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A comedy night for the insatiably sci-curious - stand-up mathematician Australian Matt Parker, geek songstress Helen Arney and TV experiments guy Steve Mould explore who we are and where we come from in their new show ‘Life, Oh Life’ at the Bloomsbury Theatre in London.

Les Miserables stars, including Hugh Jackman and Russel Crowe, dazzle at film’s London premiere.

Can Australians tell a tale to top all others? Come find out at the London Storytelling Festival, where three Australians - comic and radio presenter Sarah Bennetto, screenwriter and comic Deborah Frances-White and comic storyteller Asher Treleaven — will entertain and engage with their funny fables.

This year Halloween is right in the middle of the week, which means you’ve got two weekends to celebrate it! If you haven’t had your fill of frights, here are this weekend’s eeriest events and activities around London.

Two Australian photographers have earned commendation in this year’s Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. Their images are amongst the one hundred that have made a competitive shortlist, and are currently captivating audiences at the Natural History Museum in Kensington, London.

After getting stabbed on a London bus Australian Timba Smits took time out to recover and re-group, before setting up a community-based organisation to tackle youth disengagement and inspire upcoming artists, culminating in the Kaleidoscope International Creative Festival this November.

REVIEW | Endless culture, socialising in the hippest bars, and keeping up with the latest trends from high street. These are just a handful of the many fragments creating the London ideal luring so many Australians across the globe. For some, however, the London dream is very far from reality. ...

The arrival of the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) on stage at London’s Cadogan Hall earlier this month may not have been directed by Danny Boyle or introduced by Stephen Hawking.

We give you a rundown of some of the best films to go and see at FilmFest Australia.

It is time! The Aussie cinematic event of the year - FilmFest Australia — is here and the team behind the former London Australian Film Festival are ultra-excited to be bringing two unmissable weekends of Australian cinema to the capital.

Get excited London Aussies because there is a hot new Australian film fest coming to town!

BRON IN THE DON | One of London’s more famous and alternative suburbs — Camden — gets the going over by our resident adventurer, who enjoyed a fun filled night out on the Camden tiles and got to tick off #81 of her London Top 100.

TUBE TALK | “The world is our home; the Tube is our hallway to the rooms; so strut baby strut!”

What do you get when you take a hobo, add some emo, a touch of metro? PAUL JUDGE talks to Australia’s newest ‘underground’ celebrities — the Bondi Hipsters — about a life organic, Australia at the Olympics and why picking up in London is way easier than back home in ...

Xavier Rudd — 8 August — Koko, London

BRON IN THE DON | With Olympic fever officially gripping absolutely everyone inside the English capital (and possibly the world) our resident adventurer set off to explore the vibrant hub of London 2012 - Olympic Park - and mark #7 off her London Top 100 list.

Moving to the UK from Australia is therefore easier than moving to any other European country.

BRON IN THE DON | London is world renowned for its comedy scene, so when our resident adventurer went to tick #6 of her London Top 100 list, The Comedy Club, she got a barrelful of laughs and a whole lot more.

LOST IN LONDON | Mention moving to London to many in Australia and they will immediately voice their sole concern — ‘but how will you get a decent cup of coffee?’.

BRON IN THE DON | With the Olympic Games on the doorstop, our London adventurer has been racing around the city trying to tick off as many activities on her London Top 100 list as possible. This week’s escapades brought her face to face with lions (and some very smelly ...

One of London's best comedy venues, The Good Ship at Kilburn, are running Edinburgh Preview Shows throughout July and on Monday 16 July are hosting an all-Australian stand-up special, with Preview shows from three top Aussie comics.

Kylie Minogues reunion with old Neighbour’s lover Jason Donavan has been cancelled at the PWL Hit Factory live concert in Hyde Park due to extreme weather conditions

Fresh from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Aussie funnyman Lawrence Leung returns to London's Soho Theatre with his new, adventurous and "beautifully told" one man comedy show - Beginning. Middle. End.

NICK CLEGG | One month to go, and London is calling...As the first city to host the Olympics three times, we’re looking forward to welcoming the world to London in the days and weeks ahead.

London's Old Royal Naval College is the stunning setting for the theatrical and dramatic performances BT River of Music is bringing from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.

Full list of the major Queen's Diamond Jubilee events in London, including the Thames Boat Procession and Jubilee Concert plus where to watch the celebration on big screens.

