For Americans, London often represents both familiarity and fantasy, a place where democratic partners share history but ...

It was guaranteed: string masterpieces by Vaughan Williams, Britten and Elgar would be played and conducted at the very ...

A London concert will take place this month on World Mental Health Day to raise funds for suicide and drug-related death prevention in the LGBTQ+ community. The concert, entitled Music for Change, ...

Many of the plot’s central beats remain. There’s Captain Hook to contend with – Toby Stephens on deliciously boo-hiss form ...

Many orchestral concerts leaven two or three established classics with something new or unusual. The LSO reversed that ...

Built in the 1960's, Barbican Estate is a brutilist utopia for inner city living. The estate is a massive complex of 2000 apartments, surrounded by gardens, lakes and arts spaces, known as one of ...

This feature first appeared in September 2024 on Londonist: Time Machine, our much-praised history newsletter. To be the first to read new history features like this, sign up for free here. Image: ...

A contemporary creation, Gesualdo Passione is inspired by the religious music of the Italian composer Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613), specifically his Tenebrae Responsoria, which follow the passion of ...

Polish director Łukasz Twarkowski’s swaggering mediation on art and value via Rothko is an infuriating, engrossing and unique multimedia experience There’s a hypnotic swagger to the scale and bombast ...

Les Arts Florissants singers and dancers from Amala Dianor Company perform Gesualdo’s sorrowful Tenebrae Responsoria Les Arts Florissants & Amala Dianor Company perform Gesualdo Passione presented ...

Graham Nash performed at York Barbican on his More Evenings of Songs and Stories tour. Backed by a talented three-piece band it proved an entertaining evening with Nash performing songs from his ...

EXCLUSIVE: Adorning the office wall of Benjamin Lowy and Emily Vaughan-Barratt’s Wessex Grove theatrical production company is a selection of esoteric images featuring Cate Blanchett, Emma Corrin, ...