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Culture

London Literature Festival 2026 on the South Bank

3 November 2026 0

Maria Bregman on three evenings of the London Literature Festival 2026 at the Southbank Centre: the Service95 translated fiction showcase, Tice Cin's Safe Spaces and…

Art

Red Booths, Leopard Flats and Steamed Dumplings: Whitney Igbinewuare…

3 November 2026 0

London-based painter Whitney Igbinewuare, a 2026 Desenio Emerging Talent nominee, captures dinners, bar booths and late-night shoes in tightly cropped oils.

Theatre

Marie Rambert – how she built British ballet

28 October 2026 0

Almost every professional dance institution in Britain traces back, directly or by inheritance, to two immigrant women. One was the Irish-born Ninette de Valois, whose…

Fashion

Lu Jin’s LockLoom Turns Reclaimed Cable Ties Into Wearable…

3 November 2026 0

London-based designer Lu Jin built LockLoom from several hundred second-hand cable ties without cutting or sewing, turning industrial fasteners into a dress.

Design

Sahar Zafar on Building Visual Identities That Travel Beyond…

3 November 2026 0

London designer Sahar Zafar on three social-impact projects: End Water Poverty, the Essence of Tomorrow scent workshop with Revoke, and PICO California.

Architecture

Unbuilt: Why the World’s Most Ambitious Architecture Never Makes…

15 June 2026 0

By Alexander Stone The most dangerous building in the world is the one that exists only on paper. It has no budget overruns, no planning…