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CITY OF LONDON FESTIVAL
03 May 2013
City of London Festival 2013 - Reviews Note
Following its acclaimed and record-breaking 50th anniversary season, the annual City of London Festival will once again animate the Square Mile in 2013
(23 June - 26 July)
with its customary extravaganza of music, dance, art, film, poetry, family and participation events, for everyone to enjoy. ...
MARY ROSE MUSEUM
30 April 2013
Mary Rose enters Final Phase of Conservation
For almost three decades since being raised from the Solent, the hull of the Mary Rose - Henry VIII’s 500-year-old flagship – has been continuously sprayed, first with chilled fresh water to remove salt and then with Polyethlene Glycol (PEG), a water soluble wax which prevents shrinkage of the ...
MARY ROSE MUSEUM
05 April 2013
New £27m Mary Rose Museum opens 31 May: The famous Tudor warship to finally reveal all her secrets 500 years after she sank
The new Mary Rose Museum opens to visitors on 31 May 2013 at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard – the very same dockyard at which the warship was built over 500 years ago. Located just metres from ...
AKRAM KHAN
25 March 2013
Akram Khan speaks about new production iTMOi and looks forward to third run of DESH
Akram Khan is set for another jam-packed summer with two productions taking place at Sadler’s Wells Theatre in under two weeks. Marking the first Akram Khan Company UK appearance of 2013,
iTMOi
(in the mind of igor)
,
will take centre stage at Sadler’s Wells from 28 May to 1 June, shortly ...
CITY OF LONDON FESTIVAL
12 March 2013
City of London Festival 2013: Full Programme Announced
Following its acclaimed and record-breaking 50th anniversary season, the annual City of London Festival has announced its full 2013 programme, promising once again to animate the Square Mile (23 June - 26 July) with its customary extravaganza of music, dance, art, film, poetry, family and ...
LEIGHTON HOUSE MUSEUM
08 March 2013
Behind the scenes with Hockney, Frink and Blake: ‘Studio Sittings: Photographing Royal Academicians’, at Leighton House Museum 15 March – 2 June 2013
One of the foremost painters and sculptors of his generation, Frederic, Lord Leighton, was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy from 1864 and became its president in 1878, overseeing the ...
SOUTH AFRICAN TOURISM
22 February 2013
Discover Cape Town's Rhythm This April
Known as Africa’s Grandest Gathering, the 2013 Cape Town International Jazz Festival (5-6 April 2013) looks set to be as foot-tappingly good as ever. Showcasing over 40 world-class acts from 12 countries, this year’s line-up features diverse live-music from traditional jazz, to funk, hip-hop, . ...
WILLIAM MORRIS
08 February 2013
Visitors flock to Walthamstow’s newly refurbished William Morris Gallery
Four times as many people visited Walthamstow’s William Morris Gallery since it reopened last August than during the same period the previous year, recent figures show. The Gallery has recorded 42,386 visitors from September to December 2012, compared to 10,699 for the same period in ...
WILLIAM MORRIS
07 February 2013
David Bailey exhibits unseen East End Faces at the William Morris Gallery
British photographer David Bailey will be returning to the borough of his birth to exhibit intimate photographs of the East End at Walthamstow’s William Morris Gallery, offering a rare insight into the faces and characters synonymous with the decade that gave us the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. ...
THE VIEW FROM THE SHARD
01 February 2013
Mayor of London Boris Johnson opens The View from The Shard
The Mayor of London Boris Johnson officially opened The View from The Shard - the premium attraction at the pinnacle of The Shard, developed by Sellar property in association with LBQ Ltd, at 0900hrs today, Friday 1 February 2013. The first guests to the attraction were greeted 244m (800ft) ...
AKRAM KHAN
28 January 2013
Two World Premieres and the Return of Olivier Award-Winning DESH: The Year Ahead for Akram Khan Company
Following the global success of Akram Khan Company throughout 2012, winning an Olivier Award for DESH and performing in front of one billion people as part of the London 2012 Olympics Opening ...
THE VIEW FROM THE SHARD
25 January 2013
Artist Stephen Wiltshire the first to capture The View from The Shard
British artist Stephen Wiltshire - renowned for recreating world leading cityscapes in intricate detail from memory - has captured the breathtaking cityscape from The View from The Shard
,
the new premium visitor attraction at the pinnacle of The Shard, London’s newest landmark and Western ...
THE VIEW FROM THE SHARD
17 January 2013
The View from The Shard announces Booktrust as its first charity partner
The new state of the art visitor experience at
The View from The Shard -
the premium attraction at the top of The Shard, London’s newest landmark, developed by Sellar Property in association with LBQ Ltd - has today been revealed for the first time, ahead of the attraction’s official opening to the public ...
