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 3rd April – SUNDAY 5th April 2015

Don’t get mad, get even
In light of all that Easter overindulgence you’ll be doing this weekend it’s time to recommend a film that is fittingly OTT in its high-octane take on vengeance –the Argentinian Wild Tales. Nominated for Best Foreign-Language Film at the 2015 Oscars the story is split into various spiky parables of people on the brink, portraying a world on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

The brilliance of the Argentinian film (written and directed by Damián Szifron) lies in its sharp tongued black humour. Each sharp-witted standalone shorts shares the common theme of revenge; we follow a man who decides to get the ultimate payback on a traffic warden, a Mad Max style road-rage showdown and a wedding in hysterical meltdown, amongst others.

If you’re after sharp belly laughs and a sick stream of very bad behaviour, this one is for you. Broad strokes, dextrously delivered.

Wild Tales, 122 mins. In cinemas now

Let me show you to My Bed
The most famous bed in contemporary art, Tracey Emin’s iconic work, My Bed, is back on display in London, for the first time in 15 years.

Made in Emin’s Waterloo council flat in 1998, during a period of depression following the traumatic breakdown of a relationship, the artist describes My Bed as a self portrait; a tangled mess of stained sheets, used condoms, blood stained knickers and empty bottles of alcohol. Yup.

The piece, once displayed by Saatchi in the dining room of his Belgravia home, was bought at Christie’s last year for a wallet-crunching £2.54 million by German collector Count Christian Duerckheim, and will be shown at Tate Britain as part of a re-hang of its collection of British art from 1500 to the present. The new exhibition features 500 works in 20 galleries, including works by Antony Gormley, David Hockney and Anish Kapoor.

My Bed will feature alongside two Francis Bacon paintings, his 1951 Study of a Dog and his 1961 Reclining Woman, as well as six of Emin’s drawings from 2014.

BP Spotlight: Tracey Emin and Francis Bacon runs from now until June 2016 at Tate Britain, Millbank, London SW1P 4RG
Admission is free

“It’s the one that says Bad Motherfucker”
Often seen as Tarantino’s seminal work, Pulp Fiction follows the typically atypical sequence style frequently adopted by the controversial director – formed by a series of independent but interrelated stories it flips chronological order on it’s head.

There’s the one about the boxer (Bruce Willis) who refuses to throw a fight. Another following two hit men, Vincent and Jules (Travolta and Jackson) who, whilst on a job, witness a ‘miracle’. A third about the hit man (Travolta) who has to escort the boss’ seductive wife (Uma Thurman) to dinner while the mobster is out of town. The fourth details the hit men having to clean up the getaway car after an ‘accidental’ death, and the final story is about a lovestruck couple (Tim Roth and Amanda Plummer) on a crime spree.

Tarantino revels in pop culture, from blaxploitation to Pyscho to Happy Days (he’s no snob), paying homage in his own madcap way. Producing some of the most iconic scenes in cinematic history – like that dance sequence between Travolta and Thurman at Jack Rabbit Slim’s twist club – the film’s influence spans way and wide; movies, fiction, journalism, music, fashion, restaurants, you name it, Pulp Fiction’s influence runs deep. Enjoy one of the zaniest, wittiest, mesmeric films of our generation – and then head out for a Royale With Cheese, that’s what they call a Quarter Pounder with Cheese in Paris (thanks Vincent).

Pulp Fiction is showing at the Prince Charles cinema on Friday 3rd April at 8:45pm
Book tickets here

Bare your teeth
Wolf Alice’s bark is just as lethal as their bite. Since the release of their debut 2013 EP Blush the four-piece have rightly dominated ‘ones to watch’ lists, their 2014 Creature Songs EP cemented their reputation as one of the most exciting British bands out there.

The grind-wall Sonic Youth guitar skewerings, the riot-grrrl snarls courtesy of lead singer Ellie Rowselland the melodic loud/quiet dynamic that kicks each song into gear – it’s a deft formula that proves you don’t have to be pushing things forward to be out in front.

Known for their ragged live sets Wolf Alice translate their sound to the stage with bold panache, guaranteed to turn the tamest of gig-goer into tousle haired ball of sweat. Currently on tour, here’s your chance to catch their set, this weekend they hit up Shepherd’s Bush Empire.

With their debut album set for release later this year, 2015 looks set to be their year, embrace it. We’ll meet you at the front.

Wolf Alice play at Shepherds Bush Empire on Friday 3rd April
Tickets are available here

Marching Church
In other music related news, This World is Not Enough, the debut record from Iceage singer Elias Bender Rønnenfelt’s solo project Marching Church, is out this week.

In This World is Not Enough Rønnenfelt has created a masterpiece, a frantic sprawling epic that flits between genres, from Nick Cave at his  soul-stirring best on Hungry For Your Love, to the more avant-garde Bowie-esque offering, King of Songs, it’s a blinder. Lou Reed once said “One chord is fine. Two chords is pushing it. Three chords and you’re into jazz” – in Iceage Rønnenfelt abided to this, in Marching Church he’s veering into Jazz, and he’s nailed it.

It beats a can of cider in the park
If the Easter weekend crowds are starting to bring on a panic attack here’s a little bit of tranquility amidst the chaos, The Ivy Chelsea Garden, a new West London outpost from the owners of West End hotspot The Ivy, located on King’s Road, Chelsea.

With summer in mind, at the back there’s an orangery, terrace and garden, complete with stone clad fountains (how zen) – perfect timing as the sun slowly begins to rear it’s head. And it’s ideal for a spontaneous knees up, half of the tables will be available with no reservation.

Alfresco dining, we could get used to this. Put the Prosecco on ice.

The Ivy Chelsea Garden is located on 197 King’s Road, London SW3 5ED

TOP GALLERY IMAGE CREDITS:
1.Still, Wild Tales 2014 © Warner Bros.
2.Still, Wild Tales 2014 © Warner Bros.
3.Still, Pulp Fiction 1994 © A Band Apart
4.Still, Pulp Fiction 1994 © A Band Apart
5.Tracey Emin bed photograph by Lauren Hurley
6.Wolf Alice photo by Andy Ford
7.Marching Church album cover image
8.Iceage, photo by Bryan C. Parker
9.The Ivy Chelsea Garden, image courtesy of the venue