“The truth isn’t important. Or it is, but it keeps changing.” This double bill, care of the gloriously-named Geneva Foster-Gluck and her global travels, is a heady mixture of dance, film, acrobatics, animals and not a little philosophy. The first (shorter) act, Milkwood Rodeo, is …
Clare-Hope Ashitey and Marjorie Yates by Robert Workman Playing in dinky studio 2 at Arcola, Origin of the Species tackles big issues as part of the mass of celebrations marking the 150th anniversary of Darwin’s seminal book of the same name. Molly, a mature Yorkshire …
Darwin sandwich, anyone? This coming weekend is a little crowded. The all-consuming monster of the Story of London rumbles on, but we also have to make time for the annual Open Garden Squares festival. While these heavyweights of the London event calendar fight it out, …
By JudyGr If Slow Exposure got you excited about photography and you’re hungry for a new brief, how about being inspired by Charles Darwin. Continuing his 200th birthday celebrations, the Grant Museum of Zoology in association with the Horniman and the Institute of Biology are …
From tomorrow, visitors to the Natural History Museum can inspect this stunning piece of permanent artwork by Tania Kovats. The arborous ceiling adorns a first-floor gallery, up above the main hall. Kovats won the recent Darwin’s Canopy competition, beating off Turner Prize winners like Mark …
Image courtesy of an untrained eye under the Creative Commons license A happy confluence of events this week – the launch of the London Word Festival and a bibliophile’s international holiday – and the book grocer’s finally risen from her seasonal slumber. Wintry weather or …
Bringing you the most Londony shows on TV over the coming week. Monday The Real Pink Panther: Lord Victor Hervey (C4, 20.00-21.00) Gentleman thief Lord Hervey was jailed in the 1930s for a couple of Mayfair jewellery robberies. All cracking stuff, but we want to …
Were he still alive, Charles Darwin would have been celebrating his 200th birthday today (imagine how long his beard would be). His simple yet potent idea, evolution by natural selection, remains a hot potato. If one poll is to be believed, a third of British …
“Yes, I share a tailor with Dr Who.” Darwin continues his cultural assault in the run-up to his 200th birthday (this Thursday). A couple of debates tonight should keep the momentum going. From 6pm, Imperial College host Darwin’s Sacred Cause: race, emancipation and the quest …
Appalling tragedy in Croydon today as a young father is murdered on his way to visit his new born son. Amy’s been burgled. Let’s face it: Paris isn’t entirely of this world, now is she? The Origins of Darwin look set to evolve as a …
London’s arts scene has a time-travelling theme this week. See the best of November’s openings and closings, and you’ll traverse time from the earliest myths to the most modern art, plus a final trip to Manchester’s contemporary pop scene before it leaves London altogether. Think …
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