Read, Watch & Listen

Explore key moments in Russian history and the films in the 'Generations' season in our interactive timeline.

Widely regarded as the greatest English opera of its time, here's your illustrated synopsis of Purcell’s poignant tale of love and loss, ahead of the Academy of Ancient Music's performance.

Samona Olanipekun explores the concept of home, identity and belonging, taking his starting point from the theme of 'Globalisation'.

Deep within the Barbican, British Indian composer Soumik Datta performs ‘From Raag to Reel’ on his custom built, fretless sarod (a 19-stringed instrument).

What might a play for a generation living in the digital age look like? JAMS discuss the creative process behind Marathon, and winning The Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award 2018.

For August’s poem, Bella Cox considers what it means to be both a global and a British citizen at this point in history.

From Shostakovich to Frank Zappa, Elvis Presley and The Beatles, writer Ariane Todes investigates what has caused aural offence and how artists have boldly defied the censors through music.

When Piers Gough came to study at the AA in the sixties, the Barbican represented the three-dimensional future of the city. Here he looks at how its baroque confidence has influenced his buildings.

How can exploring alternative realities make a difference? We meet performing arts organisation METIS to see what impact the arts can have on the big issues...

In an empty Theatre, Satu Vänskä, Principal Violinist of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, performs JS Bach's ‘Allemande’ from Partita II in D minor.

Anita Barton-Williams shares a personal reflection on her heritage in light of the Windrush scandal.

Shot in one take, we invited Christoph Sietzen to perform in an empty Cinema 1, with just his snare drum.