Art
China’s Hidden Century at the British Museum
This exhibition covers China’s “long” 19th century, from the accession of the sixth Qing emperor in 1796 to…
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Art
Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts
The annual open submission Royal Academy exhibition returns with 1,613 works chosen by David Remfry RA on the…
By Jessica Wall
Live music
Yard Act at Troxy
Yard Act are a four-piece indie rock/post-punk band from Leeds, in the kind of archly political but loving…
By Jessica Wall
Art
Isaac Julien: What Freedom Is to Me at Tate Britain
Isaac Julien: What Freedom Is to Me is a retrospective of the London-born artist/filmmaker's 40-year career. Ingenious design…
By Jessica Wall
Live music
Goat at Electric Brixton
Goat is the answer to the question: what would happen if you took some limelight-averse Swedish shamans and…
By Jessica Wall
Art
Style and Society: Dressing the Georgians at the Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace
The 18th century was a revolutionary time in many ways, not least for what people wore. The rise…
By Jessica Wall
Art
Animals: Art, Science and Sound at the British Library
Animals: Art, Science and Sound is the first major exhibition to explore how animals have been written about,…
By Jessica Wall
Art
Hilma af Klint and Piet Mondrian: Forms of Life at Tate Modern
Hilma af Klint and Piet Mondrian: Forms of Life pairs, initially mystifyingly, the two artists, despite the fact…
By Jessica Wall
Album
Rolla – Nothing Less Than Everything
Rolla are a new five-piece band from Manchester, featuring James Gilmore on vocals, Luke McConnell on guitar, Luke…
By Jessica Wall
Live music
Gary Numan at the Electric Ballroom
The electronic music pioneer has sold out this three-night run of shows in Camden, showing his "Numanoids" are…
By Jessica Wall