Sunday 3rd May 2009

2009 Festival: OneTaste at The Bedford in Balham

OneTaste

OneTaste

London’s No.1 music and spoken word show offers the perfect Sunday night out. Be provoked and inspired from the comfort of your seat as OneTaste guarantees to invigorate you for the week ahead.

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2009 Festival: Slow Down – Artists at Work!

Artist William Frost at the EASY EASEL!

Artist William Frost at the EASY EASEL!

Come and enjoy the relaxing pursuit of creating works of art.

All are welcome, you can…be a Pavement Artist…join a Collaborative Collage or watch our painters at the Easy Easels…guided by artists from the Cool, Calm, Collective, Skylark Galleries.

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2009 Festival: Slow Down London walk – Hidden green north London

Metropolitan Walkers by the canal

Metropolitan Walkers by the canal

As part of the 2009 series of ‘slow down’ walks, join the Metropolitan Walkers for a 6 mile walk from Highgate to Angel tube station, following a disused railway line, the Capital Ring and the New River. (more…)


2009 Festival: WRITELondon – Creative writing on the move

Join poet and educator Jasmine Ann Cooray on this site-specific creative writing workshop designed for writers across abilities and genres. You will be escorted on a treasure trail of locations that explore movement and stillness in our capital, from the ants’ nest of inner city swarms to the peace of an overgrown cemetery. Each space affords its own fresh inspiration guided by simple and flexible writing exercises, and you are guaranteed to find some gold paving in this town again. (more…)


2009 Festival: Slow Feast at the Southbank Centre

Slow Food Market (day) by Belinda Lawley

Slow Food Market (day) by Belinda Lawley

Enjoy an all day leisurely feast all over the Southbank site, buying from the Slow Food London market – look out for special deals. Wonderful choir ensembles from the Various Voices festival will serenade you while you eat! (more…)


2009 Festival: National Portrait Gallery tours – Highlights of the Collection

Victorian galleries: Images @ Colin Streater

Victorian galleries: Images @ Colin Streater

Take time out from your hectic schedule, drop by the NPG and stroll through the Galleries with artists and historians. Meet old friends and encounter new ones along the way.

These tours offer the chance to linger, contemplate and reflect.

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2009 Festival: Slow Food Market

From 1-4 May 2009, Southbank Centre Square outside the Royal Festival Hall will be home to the UK’s largest – and London’s only – monthly Slow Food Market. Over 40 stalls selected by Slow Food London will sell sustainable and traditionally prepared foods from a selection of leading artisan food producers, from the UK and beyond. (more…)


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