St John’s Church in Notting Hill, London, will be hosting the inaugural edition of Verse & Sip, a live poetry reading event. This event will feature readings from Kofi Achina, Maria-Alexandra Baciu, ...

Enter an endless world of play and invention in a limitless recycled playground for children and their grown-ups to tap into their imaginations. Part installation, part adventure playground, REPLAY is ...

The Southbank Centre has announced more artists performing at Little Simz’ Meltdown. Taking place this summer from Thursday 12 – Sunday 22 June, Little Simz has curated an electrifying programme of ...

The Federation of Writers (Scotland) Vernal Equinox Competition is now open for submissions. Poems can be written in English, Scots, or Scottish Gaelic, and have up to 40 lines. Prizes in each ...

If you enjoy making the most of the sunshine and eating and drinking al fresco, then make sure to climb the yellow stairs to our Queen Elizabeth Hall Roof Garden where hidden among the flowers you’ll ...

Come and grow your creativity with us this spring. Find super shows, marvellous music, spellbinding puppetry and lots of free fun over the May half-term with our events for families.

Jeannie Avent Gallery hosts a celebratory performance of two debuts as part of the exhibition The Main Part [Is Gone]. Chaotic Good (Faber) is Isabelle Baafi’s first collection and Maximum Summer ...

Online poetry hub Write Out Loud is holding a poetry competition on the theme of ‘Echoes’ to mark its 20th anniversary. First prize £500, second prize £250, and third prize £50, along with the ...

Celebrate the winners of the 2025 Creative Writing Competition as author Michael Stewart awards the prizes and introduces readings by the winning writers. During the evening the latest anthology, MinK ...

It’s been over 20 years since DJ Yoda released his now-classic How To Cut & Paste: 80’s Edition, in which he applied his hip-hop DJing techniques to 1980s pop. Now, with new technology that allows the ...