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Image from And the Line Goes Dead, part of Burst Having mentioned it in our excellent Arts Ahead guide to all that is happening in the week ahead, we thought a little deeper digging into the Burst festival at BAC was worthwhile. And we were …

Boris Johnson wants Scotland Yard’s museum of crime artefacts to be opened to the public, spreading the previously limited joy of grisly things to anyone who feels they have outgrown the CGI horrors of CSI. The unofficially named ‘Black Museum’ was originally started for instructional …

London Maori group Ngati Ranana led the welcome party at the opening ceremony for Origins: Festival of First Nations, held at the Scoop by Tower Bridge on the chilly Bank Holiday Monday. A large crowd sat in light drizzle to see the performers welcoming all …

It’s rather gloomy and grey today as if we had only dreamed of the sunshine and coat-less past Sunday. Was that our summer? Is it over? We hope not but just in case, we made a little film of a very summery event last weekend, …

Almighty Voice, part of Origins – Festival of First Nations Intercultural multi-media theatre company Border Crossings has organised Origins – Festival of First Nations, a programme of First Nations Creative Art. First Nations is the term the participating artists have chosen for themselves, as the …

Did you walk to work today? Are you walking home tonight? Would you walk part of the way to and from work this week? If you can’t do it this week, would you incorporate more walking into your average day in the future? Have you …

SohoStreets uses the same format as Soho Theatre’s first promenade street theatre Moonwalking in Chinatown, taking audiences back in time rather than in and around present-day Chinatown lives. We were divided into Goths, Punks, Ravers or Hippies for our walk through the churning streets of …

Walking Works is the campaign to get people walking to and from work, for the obvious benefits of avoiding the commute and getting fit, but also the less tangible benefits such as never being at the mercy of a bus that decides to terminate a …

It’s time to consider your first outdoor ice cream (if you haven’t already had one). Enjoy Fleet: Ice Cream Orchestra with your whippy cone this Sunday, courtesy of artists Chris Yates and Kelvin Pawsey. Six vans will play a specially composed piece of music, written …

Archie Parkhouse with ivy for sheep Who knew they had art exhibitions at the National Theatre? Well, presumably the people who have been paying attention. Unlike this Londonista it would seem. Tucked away on the first floor is an exhibition of photographs by James Ravilious. …