Explore poetry off the page in Astra Papachristodoulou’s debut solo exhibition, where poems exist as sculpture, objects and textiles. Papachristodoulou’s object poems encourage interactive and shared ...

Stroll along the Thames under twinkling lights and sample indulgent drinks and scrumptious street food from our traditional alpine-style chalets. With pop-up bars, street food stalls and independent ...

Join us to shake it out into the weekend at our monthly programme of social dances ...

Discover new poets through this free online collection of brilliant, moving, funny and groundbreaking poems curated by our specialist poetry librarians. Search the poems by type or by topic, or use ...

Our regular free events are open to all, and bursting with creativity Come and take part in our regular free events, offering creative activities, workshops, social gatherings and family entertainment ...

Our regular free events are open to all, and bursting with creativity ...

Experience the best of jazz past and present in a new collaboration celebrating Nina Simone’s work ...

Poetry open mic for people of all experiences and levels. Sign up on the day between 1.00 and 1.30pm. Time willing, everyone will get 5 minutes (or 3 minutes each if it’s particularly busy). Or just ...

Opening in 1951 as part of the Festival of Britain, the Royal Festival Hall was the first large-scale permanent public building to be built after the Second World War, a symbol of possibility and ...

Reading from Southbank Centre’s Poetry Parnassus festival, 2012. Translated from Gun into Spanish by Agnès Agboton, and from Spanish into English by Maya García Vinuesa. the death of the dead.

physics. Interdimensional kiss folding in on itself like a star. Supermassive neutron collapsing in hot gloss bomb colours. Blood rich lyricism. He’s been on my mind – live in Hammersmith 1973 ...