Magazine

An introduction to our 2020 free, outdoor exhibition featuring newly commissioned artworks and poems celebrating the UK’s frontline workers.

Take a look at Hayward Gallery’s special outdoor 2020 exhibition Everyday Heroes, inspired by key workers during the Vovid-19 pandemic.

Find out more about Hayward Gallery’s 2020 exhibition Among the Trees, which celebrated trees and forests.

Moon Lane Books’ Jasmine Dellimore and Meera Ghanshamdas recommend children’s books that celebrate diversity and inclusion.

Revisit David Bowie’s 2002 Meltdown with video and audio clips of the two-week long festival at London’s Southbank Centre.

Take a look behind the scenes at past Meltdown festivals, including those curated by Nick Cave, David Bowie, M.I.A., Robert Smith and Jarvis Cocker.

Revisiting the legendary Pink Floyd concert in our Queen Elizabeth Hall which cemented the band a place in rock history… and a ban from our venues.

Find out about artist Zohra Opoku, whose self-portrait Rhododendron (2015) was displayed outside our Hayward Gallery from 2020 to 2021.

Naturalist, activist and writer Dara McAnulty explains how the restrictions of lockdown altered his daily interactions with nature.

Music professor Laura Tunbridge explains when and why Beethoven wrote his most famous masterpiece, the Symphony No.9 with its celebrated ‘Ode to Joy’.

Artist and author Paul Wood reveals the story behind the London Plane tree, which can be found on streets throughout the city.

Ben Watt, formerly of Everything But The Girl, talks about going solo again and collaborations in this interview ahead of a 2021 Southbank Centre gig.