St Giles’ News
Dear friends, Diary dates The Book Fair is open until (and including) Bank Holiday Monday 3 May. Nearly £2,000 raised so far thanks to the work of our dedicated volunteers . Local Elections: St Giles' is a polling station 6 May Private Prayer Thursday 6 May 1.00 – 1.30pm on the chancel [...]
A Poem for You
UNLOCKED UNLEASHED UNABATED (by Natasha Anne Kelleher March 2021) In 2019 we were living normal as can be Then ominously came 2020 With it the deadly virus Covid 19 Lockdown commenced Yet spirits never dented Our creativity erupted Bursting with new ideas So read of some herewith I am sure [...]
Cellist Margarita Balanas
Performance at 1pm, Wed, 28 April 2021 at The Great Hall, Barts Heritage. *THIS CONCERT IS AN ONLINE-ONLY EVENT, WITH NO IN-PERSON AUDIENCE* The 4th of twelve monthly free lunchtime concerts by CMF Artists, live from the Great Hall at St Bartholomew’s Hospital through our partnership with Barts Heritage. Join us online for [...]
Creative Freelancers Exchange
Culture Mile is hosting a series of online workshops & spaces of exchange for freelancers working in the creative and cultural industries to develop their skills, creative practice and wellbeing in our current situation. COVID-19 has brought change, uncertainty and new ways of working for all sectors and we recognise this has significantly [...]
Harmony, with History
A new partnership between the City Music Foundation and neighbouring Barts Heritage has produced a series of free concerts in the hospital’s Great Hall. Joanna Lyall reports. CMF musicians in the Great Hall Free lunchtime concerts in Barts Great Hall at 1pm Wednesday March 17th Saxophonist Alastair [...]
Learn to Read Music
(Introduction to Music Theory - Barbican Library online event) Have you always wondered what the dots mean? Mystified by time signatures? Starting from the beginning, we’ll explore the basic concepts of written music: pitch, rhythm, metre and tonality. Join Jordan Theis for a free interactive online class on Monday [...]
St Giles’ Book Fair
Closed 15th 16th 17th. Reopens Sunday 18th from 11.30am after Sunday Services. Closed 22nd 23rd. Making up for the closed days by (hopefully) opening until the end of the month. Opening times from 11.00 - 16.00. If you are coming from far away, please call ahead (020 7638 1997) [...]
OCD Connection
This Spring, CULT VISION in Clerkenwell and The 67 York Street Gallery in Marylebone will simultaneously showcase a retrospective of the very best works by Polish Artist Tomas Cichecki also known as OCD Connection. Tomas Cichecki settled in London in 2000 and worked out of studios in Hackney, East [...]
Lockdown life zine
Maeve Cosovic is a resident and art director creating a zine about what life has been like for residents at the Barbican throughout the pandemic. Want to be involved? Answer these questions & send in an image: Who are you? How was your quarantining experience at the barbican? What [...]
Health in the City
Stephanie Ross updates us on the latest Health news in and around the Barbican. Healthwatch update on our local health services and how to access up-to-date information by Gail Beer, Chair, Healthwatch City of London. If the last year has taught us anything it’s the importance of how we [...]
St Giles’ April Newsletter
(A message from Katharine Rumens) Dear friends, Services and events Palm Sunday We will be livestreaming the service this Sunday from 10am although those who feel able are very welcome to attend in person. Click here to find the video on our YouTube channel. And remember, the clocks go forward [...]
A View from St Giles
I now know about RSJs (rolled steel joists). Knock down just one wall to let in more light – a modest modification – and, before you can say knife, you’ll find you need two RSJs up in the loft to hold the house together. As it so happens, there [...]