We bring you our guide to living well in the world’s capitals, from exhibitions to cinema, food, drink, fashion, music and beyond. Just call it culture and take it, it’s yours.

LONDON, FRIDAY 6th JUNE – SUNDAY 8th JUNE 2014

Songs will be sung, pies will be eaten and pints will be sank by the dozen.
First up this week we have two rather different filmic suggestions for your viewing pleasure, starting with Pulp: A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets. Not by any means a typical Rock-Doc, Florian Habicht’s concert movie follows Jarvis Cocker and his bandmates as they prepare to mark their 25th anniversary as Britpop royalty with a concert in Sheffield, the band’s hometown which is interestingly focused on with humour and lashings of northern charm.

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Songs will be sung, pies will be eaten and pints will be sank by the dozen. No half measures here and you should really enjoy relating the strength of Pulp to the no frills brilliance of their birthplace. Crackin’ like.

A man with nothing to lose is a man with nothing to fear.
Another movie not to be missed or left for later small screen viewing is indie flick Blue Ruin. The intro goes a little like this: a homeless Virginian man played by Macon Blair receives word that a certain prisoner has been granted early parole. Starting up the rusty car he hasn’t used in six years, Dwight heads to the jail, follows and  eventually corners the fella in the gents of some dive bar and… We’ll leave the rest to your imagination.

Blue Ruin is beautifully shot, brilliantly cast and kicks off with a bang from the start with plenty of nasty surprises to keep you pinned throughout.

Pulp: a Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets and Blue Ruin are showing in cinemas from today.

The Valiant and the Damned
It was one of the deadliest conflicts in human history, costing up to 15 million lives and leaving millions more injured. Almost a century after WW1 broke out the National Portrait Gallery has compiled an incredible and moving exhibition titled The Great War In Portraits which opens in London tomorrow.

Henry Tonk’s piercing portraits of the victims of the war, mainly young servicemen, are a visual and emotive highlight if not a little tear jerking. This exhibition may not be quite as jolly as others currently showing in London but it’s a an insightful education absolutely worth a Saturday wander.

The Great War In Portraits: National Portrait Gallery St Martin’s Place, London, WC2H 0HE, until 15th June.

Ancient Lives – New Discoveries
On a lighter note if you fancy seeing something equally as macabre yet slightly more upbeat this weekend then relive your childhood dreams and see Vikings and Mummies aplenty over at the British Museum. Respectively showing in depth and exceptionally well curated exhibitions, Eight mummies, eight lives, eight stories and Vikings life and legend offer a great few hours of ohh and aahs for about £10 each. Worth every penny if you ask us, especially if the only mummy’s you’re used to seeing are the one’s in Waitrose. 

British Museum, Great Russell Street, WC1B 3DG, London. Tickets around £10

Have a field day
It’s that time of the year again; the time when every man and his chums descend onto Victoria park’s generous lawns to sit back, pop a brew or twelve and listen to some of the best bands the U.K has to offer. Sounds rather nice right?

Field Day has been somewhat of a roaring success in previous years and this weekend should hopefully be of no exception, with a line up including the likes of The Fat White Family, Childhood and The Wytches with killer food and beverage support courtesy of Venn Street Market. Beats, burgers and tinnies aplenty for Saturday and Sunday. Could be a lot worse couldn’t it?

Field Day, Victoria Park, Grove Road, London, E3

Deckchairs and Porchetta sarnies
If you feel like avoiding Field Day (or everyone/everything) this weekend pop down to another new rooftop reminiscent of a 60’s italian promenade, Coppa. Owned by the team behind Lardo off of London Fields this place does the best BBQ chicken, Porchetta sarnies and other top notch Italian fare you won’t find on any building top this summer. Grab a deck chair and take a load off. Simple.

Coppa Bar & BBQ: Hothouse Rooftop, Enter Via Martello St, E8 3QW, London