What’s on Sunday 12^th August, 2012 – Events in London

Pick Free  Changing the Guard, at Buckingham Palace

1st to 6th, 8th to 10th, Sunday 12th Aug, & then every odd date until the 31st August 2012   •  Buckingham Palace, London Strolling down The Mall to Buckingham Palace and watching the "Changing of the Guard" is one of the must-do events in everyone's itinerary. The new set of guards arrive on the forecourt accompanied by a military band, …more

Pick Buckingham Palace Summer Opening

31st July – 7th Oct 2012   •  Buckingham Palace, London The Buckingham Palace Summer Opening will grant visitors access to the lavishly decorated State Rooms, furnished with treasures from the Royal Collection. This year, the Summer Opening will also include a special …more

OlympicsWater Polo, at the Olympic Park

29th July – Sunday 12th August 2012 (except the 11th)   •  Water Polo Arena, London Water Polo is played by teams of seven people in a match of four quarters. Each team has 30 seconds to score before the ball is returned to the other team. It's an incredibly demanding sport, and players can sometimes swim …more

OlympicsVolleyball, at Earl’s Court

28th July – Sunday 12th August 2012   •  Earl’s Court Exhibition Centre, London Volleyball is played by two teams of six on an indoor court. The idea of the game is to hit the ball with your hands and make it touch the floor on your opponent's half of the court. Each team is allowed three touches of …more

OlympicsPick Boxing, at the ExCel Centre

28th July – Sunday 12th August 2012   •  ExCel Centre, London Boxing is one of the few sports to feature in the original Olympic Games in the 7th-century. This year's event will feature ten different weight categories, from 'light fly weight' all the way up to 'super heavy weight'. …more

OlympicsFree London Live in Victoria Park

28th July – Sunday 12th August 2012   •  Victoria Park, London If you didn't manage to get any tickets for the Olympics then check out London Live. The Victoria Park event will feature two giant screens which will cover every medal ceremony live throughout the day. You will also be …more

“London Road”, at the National Theatre

28th July – 6th Sept 2012   •  Olivier Theatre, London London Road follows the sad events of 2006, when Ipswich was shattered by the discovery of the bodies of five women. Adam Cork's music uses the melodic speech patterns of Alecky Blythe's recorded interviews with the people …more

“Another London”… 20th-century photographs

27th July – 16th Sept 2012   •  Tate Britain, London This exhibition will consist of 150 20th-century photographs which take London as their primary subject. The exhibition gathers together some of the biggest names in photography, exploring the ways in which foreign …more

OlympicsFree The Olympic Journey: The Story of the Games

27th July – Sunday 12th August 2012   •  Royal Opera House, London The Royal Opera House will be the unlikely venue for an exhibition about the Olympics. Called "The Story of the Games", it will host a selection of unique items, graphics, film and audio from the Olympic Museum in …more

ChristmasHarrods’ Christmas World

26th July – 24th Dec 2012   •  Harrods, London Christmas has started early this year...on the 26th July. Because that's the date that Harrods opened their Christmas department -- 151 days before the big event! Christmas World features a giant snowglobe village, a …more

Pick Monty Python’s “Spamalot”

25th July – 9th Sept 2012   •  Harold Pinter Theatre, London Monty Python fans should get their coconuts out and trot down to the Harold Pinter Theatre, where Marcus Brigstocke, Jon Culshaw, Bonnie Langford and Todd Carty will be starring in "Spamalot" -- the stage version of "Monty …more

Shakespeare’s Theatre of the World

19th July – 25th Nov 2012   •  British Museum, London The exhibition will explore London's emergence as a world city in 1612, through the lens of Shakespeare's plays. It will use objects, quotes and performance to show how the playhouse gave everyday people a glimpse of the …more

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