The Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra from Venezuela will return to the Southbank in what will be the highlight of the centre's classical season for 2011/12... more
A supermarket, a night club, a ferry — anywhere’s fair game for guerrilla orchestra Spira Mirabilis. Joshua Neicho meets the young players rethinking classical music
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Vladimir Jurowski screws the tension tightly but allows for moments of calm melancholy, as in the mandolin-accompanied serenade of Don Giovanni.... more
Pop-up theatre, dance in the park, gigs in museums — London’s entertainers are appearing in some odd places this summer. Here’s our guide to the best ... more
Sir Simon Rattle will conduct all Schumann's symphonies and pianist Alfred Brendel will play his final London concert in the new classical music season at the Southbank Centre... more
Daniel Barenboim sold out the Festival Hall eight times over with his Beethoven piano cycle. With demand for classical music at an all-time high, it's no wonder London is gaining two new halls.... more
Featuring prize-winning authors, historians, poets and performers, the London Literature Festival has something to offer all lovers of the written and spoken word.... more
Thunderous applause greeted Bejun Mehta, the American counter-tenor, when he took his bow after a sensational performance of the title role in Handel's Orlando at Covent Garden.... more
The refurbishment of the new Royal Festival Hall will open on schedule, it has been announced, as highlights of the South Bank Centre's summer season are unveiled.... more
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London Gateway, the £1.5bn container port under construction on the Thames at Thurrock, will have capacity to unload six of the world's largest ships at one time and have as much impact on the capital as a new airport or half a dozen Westfield shopping centres
With London Fashion Week kicking off on Friday, British designer Matthew Williamson tells Rosamund Urwin about breaking up with his ex, post-show partying and his new model man
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