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At 17, she drinks, smokes and parties. On the eve of her 18th birthday, without word or warning or explanation, she adopts the hijab. A new play takes the London stage.

The Copenhagen climate change negotiations are a focus not just for talks and discussions but also for artists: exhibitions on the topic include Earth: Art of a changing world, which runs 3 December to 31 January at the Royal Academy in Picadilly.

On 5 December, join thousands of young people in a coordinated flashdance for climate justice on The Wave.

Scars of torture - and mulled wine and mince pies.

New currents in narrative forms are the special focus of the London African Film Festival 2009: "We are showcasing debuts by a wide range of dynamic, young film-making talent and the most creative of TV/film practitioners to celebrate the energy that young Africans from all corners of the continent have brought to drama as they embrace the digital age."

Prove It! All the evidence you need to believe in climate change” is a new exhibition at the Science Museum.

iceandfire has joined forces with the Wellcome Trust to explore the links between human rights and the hotly contested MMR debate, posing the question, ‘What duties does an individual have to their community?’

Some fascinating documentaries feature in the Russian Film Festival, including a profile of the Dalai Lama and six films capturing the surreal side of the Russian provinces and providing a window into contemporary life beyond Moscow.

Good Hair, the award-winning documentary co-written and produced by Chris Rock, opens this year's BFM International Film Festival.

The 3rd Native Spirit Festival is a season of films, talks and performances promoting the Cultures of Indigenous people.

Five provocative short films on the themes of War + Peace, Gender + Power and HIV + Stigma will be screened on 7 October by Ctrl.Alt.Shift, the experimental youth initiative politicising a new generation of activists for social justice.

The future of food and farming, the hidden costs of economic growth, civil liberties and climate change, local economics and how inequality leaves us all worse off: some of the topics of the Festival of Interdependence.

With no bars or big stages the emphasis of The Urban Green Fair is on education and communication.

The G20 Finance Ministers meeting in London on 4 September will be marked by a day of action.

The London Museum has a new display marking the 50th anniversary of the formation of the Anti-Apartheid Movement - "As an example of the power of collective action, this history still has great relevance today."

“Something bad happened when Lilli was a baby. Something she should have been protected from. But she’s not a baby anymore and it’s time to understand that actions have consequences.” - iceandfire takes its latest play for young people to schools around London.

England People Very Nice is a journey through four waves of immigration from the 17th century to today. As the French Huguenots, the Irish, the Jews and the Bangladeshis enter the chaotic world of Bethnal Green, each new influx provokes a surge of violent protest over housing, jobs, religion and culture. And the emerging pattern shows that white flight and anxiety over integration are anything but new.

Eight filmmaking teams out of 100 applications have been selected to pitch their films and outreach campaigns to an invited audience in London next week, in order to amplify the impact of their social-issue documentary projects.

The nationwide UK "saffron premiere" of Burma VJ, a documentary about the courageous young citizens who kept up the flow of news during a period of protest and repression in 2007, is on 14 July.

Almost 100 people on the Caribbean island of Dominica are centenarians, many more are in their nineties and most are women. Gabrielle Le Roux’s Living Ancestors’ display celebrates their remarkable lives and suggests reasons for their staying power.