Institute of Contemporary Arts, Nash House, The Mall, SW1

On the north side of the mall stand the cream, pillared porticos of Nash House, Carlton House Terrace, home of the Institute of Contemporary Arts, the incongruously conservative centre for provocative avant garde exhibitions and performances, also housing a two-screen cinema and an excellent Italian café.

The literary party for the launch of Kafka’s Motorbike, attended by Salman Rushdie, Lord Archer et al, in Bridget Jones’s Diary, is held at the ICA.

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Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001, dir: Sharon Maguire)