Culture
art, books, celebrations, festivals, film, theatre, music
A talk on Ottoman cuisine and an exhibition of photographs are on offer this month at the Turkish cultural centre in Maple Street. Priscilla Mary Işın, author of “Bountiful Empire: A History of Ottoman Cuisine”, will talk about the culinary culture of the Ottoman
[...]A Fitzrovia pub is hosting an all day comedy marathon in aid of cancer research for the second year running this Saturday. The second Macmillan Comedy Marathon takes place at the King & Queen in Foley Street under the banner of the Coffee and Cocktail Jokes comedy club
[...]Two fundraising guided walks to support international LGBT activists will take place in September and uncover the hidden sexual history of some familiar surroundings. London-based activist Richard Cohen is leading the guided tours, in affiliation with the Amnesty
[...]There will be four days of events on offer this week from the organisers of the third annual festival to celebrate Fitzrovia’s rich and diverse artistic past. Team FitzFest will put on a wide selection of concerts, drama, talks, walks, and social and fitness events and
[...]A new gardening club will be launched on Saturday at one of Fitzrovia’s most used and abused public open spaces ahead of London becoming the world’s first National Park City. Volunteers from the Friends of Fitzrovia Parks will be spending an hour every Saturday
[...]Of all the 19th century Fitzrovians who had secret families, Wilkie Collins is probably my favourite. Famous for ‘sensation novels’ such as The Woman in White and The Moonstone, Collins was adept at probing the hypocrisy that underpinned bourgeois family values in
[...]A comprehensive history of every street in western Fitzrovia is included in the recently published Survey of London for South East Marylebone (Volume 52, Part 2). It includes archive pictures of many pubs, concert halls, places of worship, historic restaurants, art schools,
[...]The camp outside Calais known as the “Jungle”, once home to thousands of people, was demolished by French authorities in 2016. Now a new film tells the story of the camp from a refugee’s perspective. In Another Life was shot on location in the Calais
[...]Lumiere London, the free outdoor light festival, is coming to Fitzrovia this month with installations incorporating lights and sound that will animate buildings and spaces. You will find interactive artworks by international artists at four locations in Fitzrovia. Jump and
[...]Towards the end of 2011 I wrote enthusiastically about the increase in the number of commercial galleries, from 16 in 2008 to 37. By 2012 the number peaked at around 54, but there has been a big fallout over the last five years, and we are now down to around 32 spaces.
[...]An exhibition telling the story of a mother and the special relationship with her daughter who was born with Down’s Syndrome opens this week at the former Middlesex Hospital Chapel. Looking for Alice is a very personal exhibition and launches a book of intimate family
[...]The streets in and around Fitzrovia are home to a number of picture houses and film clubs. Some well-known and others a little hidden from view. Here’s our round up of places to catch a good movie. Charlotte Street Hotel Film Club, 15-17 Charlotte Street London W1T
[...]The life of a writer who set novels in Fitzrovia and gained fame with his plays will be told on stage with two performances in December. Mark Farrelly’s solo play The Silence of Snow: The Life of Patrick Hamilton returns to London’s West End for two special
[...]Tucked away below a narrow street in Fitzrovia is a place that for nearly two decades was home to a radical theatre company. Now that hidden landmark on the neighbourhood’s artistic heritage trail will open again for just one week. The Soho Poly theatre —
[...]Fitzrovia has long been known for its Bohemian character attracting some of Britain’s best known artists, writers and eccentrics. This colourful past will be celebrated this month with an evening of heresy at the unlikely venue of a Welsh Baptist church. Blacktooth
[...]A book containing a collection of photographs documenting the treatment of patients on London’s first Aids wards will be released with an exhibition in November leading up to World Aids Day. The Ward, which is published by Fitzrovia-based Trolley Books, contains
[...]A building containing the former family home of artist and designer couple Adrian and Corinne Heath and the studio of modernist artist Birgit Skiöld has been listed as a heritage asset because of its architectural and cultural value. Historic England has given Grade II
[...]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
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