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BIGGER AND CLOSER an immersive experience with DAVID HOCKNEY opens the new LIGHTROOM in London in 2023

The Lightroom is a new home for spectacular artist-led shows in London’s revamped Kings Cross area. It is located in Lewis Cubitt Square, adjacent to Coal Drops Yard and Central St Martin’s. It was designed by Haworth Tompkins as a sister space to the award-winning Bridge Theatre. Lighthouse is launching its debut … Continue reading

Bill Cunningham New York

The reason that I sit in a movie theater as often as I do is my eternal hope that every movie I watch will be so near perfect that it will just blow me away. In reality it’s a rarity, but tonight was one such occasion. Watching ‘Bill Cunningham New York’, a wonderful moving and … Continue reading

Bill Cunningham was an original, a true character, in the best sense of the word.

FASHION CLIMBING A MEMOIR WITH PHOTOGRAPHS By BILL CUNNINGHAM Preface by Hilton Als After Bill Cunningham died in 2016, his family found a memoir he had written about the earlier period of his life. It was an unexpected, and enjoyable, find. Most people remember Cunningham’s work as the photographer behind the On the Street and … Continue reading

Bill Russell revives his ELEGIES FOR ANGELS, PUNKS & RAGING QUEENS at London’s Kings Head Theatre

London’s Kings Head Theatre is about to play host to a revival of one of the most important pieces of queer theatre Bill Russell’s ELEGIES FOR ANGELS, PUNKS and RAGING QUEENS It is a dramatic and musical theater piece composed of free verse poems and songs reflecting the lives of people who … Continue reading

BILLIE : Andrew Hebden reviews a riveting new doc on BILLIE HOLLIDAY

Saying that this riveting telling of the life of Billie Holiday is our second favourite music documentary of the past few years does not seem like the compliment it is until we remind you that our favourite was the sublime Amazing Grace centered on Aretha Franklin. Whereas Amazing Grace focuses on the vocal … Continue reading