Tate director Nicholas Serota today revealed that half of the £215 million needed to build the new extension to Tate Modern has been raised, though he declined to say whether the building would be complete by 2012. Despite losing UBS, a major sponsor of the …
Bernadette Byrne of EastEnd Cabaret Its that time of year again in London and the week before the mother of all carnivals takes over Ladbroke Grove, the Old Vic Tunnels are hosting Dark Carnival, a festival of performance art in its many forms. This event …
Photo / Homemade Anger in Southwark yesterday morning, as locals discovered that the gates to All Hallows Church and Community Garden had been locked. The garden has been looked after by residents for the past forty years, but is a privately-owned piece of land that …
The London Open Bike Polo tournament takes place on 21st- 22nd of August in Newington Gardens, Southwark. An Olympic sport in 1908 (Ireland beat Germany for the gold) bike polo has had international ups and downs (2 world wars didn’t do it any favours) and …
Photo: Heygate Estate and Strata by gazkinz Southwark council has inked what it describes as a “momentous” deal with Australian development firm Lend Lease to redevelop a huge swath of Elephant & Castle. The contract, worth £1.5bn, will see large parts of the area, including …
Photo / Steve Punter For a man purporting to manage the nation’s security, shadow defence minister Liam Fox takes a surprisingly candid approach towards his own: the Tory frontbencher’s home in Southwark was burgled this morning by thieves who also pinched his car. Not his …
Last year’s alien visitations seem to have done more for Londoners than simply provide light entertainment; it’s provided original excuses. A motorist in Southwark claimed distraction caused by a UFO resulted in his illegal incursion into a bus lane. Other excuses include the notion that …
This extraordinary structure is nothing less than a simulated Mars colony…in Southwark. The idea was proposed in the 1980s by Michael Young, the man behind the Open University and the Consumers’ Association. Disillusioned with Reagan’s Strategic Defence Initiative, Young campaigned for the peaceful use of …
Photo by dartar Ministry of Sound may not have thrown a decent shindig in years (or maybe that’s just us getting older), but the news that it might be forced to close has sickened club-goers worse than the bellyaches after those ill-judged 4am pills ‘n …
Building work started today on the £215m extension at Tate Modern. The ziggurat, which will rise from the southwest side of the existing building, is designed by Herzog & de Meuron, the firm responsible for the conversion of Bankside power station into the Tate we …
Dedicated readers will remember we announced the last chance to see Seizure, the Turner Prize nominated work by Roger Hiorns in November 2008. A touch early as it turns out: it subsequently reopened six months ago and will close for the final time (so we’re …
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