October means one thing for London’s galleries: art fair season. Most take place at the start of the month but, if you’re here later, we suggest heading to Battersea. Hosted at events space Battersea Evolution, the Affordable Art Fair (17-20 Oct) celebrates its 20th birthday this year.  Entry tickets range from £9 to £27, while […]

We sent our 12-year-old reviewer Leah Corb for a day out the Science Museum and it’s Wonderlab When at the Science Museum, we spent most of our time in the wonderful Wonderlab. There is so much to see and do for people of all ages, from experimenting with light and matter through to electricity and space. The […]

London Design Festival (14-22 Sep) twitches with technological innovation. Showcasing the city’s creativity, it generates more than 400 events around London. One of the festival’s aims is to show how technological breakthroughs are influencing design and transforming our worlds. South Kensington’s Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) is a major hub for the festival and a […]

Tate Britain’s latest blockbuster exhibition is dedicated to William Blake (from 11 Sep), the 18th-century creative force who wove his startling stories of darkness and light through painting, printmaking and poetry. If you love drama, you’ll be pleased to discover that Blake’s work is utterly soaked in it. From towering, muscular gods to tortured underlings […]

The Saatchi Gallery’s latest temporary exhibition is all about rave culture – we sent Neil Simpson to Sweet Harmony: Rave Today to check it out. When I heard that the Saatchi Gallery was putting on an exhibition about rave culture, I made sure to take a former raver with me: our very own sub editor, Anna […]

‘Unforgettable art from a man of steel’ Londoner Antony Gormley is being honoured with a major exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts from 21 September until 3 December 2019. The contemporary sculptor uses organic, industrial and elemental materials in his works and is best known for his large, eye-catching sculptures of male figures, such as the […]

This new, free display explores the evolution of LGBTQI+ venues in London since the 1980s

Happy 251st anniversary to the annual Summer Exhibition!

The University of East London fashion graduate shares his guide to the capital’s sartorial side