THE VIEW FROM THE SHARD
11 January 2013
The View from The Shard Revealed Prior to Opening on 1 February 2013
The new state of the art visitor experience at
The View from The Shard -
the premium attraction at the top of The Shard, London’s newest landmark, developed by Sellar Property in association with LBQ Ltd - has today been revealed for the first time, ahead of the attraction’s official opening to the public ...
SOUTH AFRICAN TOURISM
09 January 2013
Follow Charley Boorman’s South African Adventure online and be in with a chance to win return flights to South Africa
Visit www.southafrica.net during January and February and you could be in with a chance to win two return flights to South Africa with South African Airways. To mark the launch of Charley Boorman’s ...
THE CYPRUS TOURISM ORGANISATION
02 January 2013
Cyprus Announces the Creation of Five New Marine Parks From 2013
Four large fishing vessels and a number a reef poles will be scuttled into the Cypriot Mediterranean throughout the first six months of 2013, as part of a €1.5m project that will create five new marine parks, encouraging the growth and protection of marine life around Cyprus. Funded by the Cyprus ...
THE VIEW FROM THE SHARD
13 December 2012
The View from The Shard announces first day sell out
The View from The Shard, the premium visitor experience at the pinnacle of The Shard, London’s newest landmark and Western Europe’s tallest building, is pleased to announce that tickets to the opening day, 1 February 2013, are now sold out. The View from The Shard is the only place it is ...
WILLIAM MORRIS
10 December 2012
Enjoy an evening of entertainment and music with the Pre-Raphaelites
Visitors to the new, beautifully refurbished William Morris Gallery will have the opportunity to enjoy all the grandeur of the Pre-Raphaelites on Thursday 13 December. The late-night event celebratesthe work of William Morris and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, exploring the art and culture of his ...
CITY OF LONDON FESTIVAL
07 December 2012
City of London Festival reflects historic relationship between London and Derry-Londonderry
As Derry~Londonderry gears up to become the inaugural UK City of Culture – a transformative accolade that has kick-started the city’s renaissance – this year’s City of London Festival (23 June to 26 July 2013) will present a groundbreaking, thought-provoking programme marking the unique ...
CITY OF LONDON FESTIVAL
28 November 2012
Trees, walls and cities: City of London Festival 2013 programme highlights announced
Following its acclaimed and record-breaking 50th anniversary season, the annual City of London Festival will once again animate the Square Mile in 2013 (23 June - 26 July) with its customary extravaganza of music, dance, art, film, poetry, family and participation events, transforming some ...
SYMBOLIC LONDON
26 November 2012
Symbolic London presents Rocking the Art World: Celebrating the Rolling Stones
In conjunction with the Rolling Stones’ highly anticipated forthcoming 50th anniversary tour, Symbolic London is proud to present, Rocking the Art World: Celebrating the Rolling Stones. This new exhibition brings together works by celebrated artists from around the world in homage to one of the most. ...
SOUTH AFRICAN TOURISM
05 November 2012
South African Tourism reaching new heights at WTM 2012
In true adventurer style TV personality Charley Boorman will be literally dropping in to WTM with a daring abseil from the ceiling above the South African stand AF500. Charley will be available to talk about his adventures around South Africa earlier this year, when he spent six weeks getting under ...
CHOIR OF THE YEAR
29 October 2012
Les Sirènes is Crowned Choir of the Year 2012
Glaswegian choir, Les Sirènes has today [Sunday 28 October] been crowned Choir of the Year 2012 – winning the UK’s foremost amateur group singing competition title at the Grand Final event held at London’s Royal Festival Hall. Over 5,000 singers from 138 singing groups entered the competition ...
THE VIEW FROM THE SHARD
26 October 2012
The View from The Shard: first details revealed
The View from The Shard, the new premium visitor experience at the pinnacle of The Shard, London’s newest landmark and Western Europe’s tallest building, has today [26 October 2012] revealed a glimpse of some of the attraction’s features and content that are currently being created ahead of ...
AKRAM KHAN
09 October 2012
Akram Khan to choreograph first film starring Freida Pinto, Reece Ritchie and Tom Cullen
Internationally renowned dancer and choreographer Akram Khan has teamed up with director Richard Raymond to bring Raymond’s directorial debut “DESERT DANCER” to the big screen, starring actors Freida Pinto, Reece Ritchie and Tom Cullen. Set in Iran, where dance is illegal and punishable by ...
