Top 10 London Social Philanthropists
Well-known names with enduring legacies for social good
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Folk Olympics: Angela Burdett-Coutts, Queen Of The East End Poor
Celebrating the Olympic boroughs in video and song.
Top 10 London Art Philanthropists
Who gave what, when, and to whom?
British Museum Extension Gets Major Financial Boost
Lord Sainsbury (the Tory one) has gifted £25 million to the British Museum, the largest donation to the arts for two decades. The pledge will go a long way to ensuring construction of a new £135 million World Conservation and Exhibitions Centre, to be tucked …
Art Dealer Doin’ It For The Kids
The Tate and the National Galleries of Scotland are about to see their collections bolstered. London art dealer Anthony D’Offay announced that he would be giving a collection of 725 works of modern art to the galleries at their original ticket price. Estimated at a …
Footballing Philanthropist Gives NPG £5m
Staff at the National Portrait Gallery may seem especially cheery today in response to the news that the Aston Villa boss, Randy Lerner, has made a gift of £5 million towards the development of the collection of faces as well as vital display, education and …
The Floral Hall Soon To Be Formerly Known As Vilar
Of the many pleasures that watching the finals of the Cardiff Singer of The World Competition last week provided (and let us just say, for the record, that Londonist is in favour of sopranos who appear to having epileptic seizures), one of the guiltiest was, …
Booking Ahead
Not much in the way of new tours this week so we’ll focus on the fine art of not getting ripped off when trying to get tickets for sold out shows. Touts are not our favourite breed of human being (if they can indeed be …
