Over the dark winter nights, our site is illuminated by outdoor artworks that play with light and colour – explore to discover them all. Each artist uses light and colour in playful ways, at the same ...

Awarded annually for the best collection of new verse in English published in the UK or the Republic of Ireland, it was inaugurated in 1993 in celebration of the Poetry Book Society’s 40th birthday, ...

Situated in the heart of London, on the banks of the River Thames is the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, a beacon for arts and culture for over 70 years. The 2,700 capacity Royal Festival Hall ...

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 ...

Enjoy our latest Hayward Gallery exhibition, a world of multisensory installations and sculptures, away from the crowds in this Members-only private evening view. Haegue Yang’s work spans a vast range ...

Wolverhampton Literature Festival is open for its seventh poetry competition, for poets from across the globe. This years theme is open, so poets can send work on any subject. Winners will be ...

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 ...

Celebrating New Year’s Eve in London? From 5pm on Tuesday 31 December 2024, the Southbank Centre site is only open to visitors with a booking at one of our restaurants. If you don’t have a confirmed ...

Kick off the new year in raucous style with the musicians of the Ceilidh Liberation Front ...

The Queen Elizabeth Hall is a leading London venue showcasing world-class talks, gigs, dance, performance and classical music. Originally opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 1967, our Queen ...