THE VIEW FROM THE SHARD
27 September 2012
The View From The Shard Reveals Plans For World Travel Market 2012
The View from The Shard is the new premium visitor experience at the pinnacle of The Shard, London’s newest landmark, Britain’s first vertical town and Western Europe’s tallest building. The attraction opens to the public on 1 February 2013. The View from The Shard provides the most ...
RIVER & ROWING MUSEUM
21 September 2012
From Battlefield to Barbados - Row2Recovery boat on display for first time at River & Rowing Museum
Early this year, four amputee and two able bodied servicemen completed an epic journey, rowing 3,000 miles across the Atlantic from the coast of Africa to Barbados. The River & Rowing Museum. ...
SCIENCE UNCOVERED: NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
3 September 2012
Uncover scientific secrets for one night only at the Natural History Museum
Have you ever wanted to try your hand at forensic evidence collection? Can we really see everything that goes on in our environment? Science Uncovered, the Museum’s exclusive annual after hours science extravaganza, throws open the doors to those with curious minds. For one night only, over ...
NOUR FESTIVAL
24 August 2012
The Nour Festival of contemporary Middle Eastern and North African arts and culture – bigger and better than ever before
Nour returns this autumn with a hugely expanded line-up of artists and partners including some of the UK’s best known cultural institutions. Created by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea ...
TOM LEWIS
24 August 2012
Major New Solo Show from Artist Tom Lewis announced: Megan and the Beasts of Kaimei
Leaving behind the deserted city, and her massive monster bodyguard, Megan is the last hope for the survival of the magical soul flowers. Compelled to follow the neon butterfly across the River Kaigen, the Legends reveal their quests in sleepy visions and urge our hero ever onwards. But who are the ...
START TO FINNISH
10 August 2012
Fringe First’ for From-Start-to-Finnish Production ‘Continuous Growth'
Continuous Growth, which, together with My Elevator Days, forms the inaugural programme of Anglo/Finnish work being brought to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as part of theatrical exchange programme From-Start-to-Finnish, has today, been awarded a ‘Fringe First’ by The Scotsman ...
THE VIEW FROM THE SHARD
8 August 2012
Put The Shard in their stocking this Christmas Give the chance to be one of the first to experience the UK’s highest visitor attraction
Give a world-first this Christmas: let your loved ones enjoy London like never before - as they take to the dizzying heights (800ft/244m) of The View from The Shard, the new premium visitor attraction at ...
SYMBOLIC LONDON
03 August 2012
Symbolic Collection Presents Ronnie Wood: A Major Retrospective of 50 years of Rock and Roll
Symbolic Collection is proud to announce a major new exhibition featuring Ronnie Wood artworks, and historical Rolling Stones artefacts. The show will include paintings, sketches, hand written lyrics, and guitars by Ronnie Wood, together with Symbolic’s major acquisitions of Ronnie Wood and ...
AKADEMI
02 August 2012
Akademi to perform Bells as part of Mayor of London’s SHOWTIME Festival
The London-based South Asian dance organisation Akademi will present their magnificent, large scale outdoor production ‘Bells’ in collaboration with the international Belgian company, Theatre Tol, in three outer London boroughs: Lewisham, Hounslow and Barnet over the summer of 2012 as ...
AKRAM KHAN
27 July 2012
Akram Khan Talks about Role in London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony
Akram Khan choreographed a prominent section of Danny Boyle’s Isles of Wonder Olympic Games Opening Ceremony. The brief from Boyle to Khan was one word - ‘Mortality’. The section featured 50 specially selected professional dancers, a 9-year-old boy and Khan himself. Set to the voice of ...
AKRAM KHAN
23 July 2012
Autumn Dates Announced at Sadler’s Wells for Akram Khan’s “Masterpiece” DESH
Akram Khan’s smash-hit solo show
DESH
returns to Sadler’s Wells in October after receiving endless praise from critics, winning an Olivier Award and being nominated for a South Bank Sky Arts Award. The run heralds the return of Akram Khan to the international dance stage in almost a year ...
THE VIEW FROM THE SHARD
6 July 2012
The Shard opens to visitors: first tickets for ‘The View from The Shard’ go on sale 6 July 2012
The View from The Shard is the new premium visitor experience at the pinnacle of The Shard, London’s newest landmark, Britain’s first vertical town and Western Europe’s tallest building. The experience provides a unique encounter with The Shard and is set to become the first one-stop ...
