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

Champlevé Enamel and Copper Box by Jean Goulden (circa 1924) $75,000

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