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 18th DECEMBER – SUNDAY 20th DECEMBER 2015

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…
A long time ago – on Oct. 30, 2012, to be precise – Disney announced its purchase of Lucasfilm, along with the intention to set about making a new Star Wars trilogy. Cue the mass legion of Star Wars fans wetting their collective knickers. Well this week the film the world has been waiting for finally lands down on Earth.

Set some 30 years after the conclusion of the original trilogy, the latest addition to the Star Wars franchise sees JJ Abrams pick up where George Lucas left off (we’ll ignore the highly criticised 1999 reboot). Away from the director’s chair, it’s a familiar cast – very familiar in fact, Harrison Ford, the original Chewbacca and a few other oldies are set to return to the far away galaxy. The first batch of glowing reviews are in and rate the film with more stars than…well…you get the jist.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens, 136 mins. Out now.

May the forks be with you
You’ve seen the film, now bite into the Star Wars hype. To celebrate the film’s release Haché Burgers have prepared a special menu fit for the inner Jedi in all of us.

The line up includes five burgers named after Star Wars characters including the Darth Vader (the father of all burgers), the Han Solo, the Princess Leia (comes with two buns?) and the Chewbacca (includes added hairs?).

Haché Burgers has restaurants in Camden Town, Chelsea, Clapham, Shoreditch and Balham

Fleeting embrace
For london based artist Eleanor Johnson contemporary life moves with a cursory momentum, resulting in a sequence of fleeting encounters and anonymous faces – each one hurtling past with a story to tell, yet scant time to tell it in.

On display this weekend, Johnson’s latest series, Disconnect, projects a dour dystopia, a haunting landscape occupied by half realised characters. Lucid and transient, each subject seems otherworldly and somewhat absent – like blurred faces speeding by aboard a train – symbolic of the artist’s view of modern communication.

Exploring the inexplicable disengagement people experience between each other on a daily basis her aesthetic projects a delicate poignancy; challenging the viewer’s notion of time and kinship whilst addressing an inner vulnerability that resides in all of us.

Here’s artwork with depth, head down this weekend and get engaged.

Eleanor Johnson: Disconnect is open Saturday 19th December 12pm-7pm at Box Studio shoreditch, E1 6JB

Mad Fer it!
Tim Burgess and his crew of Charlatans are bringing the Baggy britpop vibes to London on their latest tour following the release of their twelfth album Modern Nature.

Having first sauntered out of the Madchester scene back in the 90s with their 1990 debut Some Friendly, The Charlatans rode the wave first stirred by Tony Wilson, heading straight to number #1 in the UK album chart. The fact they are still going strong after 25 years is quite a feat considering the obstacles they have had to hurdle; the band have survived the drugs, the egos and numerous drastic hairstyles frontman Tim Burgess has sported over the years.

If you haven’t seen them live before do yourself a favour and book tickets for their gig this Saturday. Think of it as an early Christmas present to yourself.

The Charlatans play at O2 Academy Brixton London on Saturday 19th December

How much is that Doherty in the window?
Having reformed The Libertines and released an acclaimed record this year, Pete Doherty is well and truly back. A man of many talents (just perhaps stay away from the acting, Pete), Doherty is a pretty adept artist, and this weekend some of his pieces are being displayed via an exhibition in the front window of the Gibson Showroom in London’s Fitzrovia.

From his infamous blood-splattered paintings to sketches of himself and those close to him, Doherty’s artistic endeavours span far and wide (check out his work here), this mini exhibition of Doherty’s work may only take five minutes to look through, but it provides a peek into his creative headspace.

Pete Doherty’s work is now on show at Gibson Showroom, 61-62 Eastcastle Street, W1W 8NQ.

Coffeehouse Rock
Whilst you’re over in W1 take a trip back to the 50s via Love Die Late – coffee shop by day, cocktail bar by night.

Think Wes Anderson on an Elvis binge. Retro interior, pastel colour palette and enough floorspace for a swing, a trot and even a jitterbug, if you’re that way inclined.

Also, keep an eye out for their Monday night film screenings, a strong cocktail sure beats an overpriced pick ‘n’ mix – we’d opt for the Rising Gaze Collins, it really hits the sweet spot.

Love Die Late, 114 Great Portland St, London W1W 6PH