Londonist’s second-favourite weekend of the year is almost upon us. Open Garden Squares, this Saturday and Sunday, sees 160 of London’s private and not-so-private gardens opening to the public. The event is once again sponsored by Loire Valley Wines, who will be offering their wares at a selection of the locations. Here’s our pick: SOAS roof garden. Sparse, stony, and probably the least verdant garden you’ve ever seen. Still, its attractive oriental style, and......

If you go out to a 14+ gig today, you’re sure of a big surprise. If you go out to a gig today, you’d better go in disguise (white berets are where it’s at, peeps). For every kid that ever there was, will gather there for certain, because, today’s the day the 14+ have their post-mix-pop-fuelled sugar-rushed amateur crowd-surfing with vertical-face-plants-into-the-sweaty-morass * riotous mayhem! Catching the end of Bombay Bicycle Club’s set at a......