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Pinboard: lazy Pompeii, wrestling in Southwark and sexy food

1. Pompeii – coming to a screen near you Yeah, yeah. We know. You really do want to see the hugely hyped and brilliant-sounding Life and death in Pompeii and Herculaneum, which opened at the British Museum last week – the first show of its kind about these two ill-fated Roman cities to hit London …

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Wednesday Picture: a community love-in at Loughborough Junction

Loughborough Junction locals might recognise the image above. Perhaps you strode over the recent explosion of multi-coloured pavement graffiti, spelling out “We live here” in various languages (see one in situ, right) and felt an unexpected swell of pride about your locale – we did, and liked it so much we took this snap. And …

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Pinboard: cult Easter cinema, grilling Jay Rayner and a secret rooftop café

 1. See Pasolini’s cult 1964 version of St Matthew’s Gospel Made by an Italian non-believer, this classic and controversial black and white film has 10 screenings at the BFI over Easter – and all but one (on Monday) are sold out. So get in quick to book for Pier Paolo Pasolini’s extraordinary re-telling of the story …

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Wednesday Picture: who painted Saltoun Road’s
street art Hitler cat?

Today’s Wednesday Picture solves one half of a local mystery – but leaves a big question about the other half. Maybe one of you will know the answer? Regulars to the back-streets of central Brixton may recognise this unusual piece of street art on the corner of Rattray and Saltoun Roads in SW2. Stencilled onto …

Wednesday Picture: who painted Saltoun Road’s
street art Hitler cat?
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