Fashion City at the London Docklands Museum – South London News

Fashion City at the London Docklands Museum – South London News

By Diana Morais Discover a superb and culturally instructive exhibition which explores how Jews settled in London and developed a new style that would revolutionise the worldof fashion. Fashion is part of... Read more »
Much-Loved South London Museum Will Soon Start Opening Late

Much-Loved South London Museum Will Soon Start Opening Late

When London’s museums first started opening late in the 2000s, it was a total gamechanger. The V&A’s senior curator Susan McCormack led the charge, with buzzy after dark openings that brought younger... Read more »
Museum London holds Black History Month event Saturday

Museum London holds Black History Month event Saturday

A moving presentation at Museum London kicked off Black History Month on Saturday. Singer Denise Pelley had the crowd clapping to the music, while Shannon Prince told stories and recited letters that... Read more »
New Quentin Blake museum to provide a London home for a booming art form | Illustration

New Quentin Blake museum to provide a London home for a booming art form | Illustration

The work of a talented illustrator, whether Sir John Tenniel, creator of the sinister 19th-century Alice in Wonderland images, or Axel Scheffler and his scary Gruffalo, is as recognisable as the stories... Read more »
British Museum stabbing as knife attack victim rushed to hospital

British Museum stabbing as knife attack victim rushed to hospital

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Horrified witnesses described “pools of... Read more »
Jewish religious sect that can’t travel on London Underground because of human remains at Science Museum lose bid to make changes to station entrance that would separate the attraction from the Tube

Jewish religious sect that can’t travel on London Underground because of human remains at Science Museum lose bid to make changes to station entrance that would separate the attraction from the Tube

Members of a Jewish sect who can’t travel on the London Underground because of the presence of human remains in the Science Museum have lost a planning bid that would have allowed... Read more »
Museum trustees legally ‘hidebound’ over repatriations, says Tristram Hunt | Museums

Museum trustees legally ‘hidebound’ over repatriations, says Tristram Hunt | Museums

Museum trustees should be able to “make the case” whether items in their collections should be retained or returned to their countries of origin, but instead were being “infantilised” and “hidebound” by... Read more »
Immersive survey of Black British music to open V&A East museum in 2025 | Music

Immersive survey of Black British music to open V&A East museum in 2025 | Music

From jazz to calypso, dub poetry to UK drill lyrics, drum’n’bass raves to grime freestyles, the brilliance and cross-cultural richness of Black British music will be the focus for the inaugural exhibition... Read more »
New sci-fi exhibition materialises at Gunnersbury Park Museum

New sci-fi exhibition materialises at Gunnersbury Park Museum

Gunnersbury Park Museum’s latest exhibition ‘Set to Stun: Designing & Filming Sci-Fi in West London’ opens this Friday, 20 October. Published: Thursday, 19th October 2023 Fans of iconic British sci-fi favourites including... Read more »
British Airways supersonic Concorde that set New York to London record at 1,350mph – more than twice the speed of sound – gets tour of the Hudson as it’s moved from Intrepid Museum to Brooklyn shipyard for makeover

British Airways supersonic Concorde that set New York to London record at 1,350mph – more than twice the speed of sound – gets tour of the Hudson as it’s moved from Intrepid Museum to Brooklyn shipyard for makeover

A British Airways supersonic Concorde that set the New York to London speed record at 1,350 miles per hour made its slowest journey yet as it bobbed along the Hudson River.  The historic... Read more »