FREE TONIGHT? Don’t forget it’s Prom Season. Royal Albert Hall goers at lunchtime were treated to a Dr. Who Spectacular with a specially recorded mini-episode of the cult programme being screened, and featuring classical music from around the galaxy (we don’t actually mean like Klingon Opera, but stuff like Holst’s Planets). Anyway, by way of complete contrast, this evening sees a performance of Massiaen’s ‘La Transfiguration', a rousing and passionate piece guaranteed to bring out......

Ah, glorious summer! The sun is shining and we plan on spending as much time as humanly possible outside. If you’ve got your heart set on staying in, though, here are a few things you may want to take a peek at. On TV, Londonist likes: Tuesday, 15 July Send In The Dogs (ITV1, 20:00-21:00) We’ve always thought working with the dogs looked like the most fun job at the Met. Watching this show......

If you're passing through Leicester Square station tomorrow lunchtime you could be forgiven for doing an aural double take when your usual guitar, accordion or didgeridoo busker is replaced by an immaculate viola quartet from the London Symphony Orchestra. Don't worry, they're not down on their luck. It's all part of the build up to the Proms and LSO musicians will be dispatched all over London to give impromptu free performances in unexpected places......

Diaries out, bibliophiles. Festival season is almost upon us. No, not the festival season that will have you rolling around in mud or throwing your pants at the stage (well, you could throw your pants at the stage, and we’d certainly provide moral support for that endeavour). We’re talking literary festival season – Christmas in July for the book geeks among us. Let’s start with the little guy first. London Lit Plus launched just......