Review | The Essence of Things at 48 Albemarle Street
Arriving at 48 Albemarle Street you immediately enter a stripped-back environment; surrounded by exposed brick, wood and metal. This industrial…
Review| The Letters Page Vol.2 published by Book Ex Machina
To pick up a book, writes Ioanna Mavrou, is ‘as if stepping out of the world for a beat and…
Quotidian Queerness
The great strength of this exhibition is its demonstration of the ubiquitous nature of queer art and culture. Timed to…
You Must Change Your Life – The Story of Rainer Maria Rilke and Auguste Rodin by Rachael Corbett
You Must Change Your Life is an enthralling exploration of the complex relationship between two creative giants of art and…
Poetry London Summer Readings: Rachael Allen, Andrew McMillan, Vahni Capildeo and Emily Berry
Poetry London’s summer launch opened with an impassioned speech by the poet Karen McCarthy Wood, who is a trustee on…
Review | ArtCircle’s Focusing Space at 48 Albermarle Street
On entering the doorway of 48 Albemarle Street and walking up its makeshift staircase of simple wooden boards you are…
Joel Shapiro at Pace London
Walking into the Joel Shapiro exhibition at the Pace gallery is like entering a painting, as a friend of mine…
The Vintage Poetry Showcase: Ocean Vuong and Kayo Chingonyi
Ocean Vuong and Kayo Chingonyi’s recent reading is one of the most spectacular that I have attended. R. A. Villanueva…
Faber Reading: An Evening with Emily Berry, Emma Jones, Zaffar Kunial, Daljit Nagra, Richard Scott
The Crypt on the Green in Clerkenwell Close was beautifully lit with fairy lights, and the low chatter of poetry…
Lisa Brice at the Stephen Friedman Gallery
In 1959 Yves Klein wrote: “blue has no dimensions.” For him, all other colours could be relegated to specific associative…
Howard Hodgkin: Absent Friends at the National Portrait Gallery
According to a new exhibition of Howard Hodgkin’s work at the National Portrait Gallery, one of the artist’s principal concerns…
Review | Louder Than Hearts by Zeina Hashem Beck
‘Louder than Hearts has it all’, writes Betsy Sholl, judge of the 2016 May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize, ‘compelling…
Vanessa Bell at the Dulwich Picture Gallery
How much context do we need to appreciate a painting? Take, for example, Vanessa Bell’s Studland Beach, 1912. We might…
Hair by Sam McKnight at Somerset House
Follow lipstick red arrows pasted on the floor of Somerset House round winding steps down the rabbit hole, and you…
Stranger, Baby by Emily Berry
Freud is dangerous territory for poets. He did more than just make his mark on the literature of the twentieth…
The Glass Menagerie at the Duke of York’s Theatre
Cherry Jones returns to the role of Amanda Wingfield in Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie, directed by John Tiffany. This London…
Chalk Poets by Stephanie Norgate
The otherness of nature, the gap that separates its permanence from our finite experience, is as much a part of…
Adventures in Moominland at Southbank Centre
“What do you know of the Moomins: the books, the television series, or maybe you just recognize the characters?” That…
Hammer and Tongue Poetry Slam Finals at the Royal Albert Hall
I had watched countless videos on YouTube, attended other poetry slams and kept abreast of the ‘scene’ on social media,…
Chan by Hannah Lowe
Hannah Lowe’s latest collection of poetry Chan (Bloodaxe, 2016) revisits the characters and stories from her first collection, Chick (Bloodaxe,…
Unity in Variety VI at Gabriel Fine Arts
In the sixth edition of their most recent collaboration with Barikee, Gabriel Fine Arts showcased an expansive array of work,…
The Power by Naomi Alderman
Some suggest that science fiction is a woman’s genre. In its purest form, sci-fi reimagines the structures of society and,…
Anastasia at The Royal Opera House
The revival of Kenneth MacMillan’s compelling and experimental ballet Anastasia is currently being performed by the Royal Ballet for the first time since…
The Red Barn at The National Theatre
In a recent interview with The Times, acclaimed theatre director Robin Icke said that he walks out of shows at…
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