July Arts and Gallery Guide
From the classic (Van Gogh) to the contemporary (Yayoi Kusama), there's plenty to see and do in July.
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July Theatre Guide
Creative reimaginings of timeless productions and groundbreaking new plays take centre stage across London's theatres this July, from The Glass Menagerie the Duke of York to Mad House at The Ambassador.
'Really creative people want to control their sound as well' - Overtune Founder Sigurdur Arnason
We speak to Overtune app founder Sigurdur Arnason about the future of social media music production and his excitement to work with whynow.
Stranger Things star lauded for West End performance
David Harbour, who plays Jim Hopper in Netflix's hit sci-fi series Stranger Things, has attracted plaudits for his role alongside Bill Pullman in Mad House.
Jeremy Deller to 14th Century Siena | National Gallery announces bicentenary plans
On 10 May 2024 the National Gallery will be 200 years old, and will start their bicentenary celebration, marking two centuries of bringing people and paintings together.
Blockbuster Van Gogh exhibition coming to National Gallery
The museum will showcase at least 50 works as part of its bicentenary celebrations in 2024.
'There’s much more to them than just ruins' - Britain's stunning castles captured by drone
Joe D'Ambra's nearly photographed every castle in the UK, dramatising the isolated monuments in brilliant fashion.
Oscar-winning director Paul Haggis arrested for sexual assault
The Crash director and Bond writer is accused of forcing a young woman to have sex with him who then needed medical attention.
Kevin Spacey to Appear in English Courts on Thursday
Kevin Spacey has been formally charged with four accounts of sexual assault ahead of UK court appearance this week.
Exhibition: How to Win at Photography – Image-Making as Play
The Photographer's Gallery invites you to focus on the playful.
The Photographers’ Gallery Launches Soho Photography Quarter
The Photographers’ Gallery launches a permanent new outdoor cultural space, presenting the very best of contemporary photography, for free.
‘Invest £100m in school libraries,’ Says Children’s Laureate Cressida Cowell
In her final act as children's laureate, the How To Train Your Dragon author has called for a ringfenced fund for lasting impact.
Sally Rogers: ‘I had no idea GCSEs were my ticket out of Stockport’
For Sally Rogers, navigation out of and beyond Greater Manchester in the 1980s to West End stages and telly screens across the nation was as remote a possibility as joining the aristocracy. Indeed, it seemed being upper middle-class was practically an entry requirement into the thespian’s world.
June Arts and Gallery Guide
From the classic (Van Gogh) to the contemporary (Yayoi Kusama), there's plenty to see and do in June.
Design Museum celebrates Fred Perry legacy
Celebrating 70 years of the Fred Perry polo shirt, the Design Museum is showcasing Britain’s most enduring sportswear brand in a free exhibition opening 10 June 2022.
A robot has painted the Queen (you be the judge)
Ai-Da Robot, the world’s first ultra-realistic humanoid robot artist, has revealed her new portrait of Her Royale Highness Queen Elizabeth II, titled ‘Algorithm Queen’.
World's first major cancer exhibition opens at Science Museum
The free exhibition includes the first malignant bone tumour to be found in a dinosaur.
The Impact of War: Biggest UK Commission Gifts £2.5m to 22 Artists
The Imperial War Museum's '14-18 NOW' legacy fund was pledged from the royalties of Peter Jackson's 'They Shall Not Grow Old'.
From 1850 to NOW: Best of Photo London 2022
From the 1850s to the present day, including everything from jellyfish to soaking-wet Persian rugs, here are our selected favourites from this year's sprawling multi-venue photography fair in the capital.
The Beautiful and Eerie Todmorden, Britain's Area 51
A new photobook investigates the unsolved case of an abduction of a police officer in UFO 'hotspot' Todmorden, West Yorkshire, in the 1980s.
Having Words with Susie Dent
Countdowns Susie Dent chats words with comedians, linguists and unlikely vocabulary vultures about their thoughts, memories and feelings attached to language.
