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The Royal Festival Hall is closed to the public on Tuesday 16 June. It will reopen for Harry Styles & Jules Buckley Orchestra ticket holders only at 5pm.

The poet Arji Manuelpillai standing in a musical studio, he wears a brightly coloured flowery shirt and is raising his hands in the air

Arji Manuelpillai

Arji Manuelpillai is a poet, performer and educator. His debut pamphlet Mutton Rolls was published with Out-Spoken Press and his collection Improvised Explosive Device (with Penned in the Margins) was shortlisted for the Derek Walcott Prize. He has taught in prisons, schools and hospitals.