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11 Brit Awards winners who've appeared at the Southbank Centre
Singer Emeli Sandé on stage looking upwards into the audience off camera.
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11 Brit Awards winners who've appeared at the Southbank Centre

Take a look at some of the past Brit Award winners who’ve graced our venues including Elton John, Paul Weller, Emelie Sande, David Bowie and more

Who is singer Poly Styrene?
The musical artist Poly Styrene
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Who is singer Poly Styrene?

Remembering the legendary X-Ray Spex frontwoman, a singer of a distinction in voice, appearance and legacy.

5 things to know about Matthew Barney: Redoubt
Matthew Barney, Virgins, 2018. Cast and machined brass, and cast and machined copper. © Matthew Barney, courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels
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5 things to know about Matthew Barney: Redoubt

Hayward Gallery’s Cliff Lauson offers five things to know about American artist Matthew Barney’s first solo presentation in the UK in over a decade.

Playlist: Hugh Masekela
Hugh Masekela plays the trumpet beneath the word 'playlist'
Playlist

Playlist: Hugh Masekela

Enjoy a playlist of music from Hugh Masekela, the man who was the beating heart of South African jazz music for over six decades.

Tony Benn on the early Labour Party
Tony Benn speaking at the anti war demonstration in Hyde Park, London Saturday February 15 2003
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Tony Benn on the early Labour Party

Labour Party Politician Tony Benn discusses the party’s early years in this talk recorded at the Southbank Centre in 2013.

Kjartan Sveinsson on Sigur Rós and solo inspiration
Kjartan Sveinsson
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Kjartan Sveinsson on Sigur Rós and solo inspiration

The composer and musician best known as part of Sigur Rós, talks about his composition Der Klang Der Offenbarung Des Göttlichen.

Hanif Abdurraqib on reading, writing and when he’s happiest
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Hanif Abdurraqib on reading, writing and when he’s happiest

Hanif Abdurraqib – poet, essayist, cultural critic and author – discusses his new book A Little Devil in America and more in this interview.

My Mixtape: Kjartan Sveinsson's 12 tracks he's been listening to lately
Kjartan Sveinsson; a middle-aged white man plays a woddwind instrument on a stage. The words 'My Mixtape' appear over the top in white text
Playlist

My Mixtape: Kjartan Sveinsson's 12 tracks he's been listening to lately

Composer and Sigur Rós keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson shares tracks he enjoyed in 2021, from Talk Talk to Britney Spears via Janacek and Kristín Anna.

Laura Bates on establishing Everyday Sexism
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Laura Bates on establishing Everyday Sexism

The feminist writer, campaigner and author delivers the story behind her Everyday Sexism Project in this talk filmed at 2013’s WOW festival.

Meet the musician: Chi-chi Nwanoku
Chi-Chi Nwanoku Double Bass Player
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Meet the musician: Chi-chi Nwanoku

The double bass player and founder of Chineke! Orchestra explains what she loves about classical music, and the crucial importance of the audience.

Think Aloud: why are children's books stuck in the past?
Ade Adepitan
Podcast

Think Aloud: why are children's books stuck in the past?

Ade Adepitan and Imogen Russell Williams join Harriet Fitch Little to discuss diversity in children’s literature in this 2019 podcast.

Raven Leilani on Luster and a love of language
Portrait of Raven Leilani
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Raven Leilani on Luster and a love of language

Raven Leilani, the acclaimed US writer, discusses her acclaimed recently published novel Luster, in this 2021 interview.