage to get to their tracks.

As for the rest of the festival there are lots of free foyer events on Friday and Saturday throughout the day so if you can’t get tickets I’d still say go down there because Kings Place is a nice venue and to have the singing going on as well it will be really nice.

For more details about the London A Cappella Festival click here.

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With so many great comedians about right now, some who are famous and some not known at all, who in their right mind would want to be a comedian, how do you stand out from all the other comedians and get people to see you?

Well Lewis Schaffer has come up with the best way to get noticed and help London comedy lovers at the same time, he doesn’t believe in trying to fleece people with a high entry price, he does the exact opposite and charges nothing, all his shows are free.

Now you might be thinking the reason they’re free is because he’s not any good, but he’s been doing his free shows for years now all over the country and is once again back at the Source Below in Soho and as far as I know he’s not some secret millionaire so he must be good to be able to keep on going.

Also to get praise from Time Out, The Guardian, New York Post and others isn’t easy in the comedy world, but he’s managed it so I’d say go down to the Source Below and give him a try, if you don’t like the show you can just leave but if you do like it, you decide how much you think the night was worth.

For more details click Lewis Schaffer London comedy which will take you to the Source Below website, the next shows are on from the 10th January until the end of January on Tuesday and Wednesday nights and to guarantee admission you can put your name down on a guest list.

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Yes I’m back and here’s a little ditty

But not about Jack & Diane

This is about one of the best venues in London

Where you’ll hear the future Man

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So much goes on there that you’re never told

Some of the best comedy, Jazz and spoken word

With prices that would make Scrooge blush, they’re so low

Kings Place is the place to go

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And if your partner isn’t into that

You know what, just ditch the cat

They’re old way before their time

You don’t want to follow them down that line

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You know you can stay at home every night

But life still goes on out of your sight

You can work late at work that’s your right

But before you know it you’ll have lost the light

Enjoy London is what I say

Start at Kings Place, book your tickets today

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Kings Place have some very good events coming up this week which you can find if you click Kings Place. For instance they have Impropera again, you can see what Rainbowsurfer said about them here.

But there’s also some very good jazz and be sure to look at details about the A Cappella Festival in January, last year was brilliant.

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