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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Sola Olulode’s painting imagines a queer couple at the beginning of their romance, capturing a sense of joy, and creating a space for celebrating queer love. Sola Olulode’s paintings are dreamy queer ...

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 ...

Jamaican-Irish rapper JayaHadADream has an introspective and gritty style, heavily influenced by grime and a range of hip-hop. Raised in Cambridge, and formerly a teacher, she brings authenticity and ...

Who uses the Medusa’s eye? Have you heard a chorus of frogs? Do you know who Gentle Dobbin is? The library keeps a running list of frequently asked for ‘lost’ quotations that for some reason have come ...

Running from 18-23 February 2025, Imagine Festival will transform the Southbank Centre into a vibrant cultural playground for the February half term with a fun-filled range of events for children and ...