Artesian Village Area Guide

Rough Trade West is very excited to present a stripped back performance and signing from Elles Bailey. This unique event celebrates the release of their new album 'Can't Take My Story Away' released via Cooking Vinyl. Tickets for this event also include a physical copy of the fantastic new album on your format of choice to be collected from Rough Trade West on the day of the show. More product information can be found HERE >> https://www.roughtrade.com/product/elles-bailey/cant-take-my-story-away Accessibility: For accessible tickets, free PA/Carer tickets and other accessibility requests please go to dice.fm/contact. Rough Trade is wheelchair accessible with step free access. Presented by Rough Trade. All ages

Join local historian Ben and culture buff Claudia as they take you through the trendy and photographic neighbourhood of Notting Hill. Steeped in cultural history, discover how this carnival corner of the capital became a melting pot for people of all backgrounds. Discover the stories, history, and iconic faces of a high-end London neighborhood with a quirky audio guide you can download to your phone - the only thing we can't promise is bumping into Hugh Grant or Julia Roberts! Black Friday .hidden-word { display: none; }

Discover intriguing secret stories of Kensington Palace's royal past, from Queen Caroline to magnificent artworks from the Royal Collection. Uncover Queen Victoria's royal childhood through her birthplace, hobbies, and education, offering a glimpse into the life of a future reigning monarch. Explore the relationship between royals and fashion with a focus on Princess Diana's iconic wedding dress, a captivating piece of royal fashion history. Admission to Kensington Palace Entrance Ticket. Explore magnificent state apartments. Discover captivating Queen Caroline's story. Marvel at Royal Collection artworks. Visit Queen Victoria's birthplace. Explore Victoria's childhood rooms. Admire Princess Diana's wedding dress. Experience the Palace Gardens and Sunken Garden. Upgrade to Royal Palaces Pass for more royal sites. Wheelchair accessible. Infants/small children in pram or stroller. Service animals allowed. Public transportation options nearby. All areas and surfaces wheelchair accessible, suitable for all fitness levels. Black Friday.hidden-word { display: none; }

Just around the corner from the world-famous Portobello Road, this treasure trove of consumer culture showcases the evolution of household packaging, advertising and design from the Victorian era to present day, featuring over 12,000 items. Discover how food packaging, toys, magazines, technology, travel and fashion from some of the world's best loved brands have changed over the past 150 years. Black Friday .hidden-word { display: none; }

Drake White grew up singing in his church’s youth choir in Alabama before becoming one of Country music’s most spirited innovators, earning four Top 40 hits and traveling the country on multiple nationwide tours. His 2013 debut single “Simple Life” introduced his brand of Country Soul, which he cemented with 2016 debut album SPARK followed by the EPs ‘Pieces’ and ‘Stars.’ In August 2019, he collapsed on stage due to a hemorrhagic stroke, and doctors told him he might never perform again. After undergoing a series of operations to repair his Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM) and months of physiotherapy, White has proved them wrong, returning to the road to spread his incredible positivity to his fans. His 2022 album 'The Optimystic' is an inspiring glimpse into the journey he has taken over the past few years. White has received accolades including Rolling Stone’s 10 Country Artists You Need to Know, The Grammy’s Artist of Tomorrow and the British CMA Awards’ International Song of the Year and has shared the bill with Country music superstars like Luke Bryan, Eric Church and Zac Brown Band

Cris Contini Contemporary London concludes a successful year with a solo exhibition by German artist Jens Hesse, Glitch & Glamour: Perfectly Imperfect. The show celebrates Hesse’s distinctive painterly language, where the precision of digital aesthetics meets the sensual imperfection of tactile surfaces. His works unfold in the space between these poles, translating the technical errors of our media-saturated era into gestures of painterly intimacy. A former fashion designer, Hesse approaches painting as both fabric and image. The surface — sometimes corduroy, sometimes bouclé — is never neutral; it recalls texture, touch, and wear. These tactile foundations become the site where the “glitch” appears: not as a mistake, but as a revelation. What the screen hides behind its promise of seamless perfection, Hesse reveals through brushstrokes, layering, and distortion. His portraits and figurative scenes seem at once familiar and disturbed. Pixels bleed into brush marks; compression lines cut across faces; digital interference coexists with the softness of oil and textile fibers. These works do not imitate technology — they expose its fragility. By transforming visual defects into painterly language, Hesse reclaims the human presence within the technological gaze. The exhibition’s title, Glitch & Glamour, evokes this duality. “Glamour” — the polished image, the seductive surface — meets “glitch”, the breakdown that disrupts illusion. Hesse situates beauty within the fault line between these states. In doing so, he reminds us that imperfection is not the opposite of glamour but its hidden core: the shimmer that occurs precisely when control falters. In an age obsessed with clarity, correction, and resolution, Hesse’s paintings invite us to dwell in ambiguity. They ask us to look again — not for perfection, but for presence. Within the glitch, we find the trace of the hand, the residue of the body, the persistence of the real. Perfectly imperfect.