Join us to shake it out into the weekend at our monthly programme of social dances ...

Reading from Southbank Centre’s Poetry Parnassus festival, 2012. Translated from Gun into Spanish by Agnès Agboton, and from Spanish into English by Maya García Vinuesa. the death of the dead.

physics. Interdimensional kiss folding in on itself like a star. Supermassive neutron collapsing in hot gloss bomb colours. Blood rich lyricism. He’s been on my mind – live in Hammersmith 1973 ...

Sola Olulode’s painting imagines a queer couple at the beginning of their romance, capturing a sense of joy, and creating a space for celebrating queer love. Sola Olulode’s paintings are dreamy queer ...

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 ...

Jamaican-Irish rapper JayaHadADream has an introspective and gritty style, heavily influenced by grime and a range of hip-hop. Raised in Cambridge, and formerly a teacher, she brings authenticity and ...

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 ...

Running from 18-23 February 2025, Imagine Festival will transform the Southbank Centre into a vibrant cultural playground for the February half term with a fun-filled range of events for children and ...

A launch for ‘Covert’ issue 4, featuring readings from Shabnam Shabazi, Zita Holbourne, Niharika Jain, Sheyna Lam, Jasmine Sharif, Seema Kapila and others. There will also be open mic slots of up to 3 ...

A 295-seat auditorium for music and performance, screenings, poetry readings and a variety of talks and debates, the Purcell Room offers you a real closeness to the arts. Situated within our brutalist ...