The Italian director of Salon Kitty and Caligula has passed away at 93. A look at his path from law and the Cinémathèque to the…
Sandra Bamboo built SYNFIELD over one weekend: 20 free browser worlds of light, matter and sound that respond to a cursor, a touch or an…
For the fortieth anniversary of Depeche Mode's Black Celebration, Jordi Gaxiola wrote BC, a dark love story set in Basildon in 1986 with chapters that…
An Istanbul label turns a fisherman's knots and a family's 65-year handbag craft into beaded couture bags, each one made by hand over three to…
On 22 January 1561, Francis Bacon was born at York House in the Strand, London – a place of politics and privilege that would define…
John Peel spent nearly four decades on BBC Radio 1 turning personal taste into national discovery, championing punk, reggae, and electronic acts long before they…
Eight watercolours by the late Melvyn Robinson, at Cecil Sharp House until 11 January, carry his own poems and folk songs with them: a South…
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…
The winners of the Creative Future Writers' Award 2026 read their work at the Southbank Centre during the London Literature Festival, 30 October 2026.
Samanta Schweblin, Nelio Biedermann, Gaël Faye and Intan Paramaditha at the Service95 Book Club Translated Fiction Showcase, Southbank Centre, 28 October 2026.