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 ...

One of music’s great riddles, Bach’s groundbreaking work puts the virtuosity of the OAE in the spotlight ...

Stroll along the Thames under twinkling lights and sample indulgent drinks and scrumptious street food from our traditional alpine-style chalets. With pop-up bars, street food stalls and independent ...

A small group session where poets can get feedback on new work or work in progress. This is one of a number of small online workshop sessions hosted by Live Canon. Each session will have a maximum of ...

Curators Ann Coxon and Nav Haq explore the themes of cross-cultural dialogues in Haegue Yang’s work ...

Blackwells Bookshop is hosting an event of readings from four poets on their latest collections. The four poets include: Sarah Holland-Batt reading from The Jaguar, Jenny Lewis reading from From Base ...

Housing the world’s largest public collection of modern poetry, we are the National Poetry Library; free to join across the UK, and London’s only space dedicated to poetry study. Founded by the Arts ...

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 ...

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 ...

It feels like only yesterday we were ordering ice lattes and pretending we knew the difference between brat and demure, yet now look at us, all wrapped up with the festive season practically upon us.

This poem was joint winner in the National Poetry Library Instagram Poem Competition for National Poetry Day 2022 on the theme of The Environment.

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 ...