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 10th OCTOBER – SUNDAY 12th OCTOBER 2014

Casual weekend, at a screen near you
If you happen to miss this year’s BFI Film festival then it means you’re surely not really into watching movies that much or you’re an idiot. Or both. Thing is – the plethora of cinematic offerings up  for our viewing pleasure is just too good to miss from what has became the UK’s largest public film event in recent years.

An ode to the brilliance of Alan Turing
First up we have Benedict Cumberbatch, Kiera Knightley and co in The Imitation Game based upon the incredible life of Alan Turing, the codebreaker who helped turn the tide of WWII yet was demonised following it. Poor sod. Merging hard hitting drama with nail-biting suspense, The Imitation Game does cinematic justice to the vision, determination and personal story of a British mathematician and cryptanalyst who literally changed the world as we know it. A sure fire unmissable watch.

The Imitation Game, 114mins, Hackney Picture House

The Fire and The Fury
David Ayer’s much anticipated new action drama, Fury starring Brad Pitt as a battle-hardened sergeant, tells; in an incredibly moving and human manner, the story of US soldiers and the inner demons which they inevitably have to confront driving through occupied Europe during WWII. Hardly a friday night lol-a-thon if such a thing ever existed but a worthy watch and undeniably  a resounding cinematic achievement. Rarely is a film so successful at balancing the human drama of war against a backdrop of precise action sequences.

Fury, 120mins, BFI Southbank

The last days of Pier Paolo Pasolini
November 2, 1975: the final day of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s life as he awaits certain fury over his film Salo. In this artist-to-artist love letter, director Abel Ferrara casts a sublimely sombre Willem Dafoe to play Pasolini in the hours prior to his untimely and grimly brutal murder. It’s a death that has aroused suspicion and controversy for some time now but Ferrara neither investigates nor points any suspicious fingers – instead deciding to honour the fearless creativity and sharp mind of one of the 21st centuries greatest film makers with his own cinematic brilliance.

Pasolini, 87mins, Odeon West-End

A double nod
If you’re in need of an injection of pop Britannia decadence then head down to The Emin Room located above 34 Grosvenor Square for a specially commissioned arty tipple. What better excuse is there to knock back a glass of Ruinart than sitting in Tracey’s Central London haunt sipping out of a glass designed by none other than Kate Moss herself – and modelled on the proportions of the supermodel’s left breast.

We reckon you’ll be well up for another healthy dose of whatever Ms. Emin has to offer after a few glasses of fizz so why not check out her new show down at White Cube, Bermondsey? 

True to usual form Tracey presents further examples of her highly-personal narrative works; describing the  new drawings and etchings as ‘about rites of passage, of time and age, and the simple realisation that we are always alone’.

Tracey Emin: The Last Great Adventure is You at White Cube Bermondsey, 144-152 Bermondsey St, London. Until 16 November 2014

Mondrian on Thames
If there is anywhere to go for sheer wow factor this weekend then it has to be Mondrian London right on our city’s southbank. Not a stone’s throw from the River Thames in the famed Sea Containers building, Mondrian London at Sea Containers offers river views like no other in the capital as well as an impressive wine list, well tipped gastro pub and a splash 1920’s steam-liner elegance for good measure. What a killer combo. Perfect for a saturday night splash out – just mind you keep an eye on how much plonk you’re sinking, you should enjoy being on the bank of the Thames not in it. 

Mondrian London at Sea Containers, 20 Upper Ground London SE1