The Koestler Awards is an annual programme encouraging people from the UK’s criminal justice system to change their lives through the arts. Jeremy Deller and John Costi have selected artwork from over ...

Over the dark winter nights, our site is illuminated by outdoor artworks that play with light and colour – explore to discover them all. Each artist uses light and colour in playful ways, at the same ...

The Happiful Poetry Prize is back for its second year. We’re looking for poems that explore the topic of mental health and wellbeing in unique, engaging, and empowering ways. The competition is free ...

A launch for ‘Covert’ issue 4, featuring readings from Shabnam Shabazi, Zita Holbourne, Niharika Jain, Sheyna Lam, Jasmine Sharif, Seema Kapila and others. There will also be open mic slots of up to 3 ...

The former Green Party leader explores the cultural sector’s role in responding to the climate crisis ...

Find it with us, as futuretense returns in 2025 with more of the best new and upcoming artists performing live, and free. Yes, that’s right, we said free. Twice a month we set up or Queen Elizabeth ...

Hayward Gallery senior curator Yung Ma introduces the exhibition Leap Year which features 120 works by the Korean artist Haegue Yang. As Yung Ma explains, Yang is best known for turning mundane ...

World-class artists and emerging stars bring us music from across the jazz world and beyond Get in the swing of the festival – a highlight of London’s cultural calendar – with the sounds of some of ...

A small group session where poets can get feedback on new work or work in progress. This is one of a number of small online workshop sessions hosted by Live Canon. Each session will have a maximum of ...

Blackwells Bookshop is hosting an event of readings from four poets on their latest collections. The four poets include: Sarah Holland-Batt reading from The Jaguar, Jenny Lewis reading from From Base ...

Join this 6 week course exploring the poetry of the everyday. Each week participants will receive a tutorial by email, with materials to read and links to audio and video materials. There is an online ...

This course aims to support anyone looking to gather a substantial body of poems into a first collection. This 6 week course works through how to select material, give a collection cohesion and a ...