Sunny Afternoon, The Harold Pinter Theatre directed by Edward Hall
Musicals based on the back catalogues of beloved bands often have an advantage in that often theatregoers who would rather rub chillis in their eyes then be dragged to a musical can be found lining up around the block; depending on the cachet of the band in question. “Sunny Afternoon”...
Gold: Cairo to Constantinople – Early Photographs of the Middle East
Gold is the most extraordinary alloy, it is the most malleable and ductile of all metals; a single gram can be beaten into a sheet measuring one square metre, at a thickness of 0.125 millionths of a metre, or drawn in a wire to a length of 41 miles (66km)...
Southbank Centre announces its 2015 festival programme
Southbank Centre has announced today its festival programme and artistic highlights in 2015, including a major new festival, Changing Britain 1945–2015. This is just one of 14 festivals curated by Southbank Centre next year, which bring together thousands of artists, partners, communities and audiences to contribute, create and learn,...
First Kensington Christmas Book Fair to be held at Kensington Town Hall
It’s Christmas and you are stumped for gift ideas. You want to give not just a present but the right present. Perhaps the adventurous chef in the family might appreciate an old handwritten recipe book; for a musician what about a letter written by a famous composer? For a grandchild, you might...
Poem: The Stage Doors of London
The stage doors of London call out under quarried skies, calling for the warm winds of home. Scented sighs fall from penniless gods And hang heavy in powdered air. How many other silken jades will feel your embrace of woven cloth and iron? Trailing ribbons pour the past out upon...
Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey
The great and good of the literary world are buried and are commemorated at the south transept of Westminster Abbey. This part of the Abbey is better known as Poet’s corner. The first poet to be interred here was Geoffrey Caucher. He held several positions in the King’s household and in...
Poet’s Corner in Westminster
The great and good of the literary world are buried and are commemorated at the south transept of Westminster Abbey. This part of the Abbey is better known as Poet’s corner. The first poet to be interred here was Geoffrey Caucher. He held several positions in the King’s household and in...
Mr Turner by Mike Leigh
This is a masterpiece in its own right, a ravishing piece of film making which ticks all the boxes; casting, acting, costume, script and cinematography. Casting Timothy Spall as ‘Jimmy’ Turner was inspirational, as he grunts and blusters his way through early Victorian London and Margate like an uncouth truffle...
Oxford Street Launches “Talent Starts Here” Competitions
Oxford street is launching its first ever competition to find the best up and coming UK talent to perform at their world-famous 55th annual Oxford Street Christmas Lights Switch On, 6th November 2014. Attended by thousands of shoppers, the ‘Talent Starts Here’ nationwide competition gives aspiring stars the opportunity to...
