Culture
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Picture the scene: it’s June 1965 and Barry Miles (Fitzrovia resident for over 50 years and Czar of the Counterculture) and his pal John “Hoppy” Hopkins join 7,000 other like-minded souls at The Royal Albert Hall for an international poetry gathering, led by the
[...]FITZROVIA ART GALLERIES Alison Jacques Gallery, 18 Berners Street ( http://www.alisonjacquesgallery.com) Arup Phase 2, 8 Fitzroy Street ( https://www.arup.com/news-and-events/events/exhibition-spaces) Bartha Contemporary, 25 Margaret Street (
[...]There will be a “bigger than ever” street party at The Warren open space this Saturday afternoon organised by a local youth charity. Fitzrovia Youth in Action will hold a street party and community dinner with a range of entertainment. There will also be a
[...]A Fitzrovia pub is hosting an all day comedy medley this Saturday with performers raising money for a cancer charity. “We will have 42 comedians — no one famous I’m afraid — from the London open mic scene performing over eight hours,” says Jack
[...]It was just another ordinary Saturday morning in Warren Street last weekend at a Fitzrovia cafe and relationship boutique. Ahead of the London Pride march and celebrations members of Puppy Pride had gathered for some animal role play. At least that what we think it was.
[...]There will be a free barbecue with arts, music and dance at The Warren public open space today. The free event is organised by Fitzrovia Youth in Action and will feature a stage with live performances. Warren Pitch Community Picnic, 1pm to 4pm Saturday 8 July 2017, The
[...]Fitzrovia’s public transport hubs and quiet streets made for popular meeting places for marchers who added a burst of colour to the neighbourhood ahead of today’s Pride in London parade. In Fitzroy Square members of the Civil Service Rainbow Alliance gathered
[...]All Souls Primary School will be holding its annual summer fair this Saturday when the playground will be open to the public and part of Riding House Street will be closed for the event. There will be live music, some great food, and all the usual fête-type
[...]Ground-breaking research into human thought and a vision of rogue robots and replicants hungry for more life will collide at a major event in Howland Street this week as part of Fitzrovia Festival. Georgina Ferry introduces Neural Architects, her behind-the-scenes account
[...]Fitzrovia Festival kicks off tonight with the first of a series of events exploring the past, present and future of the neighbourhood. Festival, which was started in 1973 and promoted the name Fitzrovia, is a week of guided walks, exhibitions and a literary events. It
[...]Street artist Loretto has painted an image of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn dressed up as the Italian monk St Francis of Assisi wearing sandals and with a halo of EU stars like a crown of thorns above his head. The stencilled painting which was created this morning in full
[...]Fitzrovia has a rich history of concerts and a strong connection to many famous composers and performers. Mendelssohn to (Pink Floyd’s Nick) Mason? Coates to Clapton? Britten to Bechet? Pagani’s to the Casa Prada? Henry Wood to Hendrix? All the above lived, performed
[...]Fitzrovia Centre in Foley Street will welcome people to the building for a day of workshops and activities as part of FitzFest this June. “Come and celebrate the best of our neighbourhood with acoustic quartet, Yorker, Scale Down Poetry Collective and a session with
[...]Prime minister Theresa May has been depicted as Marilyn Monroe in a piece of street art which appeared on a wall on a street corner in Fitzrovia this weekend. The stencil painting is signed by Loretto and shows May with her trademark leopard skin shoes with her skirt
[...]A Fitzrovia women’s art group will join other community organisations this summer in putting on a display of pop art at the British Museum. London Pop is a collaborative art installation and a response to American Dream: pop to the present, a major exhibition which has
[...]At the Fitzrovia Chapel next month is a new play, Finishing Touches, by established theatre playwright Brian Daniels. This dynamic modern production explores the impact of childhood sexual abuse on survivors. Carol and her daughter Dawn struggle with their strained
[...]Born in Nottinghamshire in 1886, Eric Coates had been scribbling down melodies since he was six years old. By the time he was 19, his dearest wish was to go and study at The Royal Academy of Music in London. But his father, a country doctor, was determined that his fifth
[...]The Wheatsheaf pub in Rathbone Place will be the venue this weekend for the launch of a book containing previously unpublished verses by the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. Literature professor John Goodby’s new critical and scholarly guide contains the very first appearance of
[...]The private life of composer Benjamin Britten and tenor Peter Pears will be played out in public and on stage this June ahead of the anniversary of the repeal of the law that criminalised sex between men. Tell Me The Truth About Love, written by historian and playwright
[...]Troupes of rival of morris dancers will be visiting Fitzrovia to entertain the hordes outside some of the neighbourhood’s overflowing pubs this week. Westminster Morris Men will be squaring up to the Blackheath Morris Men and Greensleeves Morris Men for a
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