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The Motherhood Project, Battersea Arts Centre

Online festival explores parenthood experiences

This month, Battersea Arts Centre will be hosting an online festival of short films, exploring parenthood…

Valentine's Day, photo by sharon mccutcheon on Unsplash

Quirky ideas for an alternative or anti-Valentine’s Day at home

We bring you some quirky ideas on how to spend your alternative (or anti) Valentine’s Day at home, with dark tales and clandestine cabaret…

Second Hand’s Dance Night Tree Films

Go on a half-term woodland adventure

This half term, go on a magical sensory woodland adventure with the Night Tree, take part in themed activities, a Zoom workshop and picnic…

Les Antliaclastes - Valse des Hommelettes © E. Dubost

Physical comedy and slapstick movies at mime festival

Forget Blue Monday as the London International Mime Festival gets under way, bringing you slapstick movies and physical comedy…

Filibus screens at HippFest at Home

Enjoy HippFest from home with silent thriller

This weekend, Hippodrome Silent Film Festival (aka HippFest) will present the classic silent thriller, Filibus: The Mysterious Air Pirate (1915)…

Author Tayari Jones - Aké Festival

Join inspiring events as African festival goes global

Leading arts and literature event, Aké Festival, is heading online for 2020, giving global audiences the chance to listen in…

Grove in Frankenstein How to Make a Monster BAC Beatbox Academy Battersea Arts Centre, Image: Lukas Galantay

Beatbox and theatre combine for a gripping Halloween

This weekend, tune into BBC Four to watch a unique and gripping film that combines beatbox with theatre…

Abertoir 2020

Abertoir Horror Festival heads to your screen this Halloween

This Halloween, the Abertoir Horror Festival returns to our screens with a bloodthirsty bunch of films and special events…

Baby Lame's Video Nasties, Image Nik Pate

Have a low budget, high gore Halloween

This Halloween, join award-winning drag artist Baby Lame for an alternative night of cinema and cabaret…

Oracles in Sepia, Compass Presents

Watch bespoke performances with Oracles in Sepia

Looking for something a little more unusual to fill your Thursday evenings with? Then, Oracles in Sepia may be just what you’re looking for…

Live From The Grand Hall Credit Battersea Arts Centre

Make/Love this autumn with a season of digital shows

This autumn, Battersea Arts Centre (BAC) in London is inviting you to Make/Love, as a season of daring and intimate work is launched…

Baby Driver 2017 Edgar Wright

Watch Baby Driver at a Drive-In

This month, make going for a drive a bit more thrilling with a trip to one of the AA’s drive-in cinema events in Yorkshire and Oxfordshire…

The Sunday Art Club event in London and online

Enjoy socially distanced Sundays with free arts club

Celebrate diversity in the arts with a free outdoor event taking place in London (and online) this summer…

HippFest at Home screens Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

A scary screening from HippFest at Home

This weekend, the Hippodrome Silent Film Festival, aka HippFest, will present a special screening of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1920) online…

Flatpack Festival 2020

Home entertainment from Flatpack film festival

This year’s Flatpack film festival will be heading direct to your home, with all the usual animation, documentaries and inventive weirdness to enjoy…

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Curiosity of the Week

Woodhenge, Stonehenge’s lesser-known neighbour
Woodhenge - ©English Heritage, Historic England Photo Library

You have heard of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, but have you heard of its lesser known neighbour, Woodhenge? Find out more in our latest Curiosity of the Week…

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Fakes, forgeries and misinformation at Royal Society Late
Dragon Fish - The Royal Society Lates in March

Next month, the Royal Society’s Late event mixes tomfoolery with science as it tackles fake news and hoaxes…

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