poetry

Featuring Jarvis Cocker, children’s classic Peter and The Wolf is returning later this month to the Southbank Centre as part of its Christmas season.

The week ahead in literary London: Charlie Brooker and the Private Eye team sign some books, Polly Toynbee ponders whether Labour changed anything, and plenty of poetry and authors to keep you going for a chilly week.

The week ahead in literary London: David Starkey, John Crace and Geoff Dyer in Richmond, Book Slam returns and the Firestation Book Swap comes back within the M25. Plus some excellent storytelling, performance poetry and author chats.

Bang Said the Gun grabs poetry by its shoulders and shakes it until dirty, funny words fall out. As our host Dan declares, ‘Yes, we didn’t mean to do it but we’ve made poetry fun.’ Of course some will assert that poetry’s always been ‘fun’. …

The week ahead in literary London Wednesday: Jean Hannah Edelstein, Ben Johncock, Sabrina Mahfouz and Elizabeth Jenner are getting tooled up in preparation for another Literary Death Match (8pm, £7 / £5). Laura Dockrill, Rick Edwards and Salena Godden hand out the marks, while Todd …

Beatboxer extraordinaire Shlomo has come a long way in a short time. He studied astrophysics before touring the world, has played to billions at the Athens Olympics and has been appointed one of Southbank Centre’s Artists In Residence. As part of this role, he launched …

We last saw the marvellous Let’s Wrestle a year and a half ago at the Old Blue Last, when they cut through the pretension with their no-nonsense, furiously paced songs about playing computer games and being too scared to talk to girls. They were great …

Poems about our capital Barnaby Tidman is a 24 year old poet. He currently lives in Greece on the Megaran isthmus, where he teaches English, cycles 27 miles a day, and reads. Since graduating he has worked as a taxi controller, barman, environmental journalist and …

The week ahead in literary London Wednesday: Margaret Atwood is discussing the future with climate change specialist Sir Brian Hoskins at Savoy Place (6pm, free – but it’s first come first served, and if you don’t think this will be packed you’re a crazy person). …

Woolly burlesque performer Lambchop Magoo: see her at the Twisted Beauty Pageant Cabaret on Saturday night How time flies: Ladyfest is ten this year. The DIY, not-for-profit celebration of women’s creativity and activism hits Highbury Corner and Holloway Road between 12th-14th November with so much …