Stade Olympique

Duane Michals

An important retrospective exhibition of the American avant-garde artist Duane Michals opens at the Contemporary Art Gallery. Mestre Michal's work of the period 1958-96 embraces photography, poetry and painting, and the portraits, self-portraits and illustrated texts on show present a fascinating insight into the mind and methods of this most original artist.

Monks in the Vatican

City Audiotours

Ever wanted your own personalised tour of a city with a guide you could turn off when it all got a bit too much? Welcome to MY VENICE city audioguides, a company that supplies small, handheld walkman-style guides to curious but independent visitors. Packed with over 8 hours of useful historical, cultural and social information about Venice, the guides can be ordered by phone and will be delivered to and picked up from hotels across town.

Dendy Bar

The Bar Downstairs from the Dendy Cinema - one of the few alternative venues left in town - has always been a reasonably priced place for some food, drink and pool shooting. Now it's going a bit clubby with Paper Scissors Rock spinning some breakbeat and house on Saturday night after 10.30pm. Wednesday night is Syncopation night with funky jazz from Mike Dotch and the Scientist, while Thursdays sees the salsa crowd move in and dance to old favourites.

Lellabella

This wool shop is for those who prefer to dabble with the organised tanglings of purl and cross-stitch rather than the microscopic intricacies of traditional lace and linen. A resplendent woolly wall should draw you inside confronting the ardent knitter with an array of different colours, textures and weights. Multi-colour mixes, wool with feathers, sparkles and frills, often with stylish examples in the window displays to encourage you in the fashioning of your own Prada-style pullover.

London Fire Brigade Museum

94A Southwark Bridge Road, SE1 (020 7587 2894)


Borough or Southwark tube. Guided tours 10.30am, 12.30pm, 2.30pm, Mon-Fri by appointment only. Admission £3; £2 7s-14s, students, OAPs, ES40s; free under-7s. Credit MC, £TC, V.





Book in advance for a two-hour guided tour of the museum, which explains the history of firefighting in London since 1666, the year of the Great Fire. Old firefighting appliances are among the exhibits, and visitors might glimpse firefighting recruits training at the adjacent centre.

Tracey Moffatt

One of Australia's leading artists, the internationally renowned Tracey Moffatt, last showed work in Scotland in 1992 at the CCA. In her biggest solo UK presentation of work to date, the Fruitmarket hosts a survey of her film and photographic work.

Ghirardellis

Ghirardellis spills out into Sandton Square offering a relaxed al fresco eating experience ideal for Johannesburg's balmy summer weather. The extensive Italian menu caters for a variety of tastes and portions are generous, tasty and reasonably priced. Chicken breasts are excellent, as are the enormous steaks. Both are served with a variety of tasty sauces - try the wicked chilli or garlic. For a truly decadent dessert, there's nothing to beat the chocolate mousse cake. No need to book if you're eating out early, but later diners will probably find the place packed on weekends.

Sleazy Listening

Among the peripheral events related to the current 'Living and Working in Vienna' exhibition at the Kunsthalle, the Sleazy Listening sessions at the chic'n'shabby Schikaneder Kino lounge are enthusiastically recommended. Every Saturday night they feature DJs and electronic soundsmiths accompanying shorts made by young Austrian filmmakers. The pre-Christmas programme included well-known DJs Patrick Pulsinger and Erdem Tunakan, celebrated laptop artiste and guitarist Christian Fennesz and the Austrian John Peel, Fritz Ostermayer.