The new exhibition at the British Library is subtitled “Science Fiction but not as you know it” and aims to demonstrate the genre’s often overlooked breadth and depth. Breadth is represented by the range of authors, including writers from 2nd …
Read more...The Chelsea Flower Show opens tomorrow! To celebrate, we spoke to landscape architect Bunny Guinness, who is exhibiting her 9th show garden at Chelsea this year. The M&G Garden is a modern take on a traditional kitchen garden. We spoke to Bunny …
Read more...What’s in Wapping spotted these geese waddling about near Wapping New Stairs. The stairs allow access to the Thames foreshore at low tide. The London 2012 shop have a pin badge of an Egyptian Goose as part of their new …
Read more...Our favourite video this week is by Tateshots, and features Moby hanging out in the Tate Modern. Moby, king of ambient electronica, tells us he had a childhood fantasy of being left alone in a museum after hours. Here’s a …
Read more...The latest exhibition at the Fashion & Textile Museum celebrates the work of Tommy Nutter (1943-1992), Savile Row’s rebel tailor. During the swinging 60s, the understated traditional suits of Savile Row were considered boring and the fashionable flocked to menswear …
Read more...Firstly: we knew it was coming… we just didn’t know when! But now, it’s finally been announced: the London transfer of the hit musical Matilda is coming to the Cambridge Theatre on 22 November (previews from 18 October). That means …
Read more...While we’re looking forward to a feast of sport and culture in 2012, foodies are planning a series of intimate supper clubs during the London Olympic Games. Visitors will be invited into Londoners’ homes, where they can enjoy meals prepared …
Read more...Avast ye landlubbers, there be pirates in town! Hot on the heels of the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean movie, Museum of London Docklands opens its new exhibition about pirates this week. I went to this morning’s press view to find …
Read more...The London 2012 Olympic Flame will travel through six London boroughs next year before reaching the Olympic Stadium. The Torch Relay will visit: Waltham Forest (21 July) Bexley (22 July) Wandsworth (23 July) Ealing (24 July) Haringey (25 July) Westminster (26 …
Read more...The UEFA Champions League cups have gone on show outside London’s City Hall. Both the men’s and women’s trophies are being displayed in the back of a black London taxi. You can see them today and tomorrow from 10am until …
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