Secondary Schools
A Barbican Parent’s advice on choosing schools... Start early and take a good look before you select This year has been a strange year for us all, including applying for secondary schools. As we have just gone through the process of applying for a secondary school for our daughter [...]
Yoga Practice
Yoga is usually several times a week in the St Vedast church hall in Foster Lane, St Paul’s. But Thurs lunchtime there’s a really nice outdoor session. I attended Energy Yoga's Thursday 12.30-1.20pm summer outdoor yoga sessions - lakeside adjacent to Barber Surgeons Hall & garden - with Sara [...]
Homemade Jams
Eating the seasons with Adrien Giacchero! Whenever I go to the supermarket, I am always surprised to see that the fruit and vegetable section looks almost the same in July and in February. Supermarkets maintain us in some kind of utopian season in which everything is available all the time. [...]
Insight
Janet Wells’ takes us online for her quarterly review of the Arts, Gallery and Museum scene. The Royal Academy David Hockney: The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020 23rd May -26th September 2021 Tues – Sun 10.am – 6.pm At last - along with Spring – everything is beginning to [...]
Armchair Africa
Live safaris, everyday in your living room, during lockdown. Editor’s Note: I know the founders and I wanted to share a little piece of Africa with you until the borders open again for holidays WildEarth brings viewers face to face with the thrill of Africa in real time with [...]
St Giles’ in July
Dear friends, Here's a roundup of news and events at St Giles' in July. July/August's Rota Please click here to view the rota as a Word doc or here to view as a PDF. This Thursday (tomorrow) Please join us for Private Prayer from 1pm followed by Cleaning Angels and cake Evensong 11 [...]
Flatwatch
Return to property price growth? All reports we are seeing suggest that there has been a flow of previous centre city residents seeking moves to the leafier suburbs, and further afield as companies perceive the financial benefits of having their staff work from home – at least part time. [...]
Personal Finance
Whose money is it anyway? In this article I’m going to stray slightly, but not too far, from mainstream financial planning issues. I’ve discussed previously strategies for mitigating inheritance tax, whether for early birds or for the last minute merchants amongst us. Tax aside there are other issues to [...]
Barbicania
Lessons Learnt The streets are busier, the restaurants are re-opening and I am taking a wild stab that a large proportion of you will have received your second dose by now. Things are looking good for a better summer than last year and, being a “population half vaccinated” optimist, [...]
Utopia Complex
Student Ellen Tasker focuses on our Estate for her final year project. I am a final year BA Photography student at the University of Westminster, my final major project ‘Utopia Complex’ is a body of work completely centred around the Barbican Estate. The centre itself is a place I [...]
Of Shadow and Light
Guildhall School’s pioneering BA (Hons) Performance & Creative Enterprise (PACE) programme was established in 2015 as a joint initiative between Guildhall and the Barbican with the aim of training visionary, socially engaged, multi-disciplinary, autonomous artists. Of Shadow and Light – a title inspired by a line from June Jordan’s poem Big City Happening – [...]
Culture Mile News
CREATIVE SPACES developing the spaces within Culture Mile, from public realm to meanwhile use Play Packs in Beech Street We’re planning a series of outdoor vinyls, celebrating Culture Mile’s Play Packs to appear in Beech Street tunnel in the next few weeks, part of Culture Mile’s public realm branding that [...]