Of London’s London’s many tiny museums, one of the least appreciated is the Handel House Museum in Mayfair. The building, where Handel lived between 1723 and 1759, was beautifully restored four years ago, and now contains a lovely collection of historical artifacts, manuscripts, paintings and …
- Ken’s inernational climate change meeting kicks off today. 300 metric tons of carbon-dioxide permits were bought on the mayor’s behalf so travel to the meeting doesn’t damage the environment further. – Police have spoken to a potential witness in the Sally Anne Bowman murder. …
Art Fortnight London 2005 promises to involve a little bit of everything in the art world. Their press release boasts that Art Fortnight is “a major event in the art-world timetable….[and] it has organised a comprehensive and sophisticated cultural programme for visitors to the capital, …
No, nothing to do with the Michael Jackson trial… This is how the first platypus has been described by the Natural History Museum’s mammal curator Daphne Hills. Now over 200 years old the juvenile male specimen is deemed too valuable to go on public display, …
The chairman of trustees for the Science Museum, Lord Waldegrave of North Hill, has written to the Daily Telegraph to warn that the museum may have to sell off its Imperial College library to stay out financial trouble. After already closing four galleries and cutting …
Have you ever noticed how cramped the Turbine Hall at the Tate Modern feels? Well, all that’s about to change. Tate director Sir Nicholas Serota has announced plans to drastically expand the complex, increasing the existing 34,000 square metres of gallery space 50%. The new …
While attending the London Art Fair at the weekend, we were recounting an article from The Times regarding the sale of The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living aka “The Shark” by Damien Hirst. Hirst is considered one of Britain’s leading …
Londonist loves a good heist film, and has wiled away many an hour working out how to traverse our working environment without touching the floor and evading non-existent infra-red beams. But lately we’ve been getting a sneaking suspicion that a snappy black, poloneck jumper and …
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