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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Open Mic night Poems Not Bombs comes to Walthamstow. This is a poetry open mic night for people of all experiences and levels. Come along and join the audience, or sign up on the day between 6.30-7pm ...

Coverstory books invites submissions for the seventh edition of our New Contexts anthology which is set to be published around the end of the first quarter 2025. As with the previous six editions, New ...

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

Get a glimpse behind the curtain of creation and imagination. Six artists take to the floor to share new works in progress and audiences are invited to give feedback and ask questions in a safe, ...

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 ...

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 ...