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On, new and worth planning
Theatre · Barbican · from 31 OctoberHamlet Hail to the Thief
Radiohead's 2003 album and Hamlet turn out to share a mood: suspicion, surveillance and a head full of noise.
Film · BFI and cinemas · from 30 OctoberThe Devils, restored
Ken Russell's 1971 film about possession and politics in a French convent town was cut, restricted and kept out of sight for decades.
Film season · Barbican Cinema · to 28 NovemberI Am Furious Black: the films of William Greaves
William Greaves was born in Harlem in 1926, and this centenary season is the most serious look at his work London has had.
Jazz · Dalston · 3 to 5 NovemberGlobe Unity Orchestra at Cafe OTO
Alexander von Schlippenbach's Globe Unity Orchestra marks its 60th anniversary with three evenings in one of London's best small listening rooms.
Early music · Wigmore Hall · 30 October and 8 JanuaryArcangelo: an English Baroque Journey
Jonathan Cohen's period-instrument ensemble follows the Chapel Royal and its composers across two concerts.
Choral · St Paul's Cathedral · 2 DecemberHandel's Messiah at St Paul's
One evening, on the cathedral floor under the dome, with the Choir of St Paul's, the Cathedral Chorus and the City of London Sinfonia.
Photography · Hayward Gallery · from 24 November to 7 MarchNan Goldin: You Never Did Anything Wrong
Goldin's first major show at a UK institution since 2002 fills the Hayward's concrete galleries from 24 November.
Film installation · Serpentine North · to 31 JanuaryAmar Kanwar
The Delhi artist, born in 1964, shows a trilogy on partition, land and memory.
Sculpture, film · Tate Modern · to 17 JanuaryAna Mendieta
The first major UK survey in over a decade follows her earth-and-body work across more than 120 pieces, from the Silueta Series (1973 to 1980) to late sculptures such as Nile Born and La Jungla (Totem Grove).
Museum · Smithfield · opens 28 NovemberLondon Museum at Smithfield
The 1883 General Market becomes the capital's new museum, designed by Stanton Williams and Asif Khan with conservation architects Julian Harrap.
Archive · Bankside · open by appointmentResearch and Collections Centre, Shakespeare's Globe
A quiet reading room beside the theatre, open to anyone since 22 September.
Historic house · Spitalfields · dates to be announcedDennis Severs' House: Silent Night
At 18 Folgate Street you walk the rooms without speaking, lit only by candles, with ticking clocks and crackling fires for company.
Day out · Buckinghamshire · Fridays to 27 NovemberWaddesdon Manor cellar tour
Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild created the house from 1874 as a French-inspired chateau.
Day trip · Bath · open nowThermae Bath Spa
Britain's only naturally hot spring bathing, close to Bath Abbey.
Lunch · Smithfield · 18 NovemberCarvery lunch at Butchers' Hall
The Butchers' Livery Company opens its Great Hall at 87 Bartholomew Close to anyone for a monthly three-course lunch.
48 Hours, Slowly · London48 Hours, Slowly: London
A first weekend, from Grosvenor Square to Portobello Road.
One Dish · LondonJeremy King brings back London's least fashionable dish, carved at the table
Shut since 2020, the old chess house's Grand Divan carves Devonshire rib at the table again, with railway mutton curry and Wolseley veterans in the kitchen.
First Look · LondonAt Whiteleys, Six Senses makes a hotel out of a department store
The brand's first British hotel takes a quarter of the 1911 Queensway store, whose marble staircase Foster + Partners had rebuilt by hand in Devon.
Stay · LondonSaarinen's US Embassy, built to keep people out, is now a hotel
The Chancery Rosewood, restored by David Chipperfield with suites by Joseph Dirand, has Carbone, Tobi Masa and a roof bar beneath Roszak's gilded eagle.
Planning guides
All listsSee · LondonHamlet through Radiohead, a long-suppressed film restored and a Harlem director rediscovered
Three things to book across the next month, from a live band under the Barbican stage to a 35mm print.
See · LondonThree evenings of music worth dressing for
A free-jazz orchestra in a Dalston room, English baroque in Marylebone and Handel under Wren's dome.
See · LondonThree exhibitions that ask something of you
Nan Goldin at the Hayward, Amar Kanwar in Kensington Gardens and Ana Mendieta at Tate Modern.
See · LondonNew, quiet and hidden: three London addresses for the winter
A Victorian meat market turned museum, a reading room beside the Globe and a house lit only by candles.
See · LondonA cellar, a spring and a livery lunch: three ways to leave the usual route
Rothschild wines in the Chilterns, hot-spring bathing in Bath and a roast beef lunch inside a City livery hall.