An intimate live music venue in Dalston with lots of underground and experimental music you won't find anywhere else in London.

Archive collection of surgical instruments - anatomy and pathology - dental instruments - medicine and surgery (basically a lot of dead things in jars, really interesting to draw from).

Contemporary art gallery always showcasing interesting artists. Area is great and building is top

Key community arts centre, near to Shoreditch High St station. The cinema is handy and the music programming is solid, but they also host a variety of other interesting nights, most notably Jawdance, London’s (arguably) best spoken word night

Every year I take my 25 year old mini on the London to Brighton run. The views from the start line are always worth the 4AM wake-up.