Bellini’s Doge Leonardo Loredan at the @NationalGallery London
Giovanni Bellini’s portrait of Doge Leonardo Loredan in the Sainsbury wing of the National Gallery is a masterpiece of poise and reflection. It is one of those portraits so precisely rendered that you...
View ArticleUnknown heroine. Sanja Ivekovic’s first solo exhibition in London
For their first collaboration Calvert 22 and the South London Gallery present Unknown Heroine: the first London-based solo exhibition of Sanja Ivekovi?. Split between the two venues, the exhibition...
View ArticleI love ]performance s p a c e [ ! What about you?
]performance s p a c e [ is one of the most committed and bubbly London-based spaces dedicated to the live art and it is asking for our help. It’s time to know more about this [...]
View ArticleMilk White in London!
The Italian band Milk White is in town. Wanting to know more about it, we asked Stefania Imperatori – the solo guitarist – to answer a few questions. Who are the Milk White? Milk White [...]
View ArticleMnemonic City: Moving Streets
Part of the series Mnemonic City, Moving Streets is the latest exhibition of Magma Collective. Ridley Road Market has been the starting point for a three-month derive that ended up in a two-day...
View ArticleLondon, Mayor’s Questions and the Chinese Year of the Slug @LondonAssembly
Today we learnt from the Mayor of London that as only 0.2% of burglaries are committed by the over sixties London has a ‘wonderful bunch of senior citizens’ and that it is also the city with more...
View ArticleLondon Strolls: Tower Pier to St Paul’s #walk #flaneur #art
Tower Pier, amongst gaggles of school children waiting to go on a river cruise. One boy hasn’t brought his money. Strike out west along the river but soon that’s boarded off so have to head [...]
View ArticleThe London Critics animated review show – Episode 4 – Mr Turner and Gothic at...
The latest episode of The London Critics. Each week our two intrepid critics discuss theatre, film, music or other culture from London. Here they talk about the new Mike Leigh film Mr Turner and the [...]
View ArticleRecommended Exhibition: Giacometti at the @NPGLondon
There are currently two one-man exhibitions devoted to portraits at big London galleries. Skip the National Gallery’s repetitive Goya extravaganza and visit the far more interesting Giacometti: Pure...
View ArticlePreview: Get your tickets for the @bandhbuildings Burn’s Night Party
Don your finest tartan attire for a sophisticated evening of whisky cocktails, ceilidh dancing and banqueting at the Bourne and Hollingsworth Buildings in Clerkenwell. A welcome reception will take...
View ArticleWriting Plays For London Theatre
Okay, I know I’m not Shakespeare. But I do have Original Plays making the rounds in London. Yes. The Old Red Lion Theatre is reading my latest offering now, but I’m worried their stage is [...]
View ArticleAnti #Brexit London protest–photos
It was raining and the protest had officially been cancelled. But the protestors still came to make their voice heard. If you are concerned about Brexit – follow LondonStays on Twitter. If you are...
View ArticlePainters’ Paintings: From Freud to Van Dyck
23rd June – 4th September 2016 The National Gallery Ever wondered which art work artists have hanging on their walls? The National Gallery’s Sainsbury Wing hosts Painters’ Paintings From Freud to Van...
View ArticleCulture round up: 6 things to do this weekend
The weekend is almost upon us. And you may not have any plans aside from sitting in your underpants on the sofa watching Olympians do strenuous stuff (nothing wrong with that, obviously). But here’s a...
View ArticleCulture round up: 6 things to do this weekend
December is almost upon us. And that means it’s officially acceptable to eat mince pies in your pyjamas whilst watching Home Alone 1, 2 and 3 back-to-back. But if you’re feeling the urge to venture [...]
View ArticleYour London weekend guide
The weekend’s just around the corner and there’s no shortage of things to enjoy in the capital. From celebrating women to discovering the treasures of the Punjab, we give you the lowdown… Vanessa Bell...
View ArticleBook buzz: the best literary events this Spring
Spring has sprung (well, officially it starts on Saturday but the sun is shining and we’ve spotted our first daffodil so that’s good enough for us) and there’s lots of lovely literary happenings to...
View ArticleMonkey Bread Tree Film Festival Awards, UK
Monkey What? I know. But I shouldn’t kid around since I was just nominated by this London-based Film Festival as an Official Selection for my Screenplay THE WORKSHOP. It’s about a vet who’s kicked out...
View ArticleComing soon: the spectacular light show of Lumiere London #LumiereLDN
The weather may be cold and dull, but Lumiere, the UK’s biggest Festival of Lights, is a brilliant way to banish the winter blues and brighten up the capital. Over 40 artists from the UK [...]
View ArticleSix summer events for bookworms
Whether this year has left a Glastonbury-shaped hole in your calendar, you’re fed up with Football Fever, or you’re just looking for abit of culture, we’ve got just the thing. Six fabulously bookish...
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