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, SATURDAY 19TH OCTOBER – SUNDAY 20TH OCTOBER 2013

Corinne Day: May the Circle Remain Unbroken
Three years after her passing, May the Circle Remain Unbroken shows how Corinne Day’s work brought people together and that friendships formed over 20 years ago continue to endure through her work.

Illuminating Day’s pioneering approach to photography – where it is often hard to differentiate between the constructed and the real – the exhibition features images of friends Kevin, Tara, Vinca and George form a series of previously unseen photographs of her early work.

Music videos by long term partner Mark Szaszy also feature, bringing to life the protagonists in Day’s work. Pay special attention to recognise the photographs taken in their Brewer Street flat, which often doubled as a set for shoots with their friends, models and muses. Accompanying the exhibition is a new publication of the same name by Morel Books.

Corinne Day: May the Circle Remain Unbroken
Gimpel Fils Gallery, 30 Davies St, London W1K 4NB
16 October – 23 November 2013

British snap, crackle and, most importantly: POP
If you fancy something perky, head to Christie’s in Mayfair, for their When Britain Went Pop exhibition and sale. The first exhibition of British Pop Art in London, including works by British artists David Hockney, Richard Hamilton, Allen Jones and Peter Blake, the show aims to describe how Pop Art began in Britain, and how British artists have helped shift the boundaries between popular culture and fine art.

When Britain Went Pop
Christie’s Mayfair
Weekdays, 9am – 5pm. Weekends, 12pm – 5pm
103 New Bond Street, London, W1S 1ST

A Lady, A few Captains, An ultra-violent group of Yakuza. Casual Cinema.
Rather than a single movie recommendation this week, how about a trio of nail-biters for your viewing pleasure? Don’t say we aren’t good to you.

The BFI London Film festival closes this weekend, so be sure to catch the rediscovered delights of a slightly less well-known golden oldie, before it reels off. The Lady from Shanghai is Orson Welles’ mind-bending romantic thriller from 1947, starring his then wife Rita Hayworth as a pawn in a game of murder aboard a cruiseship. Don’t attempt to follow the plot – studio boss Harry Cohn offered a reward to anyone who could explain it to him – just get lost in the brilliant dialogue and lashings of sexual unease.

The Lady from Shanghai
BFI Southbank, Belvedere Rd, SE1 8XT
6.30pm, Sat Oct 19 – £12.50

Why Dont You Play In Hell? from the Japanese; Sion Sono (Suicide Club) plays out the violent exploits of two rival crime syndicates wrecking bloody carnage against each other. Basically Kill Bill on steroids, with the sick humour of John Waters thrown in for good measure.

Quite an intense yet perversely funny take on the classic Yakuza film genre. Not for the squeamish – blood spattered Kimono aplenty!

Why Dont You Play In Hell?
Hackney Picturehouse,
8:30pm, Fri Oct 18 -£13.75

Lastly, why not watch Tom Hanks’ portrayal of Captain Phillips, a cargo ship skipper whose vessel was overrun by pirates off the coast of Somalia in 2009? A true story of an unexceptional guy at the heart of an exceptional crisis. Watching one scene, in which he suffers a full-on emotional collapse, you’ll start to wonder if panic attacks are contagious! Tipped as one of Hank’s most effective performances in years.

Captain Phillips (12A)
At Cinemas Nationwide

Street food until Midnight. With Beers. We’re there.
If you’re feeling a bit lazy this weekend and want everything tied-up nicely for you like a TV Dinner, then head on down to the Euro Car Park on Shoreditch High Street.

It’s all done for you. Just turn up, grab a spot and tuck into Jerk chicken, wood-fired oven pizza, pad thai, halloumi souvlaki, sushi, schwarma, fried chicken, burritos – or an eight piece stacked burger. Choices choices. You’ll need a drink or five to wash all that down, we imagine.

This is the final weekend of the season before the cold sets in. The only downside is the Beatles theme. From 5 – Midnight this Saturday 19th.  Entry is free. The food, of course, is not.

Urban Food Fest
163-175 Shoreditch High Street, London, E1 6HU