The incredible Barbican Centre bar with naughty, late-night energy August 19, 2025 Our Toast the City Awards will celebrate the City’s top spots and takes place this October. This week: the Martini Bar at the Barbican. Think of the Barbican Centre and Brutalist architecture and great sprawling public spaces come to mind. Inside and out, it is more about scope than intimacy, except for the Martini Bar. [...]
Goodnight, Oscar review: Will & Grace star Sean Hayes is magnetic August 7, 2025 Goodnight, Oscar review and star rating: ★★★★ It’s fairly obvious why writers turn to televisual ratings to source their intrigue: every scribe knows the pain of having their stories or subjects exploited to reach bigger audiences. File Goodnight, Oscar next to a litany of West End hits on the subject, including Network at the National [...]
‘Bold’ new plans for Barbican area submitted June 25, 2025 Plans have been submitted to redevelop 1 Silk Street, featuring a public plaza at the Barbican Centre’s main entrance and a retail arcade. The proposal seeks to turn the existing building, which is currently occupied by Linklaters but set to become unlettable due to tightening energy efficiency standards, into a “long-term, sustainable” site. “We’re pleased [...]
TikTok to create over 500 UK jobs as major plans revealed June 9, 2025 TikTok is to create more than 500 UK jobs and open a second office in London, it has been revealed. The Chinese-owned social media firm has confirmed its UK workforce will expand to 3,000 by the end of 2025 and it will open a new 135,000 sq ft office in London’s Barbican. The group already [...]
Feel the Sound: An exhibition on a different frequency May 30, 2025 Feel the Sound: An exhibition on a different frequency Thursday 22nd May – Sunday 31st August The Culture Mile Business Improvement District is delighted to be the Destination Partner for the most incredible immersive experience Feel the Sound at the Barbican. This new immersive exhibition will rearrange what you think sound is. Feel the Sound includes multi-sensory installations that [...]
In Ontario, arts education is obligatory – so why is it a luxury in London? April 3, 2025 The UK depends on the creative industries, yet continuously sidelines arts education. It's time to follow Canada, says the Barbican's Devyani Saltzman.
The Barbican and the Ned to represent London at major New York travel show March 3, 2025 Two of the City of London’s most important cultural venues will promote the area at a New York travel show later this month. The Barbican and the Ned will attend SMU International, an event that connects industry experts with travel buyers looking to invest worldwide. Jenny Waller, head of sales at the Barbican, said the [...]
City of London approves Barbican Centre regeneration ahead of 50th anniversary December 6, 2024 A £191m funding package has been approved to repair and upgrade the Barbican, the City of London’s flagship cultural and performing arts centre. The City of London Corporation approved the package yesterday, and construction on the Barbican Centre will begin in 2027. The package will fund 80 per cent of the first phase of the [...]
Former Lord Mayor William Russell elected chair of Barbican Centre Board May 3, 2024 Former Lord Mayor of the City of London William Russell has been elected chair of the City of London Corporation’s Barbican Centre Board.
Gove intervenes on Barbican and old Museum of London development April 17, 2024 On Wednesday, The City of London Corporation Planning Applications-Sub Committee planning officers approved plans by Sheppard Robson and Diller Scofidio + Renfro to demolish Bastion House.