London's cultural scene steams into August with an eclectic range of arty goings on. Those of you with art collections to refresh are in luck this week. Contemporary Arts Project's "Start You Collection" are offering a whole load of "highly collectible" art for under £200 from Friday, asking, "Without our art collections, how would we understand our cultural roots and trace its development to the present?" Indeed. And let's face it, if you can't......

We're skint again! We've spent all of our money on festivals only to find that we've spent hours standing in the rain listening to the bands we didn't really want to see but our best mate wanted to because they fancy the singer. This means that yet again, we can't go and do any of the things we want (and yes we're sulking). We can't go to any of the gigs we'd planned to,......

Now I'm the king of the swingers Oh, the jungle VIP I've reached the top and had to stop And that's what botherin' me I wanna be a man, mancub And stroll right into town And be just like the other men I'm tired of monkeyin' around! Theatre producers The Steam Industry may not have designed their live stage version of Disney's The Jungle Book to turn in to a singalong event but once......

Huge hangover? Spent all of your money? Yep, us too. So we can't go and watch Barbara Streisand (though we don't think we'll ever be that rich) and we can't go and see Elling. But, here's a few things you can do this week to make things a little easier on your pocket. Monday: Been a while since you've seen a good film? Then the Canary Wharf Summer Series at Canada Square park should......

The Pool of London gets turned on today as Switched ON London kicks off: A seven night celebration of the relationship between light, architecture and the city consisting of temporary lighting installations and a series of light related events with an overall concept theme of 'theatre'. So, the 'Gods of Light' willing, London's first festival of light will run from the 8th to the 16th February 2007 The Tower of London, HMS Belfast, London......

Almost anyone who grew up the UK will have memories, fond or otherwise, of the school Nativity play. Girls would fight over the sparkly angel outfits, boys would cause havoc and actual bodily harm with the shepherds' staffs and the fat kid with glasses who smelt of sour milk would have to play the donkey again. Costumes made from tea towels. Sets made from 65 per cent tin foil. Teachers panicking as they realise......

It's another packed weekend for those of you not already booked up for Architecture Week or otherwise engaged for the football. The schedule for this weekend's sunny Culture Crawl involves a lot of outdoor entertainment, some indoor events and as always, not a lot of money. Thursday 22 June Opening night of the Greenwich and Docklands Festival - all events are free and open air. For this event, you have to go to Woolwich......

Looks like it's going to be beautiful weather this weekend, and thank all relevant deities for that because there's a bundle of outdoor frolics to be had this coming Saturday and Sunday. Start the weekend early with Moulin Rouge, showing free this Friday at The Scoop as part of the More Movies season on Friday night. Trip along after work with cushions, a picnic and extra points go to whoever starts a sing along......

You may have tripped over and fallen into it once, you may have been wandering by and thought "ooh, I bet that place would be good for an outdoor film screening in the summer." And you wouldn't be the only one... The Scoop is the sunken amphitheatre situated next to City Hall and looks a lot like a set of curved stairs leading down to a level, empty space. It is the More London......

It's Friday and the weekend stretches out ahead of us with glorious gaps to fill with fun (and frequently free) things to see and do. Put on your comfortable shoes, prepare a packed lunch, bring sun glasses and an umbrella (just in case) and brace yourself for another Londonist Culture Crawl... Saturday: Springwatch Live at Coin Street, 12.00pm to 6.00pm, free entry. Lots to see and do with the Springwatch team: Thames 21 are......

We love The Scoop. It's the great little amphitheatre on the South Bank where we can nestle under Ken's Testicle like enlightened crab lice and watch FREE stuff. The full list of events isn't up yet, but there's a decent mix of classic and crowd pleasing films showing through most of June at 9.15pm: Brief Encounter Chinatown Moulin Rouge Some Like It Hot Blowup Walk the Line The Wicker Man Alien Nine Queens Dr......

With all the damn terrorists running around we forgot to mention a much older, more dangerous and bepatched group of brigands running around London - PIRATES! The South Bank of the Thames is filthy with sea dogs (every Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 6pm) as The Scoop is besieged by the in turn bedraggled and buxom cast of Treasure Island: Young Jim Hawkins seems on course for fame and fortune when he learns......

The Scoop (that's the bit that's scooped out) at the More London (that's the bit with more... er... London in it) section of riverside in SE1 has been playing host to a series of open air free movies for the last few weeks. We've seen most of the movies on offer more than a few times, but sitting in that amphitheatre is very cool on a night like this and tonight's movie is something......