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Playlist: Alternative Christmas songs
Dream Nails performing on stage with the word 'playlist' placed over the top
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Playlist: Alternative Christmas songs

Fed up of the same old Christmas songs every year? Enjoy an alternative Christmas playlist from the Southbank Centre, including tracks from Low, The Fall, and Marvin Gaye
Joelle Taylor on Koestler Arts: IN CASE OF EMERGENCY
Joelle Taylor, a middle-aged woman who wears a three piece suit and her grey hair styled in a quiff  stands among the artworks, encased in vitrines, of the 2023 Koestler Arts exhibition IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, which she curated
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Joelle Taylor on Koestler Arts: IN CASE OF EMERGENCY

Poet and author Joelle Taylor introduces the 2023 Koestler Arts exhibition, IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, which she curated, in a short video interview
Hiroshi Sugimoto: ‘When photography was believable, my art was possible’
Hiroshi Sugimoto, an older Japanese man with white hair, wearing glasses and a grey suit jacket over a white t-shirt sits in the Hayward Gallery, behind him are two of his art works, part of the Hayward Gallery's Hiroshi Sugimoto exhibition
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Hiroshi Sugimoto: ‘When photography was believable, my art was possible’

Photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto leads us through the Hayward Gallery’s 2023 survey of five decades of his work in this video interview.

Playlist: A Classical Christmas
A Christmas performance in Royal Festival Hall with the word 'playlist' placed over the top
Playlist

Playlist: A Classical Christmas

Ease your way into Christmas with this Spotify playlist of classical music with a hint of Christmas
Patrick Stewart: ‘I would like to play Cleopatra’
Sir Patrick Stewart on stage at the Royal Festival Hall. Patrick Stewart, an elderly bald White man wearing glasses and a jhirt and jacket is seated on the stage, he holds a glass of water whilst speaking
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Patrick Stewart: ‘I would like to play Cleopatra’

Sir Patrick Stewart discusses his life and career with Samira Ahmed in this hour-long conversation filmed at our London Literature Festival

Hiroshi Sugimoto: formative years and significant works
Black and white portrait of Hiroshi Sugimoto wearing a hat and reflective round glasses
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Hiroshi Sugimoto: formative years and significant works

An insight into the life and career of photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto, the largest survey to date of whom was presented at the Hayward Gallery in 2023.

Honey Dijon on house music’s Black Queer legacy
Honey Dijon, a Black woman with short light brown hair, wearing sunglasses and a leather jacket speaks to camera whilst seated in the Queen Elizabeth Hall Foyer
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Honey Dijon on house music’s Black Queer legacy

Honey Dijon, DJ and producer, talks about the Black Queer roots of house music in this video interview which also includes footage of her Royal Festival Hall performance
7 famous classical music families performing today
Cellest Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Isata Kanneh-Mason
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7 famous classical music families performing today

Some of the most famous classical music siblings and families performing today, including the Kanneh-Masons and Katia and Marielle Labèque.

How does a concert pianist choose which piano to play? with Alice Sara Ott
Alice Sara Ott – a young woman with dark hair – plays a grand piano on the Royal Festival Stage, she is reflected in the open lid of the piano
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How does a concert pianist choose which piano to play? with Alice Sara Ott

Did you know pianists often have a number of different pianos to choose to perform their concerts on? Alice Sara Ott explains how she chooses hers, in this video
Who is Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges?
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, a Black man wearing regency era clothes including a light wig
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Who is Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges?

Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges; discover the remarkable career of this master violinist, composer, conductor, soldier and swordsman
Hiroshi Sugimoto at Hayward Gallery: curator introduction from Ralph Rugoff
Installation view of Hiroshi Sugimoto, Polar Bear, 1976.
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Hiroshi Sugimoto at Hayward Gallery: curator introduction from Ralph Rugoff

Hayward Gallery Director Ralph Rugoff introduces the Hayward Gallery exhibition Hiroshi Sugimoto, the largest survey to date of the photographer’s work
Sandra Newman on Julia, Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four
A woman with short brown curly hair wearing a maroon wool jumper
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Sandra Newman on Julia, Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four

Sandra Newman discusses her book Julia, which retells George Orwell’s 1984 from the point of view of the character, Julia Worthing.