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Posterwise, do you give Reel Poster and Movie Poster Art Gallery a visit, though be aware that Jan and Feb aren't peak times and certainly MPAG might close early (or on weekends, not open at all) - ring ahead.

Food - you're spoilt for choice. Le Gavroche if you want the best value French cuisine in town (£50 for lunch is very well spent, as long as you don't order off menu....). Try Edgware Road for Middle Eastern. For English cooking (it does exist) try Shepherds in Marsham St, you just might spot co-owner Michael Caine there, or given its proximity to the Houses of Parliament, the PM himself. Perhaps get yourself to Tate Britain first, just down the road, dinner at Shepherds, then a nighttime post-prandial walk around Westminster Abbey.

Galleries - got to check out Tate Britain and Tate Modern, then walk across the "Wobbly Bridge" to St Paul's, check out the crypt where various luminaries including Lord Nelson and Lawrence of Arabia are buried. Have a whisper in the Whispering Gallery, then walk to the top of the dome and check out the view too.

Museums - get yourself to South Kensington, and check out the V&A, the Science Museum, National History Museum, then off to Harrods with you, not to shop but to stuff your face at the Grill Bar in the Food Hall on the ground floor. I recommend the duck or the steak. Heck, have both. The cheesecake is fab too.

Record shops - are there any remaining? Is Rough Trade still around? Get yourself to Notting Hill and have a nosey - there are some second hand record shops along the main road, and if Rough Trade is still around you should find it off Portobello Road - some great bars around there too, and if you have the time and inclination, go and see a film at London's nicest cinema, the Electric. In fact from there it's only about ten minutes walk to Reel Poster.....

That should do for the first day!