Santa’s Lap: Christmas Gift Memberships
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Visitor Numbers Double At Capital’s Free Museums
Admission charges were scrapped 10 years ago this week
Preview: Black History Month 2011
Black History Live at Wembley begins a month of events, workshops, gigs, walks, talks and parties
A SXSW For London?
Fed up you’re not off to Austin? Stop sulking and read this.
Inside Out Festival: On Now
Launched on 25 October, the Inside Out festival is a one-week cultural extravaganza, with events across the capital. Organised by the London Centre for Arts and Exchange, the festival aims to promote the sharing of knowledge and expertise, whilst also celebrating the significant contributions made …
Cultural Tips For Londoners
Image by k e n c h i e from the Londonist Flickr pool Visit Britain are getting in early and training us to be polite to people from Foreign when they come over for the Olympics. As though Londoners aren’t used to living, working …
Preview: Museums At Night, 14 May
Deciding how to spend next Friday night is going to be tough with an curatorial cacophony of late night events happening all over London for Museums at Night. We’ve scuttled through the listings and bring you some quirky and niche recommendations: By Anatoleya via the …
Abbey Road Given Listed Building Status
Abbey Road Studios continues to bask in the media sunspot: a week ago it was up for sale, then EMI said that it wasn’t, and now the Government has moved quickly to award it Grade II listed status. Culture minister Margaret Hodge, acting on the …
British Museum Extension Gets Planning Permission
Camden Council has approved the revised plan for a major extension at the British Museum, which will house a research wing, conservation labs, logistics, and new galleries giving ample space to stage large-scale temporary exhibitions. The original proposal by Rogers Sirk Harbour & Parners was …
Preview: London International Comic Festival
Not-so-long-ago poo-pooed as onanistic-escapism for Black Canary completists and cast as pre-video-game cultural ne’er-do-well, comics have grown up and are kicking-ass. Quietly and colourfully, the graphic novel is marching through an enduring golden age that’s showing off a depth to its canon that says as …
Now On: Black History Month
Black History Month (BHM) takes place every October and provides ample opportunity to get together and celebrate the achievements of the black community and delve into its history and culture. 30 years old this year, BHM also promotes important dialogue about current and past forms …
