©Barrie Wentzell Photography Handel House Museum will pay tribute to its rock history this summer, when “Hendrix in Britain” opens at 25 Brook Street. This Mayfair townhouse was home to composer George Frederick Handel for 36 years and is now a museum dedicated to his …
Victoria and Albert seem to be all over our TV screens at the moment. We should return the housecall by visiting their eponymous museum for tonight’s Lates event. The jamboree kicks off at 6.30 and is themed around the playground. There’s waaaay too much going …
If there’s a reader amongst you that hasn’t been to the London Transport Museum then please pay attention – the admission ticket is better value than ever before now that the Suburbia exhibition has opened. Tracing the development of the commuter belt from earliest Golders …
The annual spook-fest of Halloween is looming and there is, as ever, a pressure to be doing something for the occasion, if only to avoid children knocking on your door for treats (and the alternative ‘tricks’ they may be offering are even less desirable…). To …
London Transport Museum’s not just about how we got about way back when. It’s a constantly evolving collection, keeping pace with what’s happening and changing in our city today. Opening on 19 September, as a follow up to their great ‘Art of the Poster’ exhibition …
courtesy of Imperial War Museum On Sunday 3 September 1939 at 11.15am, the then Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, announced on the airwaves that Britain and France were at war with Germany, or, as he put it pithily in his pocket diary, on show in a …
Ting-Ting Cheng by Dean Nicholas An artist without a studio is like a cook without a kitchen so you can imagine how chuffed the winners of the Artists Without Studios Prize are feeling with Ben Uri Gallery at their disposal. Gone is the formal hanging …
By dartar via the Londonist Flickrpool Being partial to all things nice and spicy it’s tastebud tantalising that Horniman Museum is running a Jerk Cookout this weekend, to find the best jerk chicken in South London. 25 chefs will line up to create 2 jerk …
By tezzer57 via the Londonist Flickrpool As any visitor to the Cabinet War Rooms, Winston Churchill’s wartime HQ, will be aware, the one flaw in the brilliant scheme to move Government beneath Whitehall was that the bunker wasn’t actually bomb proof. Not that it would …
Five months ago Benjamin Franklin House played host to Laughter in Odd Places (RIP), a right fun night of mirth in the Museum. Comedy comes back to the house next week with an ‘Inventive Event’ bill of chuckles for a Wednesday. Enter Franklin’s elegant parlour …
This Sunday, South East London offers competitive local offerings: do you mooch down Lambeth Country Fair (hint: which you could go to on Saturday) or do you head for Forest Hill and check out Fusion Fest at the wonderful Horniman Museum? The Museum is always …
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