di Francesca Lombardo, Culture Editor and Author
London – From a protective pavilion on the Strand to light installations at St Paul’s Cathedral, the festival’s 24th edition explored how design can connect cultures, rethink materials…
di Francesca Lombardo, Culture Editor and Author
London – A door knocker, a walking stick and a weather-beaten shop sign might seem modest objects with which to tell the story of a literary imagination. For…
di Francesca Lombardo, Culture Editor and Author
London – There is something quietly powerful about the idea behind *SIRENS*: bringing distinctive voices together and making collaboration the main attraction. Conceived by Irish singer-songwriter Lisa Hannigan,…
di Francesca Lombardo, Culture Editor and Author
A motorway cutting through the Pennines, figures suspended in pools of light, an elephant matriarch approaching death and crude oil encased in acrylic: the four presentations in this…
di Francesca Lombardo, Culture Editor and Author
London – P.F. Chang’s will open a new restaurant at Westfield Stratford City in September 2026, marking the American Pan-Asian brand’s second London location. Situated on the second…
di Francesca Lombardo, Culture Editor and Author
London – Written by John Caird and Paul Gordon, Jane Eyre: A Musical transforms Brontë’s celebrated novel into a sweeping theatrical production exploring independence, ambition, gothic mystery and…
di Francesca Lombardo, Culture Editor and Author
London – The classic musical returns to London in an experience combining live performance, cinema and audience participation. London audiences have only a few more days to return…
di Francesca Lombardo, Culture Editor and Author
London – Presented by touring opera company Wild Hearts it marked the directorial debut of internationally acclaimed soprano Danielle de Niese—and revealed that her instinct for theatrical storytelling…
di Francesca Lombardo, Culture Editor and Author
London – Rather than presenting a conventional magic show in which the audience watches passively from a distance, the production places guests at the centre of the action.…
di Francesca Lombardo, Culture Editor and Author
London – One hundred years after Marilyn Monroe was born, her image remains among the most instantly recognisable in popular culture. But behind the platinum-blonde movie star immortalised…
