This is Greenwich’s famous Painted Hall, and at the moment it’s also home to a light display by the artist Peter Walker. It’s surprisingly calming, helped along by soft ambient music that fills the space. Tall pillars of coloured light
Read MoreThe King’s Gallery is to stage the largest exhibition of Queen Elizabeth II’s wardrobe ever assembled – and tickets go on sale today. Queen Elizabeth II on Princess Margaret’s Wedding Day, Cecil Beaton, 1960 © Cecil Beaton / Victoria and
Read MoreAs winter’s shadows fall across the land, it’s an appropriate moment for the National Gallery to open an exhibition by the master of shadows and light – Joseph Wright of Derby. The exhibition is the latest where the gallery takes
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London will get a new museum next April, as the V&A has confirmed the delayed opening date for its V&A East Museum in the Olympic Park. V&A East Museum – Oct 2022 (c) ianVisits The five-storey hermit crab shaped building
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‘Tis fast approaching the season to sit in front of your computer on a video call wearing nothing except a Christmas Jumper. You might not be commuting to work as much these days, but there’s still no excuse not to
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A new museum will open in London next year, as the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration has confirmed its delayed opening date. New River Head buildings (c) ianVisits The new museum will be housed in a 300-year-old former waterworks in
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The historic Dr Johnson’s House in the City, home to the famous dictionary writer, is to start opening on Sundays for a few months to make it easier to visit at weekends. Dr Johnson’s House (c) ianVisits Discover the famous
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The Brunel Museum in southeast London has changed its admission prices, making it cheaper for single parents to visit the museum of engineering history. However, it raised the cost for everyone else. (c) Brunel Museum The museum tells the story
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Arguably the home of Christmas, the Charles Dickens Museum is the sort of place to visit before the Ghosts arrive to scare Scrooge in the evening. Open throughout the year, they pull out the festive decorations for Christmas and have
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The Courtauld Gallery’s ambitious expansion plans have been given a major £30 million boost, thanks to a donation from the Reuben Foundation — the charitable arm of billionaire brothers David and Simon Reuben. Courtauld Gallery – Somerset House Following the
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