The new concourse at Kings Cross St Pancras, designed by John McAslan and Partners, was recently unveiled and has been grabbing lots of attention from media and architecture enthusiasts alike. On the day we visited, there seemed to be as many people photographing the steel roof as there were scurrying to catch trains. It certainly is striking… [Read more…]
March 15, 2012
I thought I’d have to go all the way to the USA to see abortion clinics being targeted by religious protesters, but no – it’s happening right here in Bloomsbury. Spurred on by Ben Goldacre‘s recent tweets about an ongoing protest in Bedford Square, I wandered down to see what the fuss was about. Police were… [Read more…]
December 17, 2011
Tickets are now on sale for the next Josephine Hart Poetry Hour, on 29th February 2012 at the British Library. The poet under the spotlight will be Oscar Wilde, and the readers are still to be announced. Click here for more information and booking. These events are highly recommended, and also oversubscribed, so do yourself… [Read more…]
November 10, 2011
Awesome author, columnist, environmentalist and activist George Monbiot addressed a small crowd in Bloomsbury’s Russell Square on Wednesday 9th November 2011, as part of a wider day of protest against university tuition fee hikes and government cuts. At Monbiot’s side was Polly Toynbee, fellow Guardian columnist, author and current President of the British Humanist Association. Other speakers included Alex Callinicos of King’s College London, Richard… [Read more…]
September 28, 2011
Residents of Bloomsbury, Kings Cross and surrounds may be aware of the construction site now underway behind the British Library, and may even know that, when completed, the buildings will house medical and scientific research institutes and laboratories. But what exactly is it, and what will it all look like in the end? Members of… [Read more…]
June 10, 2011
Protesters disrupted an An evening with Richard Dawkins and P. Z. Myers on Thursday 9th June 2011 at the Institute of Education in Bloomsbury. The evening was organised by the British Humanist Association. Richard Dawkins (below) – evolutionary biologist, author of The Selfish Gene and The God Delusion, and former Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science - is arguably the best-known of the… [Read more…]
June 7, 2011
If it’s true that you haven’t had an authentic post-GFC London experience until you’ve been in the midst of a student protest, then I have finally qualified. What started, on the evening of 7th June 2011, as “The Arts in Britain”, a conversation at Foyles book store about the state of arts and humanities funding in… [Read more…]
June 5, 2011
I am very excited at the prospect of a new college coming to Bloomsbury, powered by a team of international, academic all-stars. The New College of the Humanities will be based at the University of London, and will have the wonderful A. C. Grayling presiding as Master of the College. Anthony Grayling is Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck College (University of London),… [Read more…]
June 3, 2011
On April 16, Bloomsbury Bytes profiled the Josephine Hart Poetry Hour, held the previous evening at The National Theatre. Sadly, this was to be Josephine’s last, as we have learned that she has died of ovarian cancer, aged 69. She is survived by her husband Maurice Saatchi, and her two sons. For Josephine Hart’s obituary at The Guardian… [Read more…]
March 21, 2011
The Curzon Renoir in Bloomsbury is the latest cinema to upgrade its facilities with 3D capability, which will be put to good use for upcoming screenings of Werner Herzog’s Cave of Forgotten Dreams. Review to follow…
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