Today the Cecil Beaton’s Bright Young Things exhibition opens at the National Portrait Gallery (to 7 Jun 2020). Nupur Trivedi previews this celebration of the famous English portraitist. Glitz, glamour, decadence – and probably a touch of debauchery! This was all part and parcel of belonging to a certain set of London socialites in the […]

Debt, adultery and extreme extravagance: a new exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery in Buckingham Palace combines all of these elements in one man – King George IV. George IV: Art & Spectacle (to 3 May 2020) owes its lavish exhibits to a king who pursued the finer things in life. The Queen’s Gallery displays the treasures […]

Our colourful capital is home to many different cultures. Neil Simpson discovers how the Huguenot community built a home away from home During the 18th and 19th centuries, the world came to east London’s Spitalfields district to buy silk woven by a community of French Protestants, the Huguenots. The local attraction Dennis Severs’ House exists […]

Tutankhamun has fascinated the world for generations. As treasures from his tomb go on display for the final time, Kathryn Conway talks to the curator to uncover their symbolism. When Howard Carter and his team, who were famously being bankrolled by Lord Carnarvon for one final season of excavation in the Valley of the Kings, […]

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 […]