Football fan, musician and sociologist Les Back is obsessed with the symphony of football chants. He’s on a tour of British clubs to explore their role as modern day folk songs. Show more Sociologist, musician and Millwall fan Les Back is obsessed with the symphony of the spontaneous folk song of football chants. He’s on
By MADDY FLETCHER FOR YOU MAGAZINE Published: 15:21, 29 May 2025 | Updated: 15:21, 29 May 2025 Hooray! Summer is (sort of) here. Need something to do that isn’t sitting in an almost-not-quite sunny park? Here are some cultural pursuits for this season: from a Nile Rogers gig in Halifax to an exhibition of Bob
White Ribbon UK and West Midlands Rail have teamed up on this new creative project across five stations in the region, designed to make people travelling by train stop, think and act beyond their commute. The installations, now on display at Tile Hill, Adderley Park, Hampton-in-Arden, Marston Green and Stechford stations, confront vital issues around
By ESTHER MARSHALL Published: 00:55, 29 May 2025 | Updated: 00:55, 29 May 2025 A British city has been described as the ‘Paris of the UK’ and could be the staycation hotspot of 2025. Home to cobbled streets, artisan shops and a historic cathedral, Canterbury is the UK’s very own City of Lights, according to
(Credits: Far Out / COUM Transmissions / YouTube Still) Wed 28 May 2025 11:00, UK Cosey Fanni Tutti might not be a globally renowned name, but in Britain, she is considered by many, both members of the public and fellow artists, as one of the most influential and controversial artists of the 1970s. Born in
A museum heist kicks off a manhunt for £3m worth of Ming Dynasty treasure. The Ahearne brothers are being watched by police in the UK and Switzerland. Show more £3m of Ming Dynasty treasures vanish from Geneva’s Museum of Far Eastern Art. After what was a peculiar heist, suspicion falls on the Ahearne brothers who
Scheduled for Saturday, June 7 and Sunday, June 8, Art on the Common will showcase more than 60 artists from the area over two days. Harpenden artists have displayed their work at the art fair for more than 30 years. The art fair is an opportunity for the attendees to appreciate and purchase art and to
A preserved shark, two fried eggs and an unmade bed changed the course of art. A little more than 30 years ago, a new generation of Young British Artists (YBAs) came onto the scene and caught the world’s eye. Soon, Cool Britannia ruled not so much the waves as global culture, with its music, theatre,
Fiona Robertson, a lecturer in the painting and printmaking department since the late 1990s, has shared her insights in a book of drawings titled ‘Inside Job: Memories of an Art School’. Some of these drawings have been reworked for an exhibition at the Beacon Arts Centre in Greenock. (Image: Christopher Bowen) The book features 100
Andy Warhol, Mona Lisa (Four Times). Courtesy of the Andy Warhol Estate Courtesy of the Andy Warhol Estate While London remains an international centre of the art world, full of iconic museums and world-class galleries, there is also a wealth of museums and galleries outside of London putting on some epic exhibitions this summer. Here