MAX RICHTER
Cadogan Hall
9/17/2010
The 2007 Israeli animation documentary Waltz With Bashir generated much debate about its portrayal of history. Less debated was the quality of the animation (using the rotoscope technique) and the score, which
TERRY EAGLETON ON EVIL
Conway Hall
9/19/2010
What or who is evil, anyway? Hitler, maybe? Terrorists? The Devil? Voldemort? It's a question that requires, nay demands concerted definition and study, purports celebrated critical theorist and Marxist Terry Eagleton,
NIOBE, REGINA DI TEBE
Royal Opera House
9/23/2010 till 10/3/2010
This premiere at the Royal Opera House of a long-forgotten Baroque masterpiece by the 17th century Italian composer Agostino Steffani promises to be a unique event. The piece tells the story of Niobe,
TIM NOBLE + SUE WEBSTER: ISABELLA BLOW
National Portrait Gallery
9/23/2010
The recent tragedy of Alexander McQueen painfully echoed that of Isabella Blow, the influential fashion commentator and muse of Philip Treacy, who committed suicide in 2007. Blow acted as kingmaker in
TOM MCCARTHY
Royal Festival Hall
9/27/2010
Books that make the Booker longlist before publication are always intriguing. Sales have yet to make them stand out, so there's only industry buzz for the judges to feed off. Tom McCarthy's C is one such novel (along,
THE WHALE WATCHING TOUR: SAM AMIDON + BEN FROST + NICO MUHLY + VALGEIR SIGURDSSON
Barbican Centre
9/27/2010
As part of its ever-ambitious Contemporary Music series the Barbican plays host to the London leg of Bedroom Community's Whale Watching Tour. Based in Reykjavik and with many of the releases recorded in the label's
RUSSELL MALIPHANT: AFTERLIGHT
Sadler's Wells
9/28/2010 till 9/29/2010
Russell Maliphant and company return to Sadler's Wells for a brief two nights with the now fully developed piece AfterLight. A 15-minute solo version of AfterLight (Part 1) debuted in 2009 and received a
JONATHAN FRANZEN
Purcell Room
9/30/2010
Dysfunctional families and American nightmares are often what spring to mind when you hear the name Jonathan Franzen. His latest novel, Freedom, is based on his own advice: "Fiction that isn't an author's
NINJA TUNE XX BIRTHDAY
Union Car Park
10/2/2010
As part of Ninja Tune's epic 20th birthday party, encompassing videos, an exclusive packed box set and book, the label is gathering an army of artists for a series of gigs around the world to celebrate the old
PVT
Cargo
10/6/2010
Sumptuous instrumental experimenters PVT are raging through Europe this autumn, hitting London on the 6th of October. Bringing together a sonic kaleidoscope of industrial drone, goth rock, glitch beats and general
KAZUYO SEJIMA (SANAA)
Royal Institution
10/11/2010
One of the defining differences between that strange species, the architecture student, and the rest of humanity is the former's insistence on "challenging the ground datum". That would be architecture speak
SWANS
Koko
10/28/2010
Now for the good news, in a situation reminiscent of that part in horror films when you're convinced the source of all terror is absolutely deceased, but oh no, with a staggering leap of your heart it surges back to
XIU XIU + ZOLA JESUS + FORMER GHOSTS
XOYO
11/1/2010
New venue XOYO has proved to be a welcome alternative to the endless faceless bars of Shoreditch and this gig is no exception. Xiu Xiu have fascinated audiences since 2002 with their blend of electro, rock
GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR
Troxy
12/14/2010
If possible, the notoriously media-shy Montreal collective Godspeed You! Black Emperor has been more elusive than ever before during their seven-year hiatus. With a strict "no press, no pictures" policy --
Jean Nouvel
Architecture / Talk | 7/12/2010 till 10/17/2010
Inception
Film | 7/16/2010 till 9/9/2010
Shunt: Money
Theatre | 10/5/2009 till 9/25/2010
Jonathan Franzen
Talk / Reading | 9/30/2010
Tom McCarthy
Talk / Reading | 9/27/2010
Proms 2010
Festival / Classical Music | 7/12/2010 till 9/11/2010
Stephen Frears + Posy Simmonds: Tamara Drewe
Talk / Film | 9/8/2010 till 9/16/2010
Swans
Concert | 10/28/2010
The Leopard
Film | 8/27/2010 till 9/29/2010
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