Project a Black Planet: Film, a new season of screenings at the Barbican in London exemplifies how the movement was an act of solidarity, resistance and fierce creativity
Algiers, 1969. What had, for …
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Radiohead revenge tragedy Hamlet Hail to the Thief sets London dates ⊖⊖
Production fusing the band’s sixth album and Shakespeare’s masterpiece will open at the Barbican later this year
Hamlet Hail to the Thief, an acclaimed stage production fusing Shakespeare’s tragedy wi…
52 days ago
PATRICK MARMION reviews High Society at the Barbican: Giddy, fizzy and sassy... this Cole Porter revival really is a swell party for summer! ⊕⊕
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The musical was first seen on Broadway in 1998, based on the film, which was itself inspired by the 1939 Broadway play The Philadelphia Story.
71 days ago
Art deco and modernist flats in England and Scotland for sale – in pictures ○
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From a converted art deco hotel in Glasgow to a brutalist apartment in London’s Barbican
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‘We must keep her name alive’: Cesária Évora, the captivating Cape Verdean who went from restaurant singer to global star ⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
After a lifetime of poverty, Évora found huge success aged 51 with 1992 album Miss Perfumado. As Cape Verdean singers celebrate her morna ballads on stage, those who knew her recall her power, pride …
79 days ago
Aldous Harding: Train on the Island review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week ⊕
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Lyrics about naked owls and eating rocks might be irksome to some – but there’s no denying that the alt-rocker’s fifth album is beguiling, tightly written and richly melodic
Aldous Harding cuts a…
4 months ago
Barbican's £231m revamp plans given the go-ahead ○
The London arts centre is to get new lifts and will have step-free access throughout the venue.
The Guardian view on an explosion of solo exhibitions by women: move over old masters | Editorial ⊖
From a landmark Tracey Emin show at Tate Modern to the first female painter in the Royal Academy’s main space, the art world is finally catching up
“Do women have to be naked to get into the Met Museu…
5 months ago
Salman Rushdie among 170 figures to sign open letter over Barbican arts lead departure ⊕
Exit of Devyani Saltzman, described as Barbican’s ‘driving force’, announced a few weeks after arrival of new CEO
Salman Rushdie, John Akomfrah and Pankaj Mishra are among more than 170 cultural figur…
Anthems, agency and arias: baritone Davóne Tines on rewriting his role – and the rules ⊕
The acclaimed US opera singer refuses to restrict himself or his audience. His current Barbican residency sees him range across genres. Always ask questions, always engage, he says. He talks ‘capital…