Feel Fit For Feb
Hosted by Nuffield Health Barbican between Wednesday the 2nd and Sunday the 6th of February gives members, local residents and workers the chance to use their gym, get exercise tips, experience a health check and take part in challenges to win prizes. Free 1-day free pass for non-members during [...]
Godfather of Street Art
*** Linsday Lee covers the Woodbury House’s launch of Richard Hambleton’s life and legacy *** My love affair with street art began a few years ago when I started to walk 10,000 steps a day and ended up walking round Brick Lane/Shoreditch which has a lot of street art [...]
Personal Finance
Avoiding the Pension Lifetime Allowance Test at age 75 Firstly, a big thank you to all of you who got in touch about my last article, which was about investments that come with sumptuously appetising brochures but whose underlying charges are not so digestible. Please bear with us if [...]
Oenophilia
- Barbican resident Sommelier, Erin Summers, recommends picks from the The Winemakers Club at Holborn Viaduct - The Winemakers Club has to be one of the best wine bars in the local area, and if you haven’t been yet, make sure to pop in on your list of places [...]
Insight
Janet Wells’ quarterly review of the Arts, Gallery and Museum scene. Dulwich Picture Gallery Helen Frankenthaler: Radical Beauty Until 18th April 2022 Helen Frankenthaler’s mantra appears to be “one rule is no rules”. Helen Frankenthaler (1928 -2011) belongs to the second generation of American Abstract Expressionists. There are five [...]
Competition Entries
The Barbican Association thanks all our young photographers for their entries. The winning photo will be announced before January 15th. PHOTO 1 PHOTO 2 PHOTO 3 PHOTO 4 PHOTO 5 PHOTO 6 PHOTO 7 PHOTO 8 PHOTO 9 PHOTO 10 PHOTO 11 PHOTO 12
Heard in London
Erin Summers chats to fellow resident Lesley Scoble about her art Lesley likes to paint watercolours using her photographs as reference. I think it’s fair to say that many of the Barbican residents prefer a city life and one surrounded by concrete. But we are also a [...]
BARBICAN FLATWATCH
- Lawrence Williams’ quarterly take on what’s happening with Barbican Apartment Sales and Lettings - Steady as she goes We do seem to have been seeing something of a return to normality in apartment sales and lettings even though the various government-inspired incentives (to keep the housing market from [...]
A TIME FOR CHANGE
"Many councillors have been at Guildhall since God was a boy. Are they too comfortable? We need people to work with us as partners." Interview with Adam Hogg, Chair Barbican Association, By Jenny Addison. Adam Hogg stands on Gilbert Bridge looking out on his favourite view over the Lakeside [...]
The other concert hall
St Giles’ without Cripplegate has been a home to music for over a thousand years, perhaps never more so than today with its regular church music, professional choir of four at services, Steinway grand piano, ring of twelve bells, and as a venue for concerts, recitals, recording sessions and [...]
Seasons Greetings
These days some of us are back at the office every day. We’re getting up, going to work, and coming back home all in the dark - and it’s pretty grim. I can now almost forgive the overdone Christmas marketing in the shop windows which brightens things up. It’s [...]
COLOURS OF MARLO X CULT VISION
Marlo is a London based print artist who loves to experiment with bold letters and vivid colours. Balancing humour with tenderness, their compositions shine a light on the importance of being true to oneself and to others. Their aim is to create welcoming and inclusive art pieces that empower people [...]