InTRANSIT 2012
17 June 2012
Free Running, Underground Rivers and the Largest Street Theatre: The Sixth InTRANSIT Performance Arts Festival moves you mentally and physically durin
The InTRANSIT festival (13 - 27 July) - the only festival to move its audience physically as well as mentally – is back for a sixth-year, bringing the very best international and UK contemporary arts to ...
START TO FINNISH
8 June 2012
Unmissable Theatre From-Start-to-Finnish: new British/Finnish Programme Launches at Edinburgh this Summer
This summer the Edinburgh Festival Fringe will be playing host to a remarkable programme of new work created out of a ground-breaking partnership between the Pleasance and ACE Production ...
CITY OF LONDON FESTIVAL
6 June 2012
City Workers Encouraged to Swap Lunch ‘Al Desko’ for Culture Al Fresco with FREE Lunchtime Events for City of London Festival’s 50th Anniversary
Don’t be surprised if you struggle for a response from a City desk between 12.30 and 2pm this summer. From 24 June to 27 July the City of London Festival will be celebrating its 50th anniversary ...
DAVID HARBER
6 June 20126
Garden Lovers Find a Harber in London This June: Celebrated Sculptor David Harber Marks 20 Years as a Designer with Eaton Square Open Days
Sculptor and dialist David Harber will be marking the opening of his solo show in Belgravia’s Eaton Square gardens this June with a garden party to celebrate 20 years working as a designer. David ...
NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY MONTH
01 June 2012
Tony Hadley launches the UK’s first ever National Photography Month on 1 June 2012
The UK’s first ever National Photography Month (NPM) – a nationwide initiative that celebrates the importance of photography in our daily lives - was launched on 1 June 2012, and will run for the whole month. Throughout June the campaign, based around the theme ‘Capture and Keep’, will provide ...
WILLIAM MORRIS
28 May 2012
Transformed William Morris Gallery Reopens 2 August
The William Morris Gallery – in Walthamstow, London, the place of Morris’ birth - has been transformed to create a new world-class destination and international centre of excellence for the study of Morris, where visitors can enjoy the most intense and personal encounter with one of the ...
RE:NEW TOHOKU
23 May 2012
From Catastrophic Devastation to Cutting-edge Design: Products from the Japanese Tsunami Area Showcased in London this July
Devastated by the 2011 earthquake and the tsunami which followed, Tohoku, a region of outstanding natural beauty, was home to a thriving community of manufacturers, designers and craftsmen. As it ...
CULTURAL PLACEMAKING
22 May 2012
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea sets Cultural Placemaking at the heart of borough-wide development: Major proposals announced
The new proposals, which put cultural placemaking at the heart of major future development and planning activity across the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, are announced today ...
CITY OF LONDON FESTIVAL
21 May 2012
Spandau Ballet’s Tony Hadley Encourages Tinkling on the Streets of London: 50 Golden Street Pianos Rolled Out as Part of the City of London Festival’s Golden Jubilee (24 June – 27 July 2012)
London’s streets will be resonating to the strains of everything from Chopsticks to Chopin this summer as 50 Golden Street Pianos take up residence across the Square Mile and beyond as part ...
DAVID HARBER
21 May 2012
David Harber at the 2012 RHS Chelsea Flower Show: Celebrating 20 Years as a Designer
Award-winning British designer David Harber will be showcasing four new works at the 2012 RHS Show, Chelsea. Of these the Crucello - a contemporary variation of the classical three-tiered fountain which uses millimetrically-accurate design to create three walls of water, giving the impression the ...
FOTO8
30 April 2012
Got a picture in your pocket? Last chance to enter the prestigious FOTO8 Summershow and help create unique visual tapestry of the world
The FOTO8 Summershow 2012, the UK’s only open-entry, annual photography show is centred around the premise that our photographs can provide compelling and powerful ways of seeing the ...
AKRAM KHAN
15 April 2012
Akram Khan Wins Best New Dance Production at the Olivier Awards 2012
On receiving the Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production, Akram Khan, the internationally acclaimed dancer and choreographer, said: “Akram Khan Company has always produced thoughtful and ambitious dance productions for the international stage and we are honoured to have won the ...
CITY OF LONDON FESTIVAL
13 April 2012
Where the Wild Flowers are: City of London Arts Festival Brings the Countryside to the City for 50th Anniversary
For 50 years the City of London Festival has entertained and inspired the City’s workers, residents and visitors with an annual, internationally-acclaimed, arts programme which has included ....
NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY MONTH
02 April 2012
My School in Focus: New Initiative for Secondary Schools Created for National Photography Month
June 2012 is National Photography Month - the UK’s first event of its kind dedicated to celebrating the value of photography. Suported by organisations from the photography world including National Geographic and the Royal Photographic Society and leading photographic retailers and suppliers ...