The Temper Trap - they’re not just the biggest contemporary Australian band at the moment, they are also the latest conquerors of London’s Koko. Over two huge nights in Camden last week, the Aussie rockers (now famous the world over) served it up to screaming Aussie expats and thrilled to ...

That’s Grouse: The British Show is a new exhibition in London by Australian artist Linton Meagher. He seems modestly proud as he walks around Gallery 8 in St James's, chatting and taking congratulations from visitors to the opening of his first London solo exhibition of his semi-sculptural, mixed media works.

“We’re just monkeys playing guitars.” Sean Caskey, lead singer of Australia’s fresh and exciting new band Last Dinosaurs, rocks the UK.

EastEnd Cabaret have returned to London after a very successful tour Down Under, bringing with them their raunchy, and often shocking, style of entertainment. BIANCA SOLDANI caught up with the Melbourne misfits to discuss their unique brand of comedy and their promiscuous residency at a specially commissioned Speigeltent.

LIFE AFTER LONDON | When I moved to the UK my alcohol intake dramatically increased. In turn, my consumption of late-night kebabs also skyrocketed, while the number of workouts I did each week plummeted to an all time low.

RIGHT SAID ED | In less than a month London is going to be transformed. Not from Olympic fever or Trenton Oldfield histrionics (fingers crossed) but from a righteous celebration that will be the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

Former Australian Times Editor ASHLEA MAHER talks to the sweetly soulful songstress Bic Runga about stripping back symphonic performances and leaving her four-year-old son behind to return to the UK music scene.

In the lead-up to Australian singer-songwriter Pete Murray's performance in London on 12 April 2012, he spoke to Will Fitzgibbon about his new album Blue Sky Blue.

Australian composer Brett Dean will be celebrated in a day-long London event at the Barbican this week.

MUSIC FROM THE MOTHERLAND | Backpack Sounds continues its residency as guest editor of Music from the Motherland - and they're proud to present a tale of adventure from their favourite electric harpest! Introducing Miss Tara Minton...

Almost six weeks ago I arrived in Surrey to a so called 'mild' English winter. Despite constant assurances about my luck to be enjoying toasty five degree days, I was freezing, not to mention bewildered at how shy the sun was. And then came the snow!

REVIEW | We’ve all got a chequered Australian past. But could yours destroy your life?

After I first moved to London almost two years ago, I mused to my friends about the difficulties of finding a job in this town. Now, many months on, the scene still hasn’t changed. I have changed though. I’m now a beaten down, sorrowful and ego-less version of myself.

With ‘carnival’ season quickly approaching around the world, NINA McGRATH visited the famed canals of Venice to unmask one of Europe’s most giddy traditional celebrations.

While the streets in the English capital may be beautiful and full of history — they’re also full of lurking dangers.

One of the best things about London is that the places that are culturally enriching are usually free. Like art galleries, historical monuments, museums. Which brings our intrepid London explorer to #9 on her London Top 100 list — the British Museum.

It’s that time of year when London decks the halls and gets fully into the Christmas spirit. From festive lights to winter pub specials, panto theatrics to ice skating on the Thames, NINA McGRATH explores what the English capital has in store for us at this time of the year. ...

I’ve been in over my head, arse over tit, three sheets to the wind, bit off more than I could chew and down and out. I’ve seen jail cells, slept in hospital beds and felt fists to the face. I’ve begged for mercy and asked for forgiveness.

Eventually those sweet rhythms of life in London seem more like the grating sound of a skipping CD. But wait, there is respite...

Ask the average Australian which is Australia’s fastest growing city and they’d probably tell you it was Brisbane, the Gold Coast or Sydney. Many people are surprised when they find out it’s actually Melbourne.

GO HARD OR GO HOME | WHAT will I miss most about the UK? I was asked this question a few days ago and I am still struggling to come up with an answer.

The relationship between Oscar Wilde and Australia is often a conflicted one. Much like the relationship between the celebrated playwright and his 'new' play, Constance, showing at north London's King's Head Theatre.

Australian singer songwriter Pete Murray has announced two London shows at Bush Hall this November.

For most Australians, coming to live in London is certainly challenging and regularly frustrating, but altogether probably the most thrilling and rewarding experience of our lives. Occasionally though, the subtle British cultural quirks and London’s social idiosyncrasies wear down an Aussie’s typical cheer. The city gets the best of them; ...