FOTO8
26 March 2012
The Fifth FOTO8 Summershow Captures the Way We See the World: 7 July – 18 August
The FOTO8 Summershow 2012 (7 July – 19 August) – the largest and most influential international photography show of its kind in the UK – is back this summer for its fifth annual celebration of photography. Entry is FREE. The FOTO8 Summershow provides an international window for new...
START TO FINNISH
16 March 2012
From Start To Finnish: New Exchange Programme for UK Theatre
Tiesittekö..? [Did you know..?] Finland has more theatres per capita than almost anywhere else in the world, 3.6 million theatre tickets are bought annually by a population of only 5.2 million people and any town over 25,000 inhabitants has its own dedicated theatre.‘
From-Start-to-Finnish’
is
a new ...
FOTO8
12 March 2012
Get In The Frame For The FOTO8 Summershow 2012
Entry to the FOTO8 Summershow 2012 – one of the most widely anticipated and provocative shows in the international photography calendar – is now open. The show is the only open entry, annual photography show in the UK – encouraging any photographer, from any background to enter ...
DAVID HARBER
8 March 2012
Acclaimed Sculptor and Sundial-maker David Harber Celebrates 20th Anniversary with New Works at RHS Chelsea
Award-winning British designer David Harber will be showcasing four new works – including a secret design to mark his 20th anniversary working as a sundialist and sculptor, which will be unveiled on ...
CITY OF LONDON FESTIVAL
29 February 2012
The City of London Festival 2012 announces its Golden Jubilee Programme
City of London Festival
,
24 June – 27 July 2012, is celebrating 50 golden years enriching the cultural life of the City with a programme of over 150 events in more than 55 spectacular London venues over 34 days. The Festival's theme,
City of London – Trading Places with the World
will be brought to life...
THE HENLEY FESTIVAL
16 February 2012
Sting opens the 30th Henley Festival – the UK’s most magical summer party, 4 – 8 July 2012
The Henley Festival is the UK’s most glamorous summer party; five magical nights on the banks of the River Thames in the beautiful Oxfordshire countryside. Tickets go on sale to the public from 15 March or you can beat the wait and become a Friend of the Henley Festival to get your tickets in ...
RUSSIAN FESTIVAL MASLENITSA IN LONDON
9 February 2012
Russian Spectacular Takes Over Trafalgar Square for London’s Maslenitsa Festival, FREE ENTRY 26 February 2012
The London
Maslenitsa Festival
is the largest celebration of Russian culture outside of the country itself and will bring venues across the Capital to life with a week of performances, food, exhibitions ...
RUSSIAN FESTIVAL MASLENITSA IN LONDON
8 February 2012
Celebrities and Top Russian Designers bring Moscow style to the V&A During London Fashion Week - as Part of Russian Maslenitsa Festival
An exclusive fashion show of new pieces by Russia’s most in-demand designers will take place in the Victoria and Albert Museum’s Raphael Gallery on 22 February - part of London’s Russian ...
AKADEMI
03 February 2012
British Creatives and South Asian Artists Unite for Landmark Symposium
Leading critics, artists and performers from the UK and India will meet in London on Saturday 25 February for a special half-day seminar exploring the influence of South Asian perspectives on contemporary art and culture. The event, ‘Looking for the Invisible: The Abstract in South Asian Arts’ ...
RUSSIAN FESTIVAL MASLENITSA IN LONDON
26 January 2012
Russia on a Plate: Join Celebrated Food Writer Karina Baldry for an Evening of Eastern Delights as Part of the London Maslenitsa Festival
Celebrated food writer Karina Baldry will bring Russian culture and customs to life at Samarqand Restaurant, Westminster, on Tuesday 21 February as she weaves the stories and legends ...
ATLAS GALLERY
24 January 2012
Great Scott – rare original 1913 polar photographs from Captain Scott’s infamous expedition to the South Pole unveiled and on sale for the first time in a century
The ATLAS Gallery, Marylebone, will unveil a major collection of rare vintage photographs – the original prints taken from the negatives in 1913 - by Herbert G. Ponting, the official expedition photographer ...
RIVER & ROWING MUSEUM
09 January 2012
Previously Unseen Collection of John Piper Paintings Unveiled for The First Time – Exhibition Opens 3 March
A major collection of work by John Piper, arguably one of Britain’s most influential modernist artists, will be unveiled at the River & Rowing museum, Henley on Thames, for the first time in a new ...
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