Mayor Launches New Fund to Increase Music Education in the Capital »
‘Making Music Matter: Music Education Strategy for London 2010-2012′ has been published today by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. This is a new fund aimed at increasing music education across the capital. More than £250,000 is being put into a range of projects under the Mayor’s plans to boost musical opportunities for young Londoners, [...]
London to host 2011 SportAccord Convention »
London has seen off tough global competition to host the prestigious 2011 international SportAccord Convention, raising prospects of a multi-million boost for the capital’s economy. The Mayor, Boris Johnson, will make the announcement on London’s achievement in a keynote speech at the 2012 Business Summit in London’s ExCel today.
The SportAccord Convention will see over 1,500 of [...]
Mayor backs plans for new film centre »
London Mayor Boris Johnson today announced £5m funding for the proposed new BFI National Film Centre in the capital. He also welcomed the Government’s pledge of support to the project.
The Mayor said: ‘The BFI is a one of the jewels in the crown for cinema, for the country, and across the whole world. It offers [...]
EuropaCorp’s Pierre-Ange Le Pogam Delivers Keynote at UK’s only Film Finance Market »
Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, Co-founder of EuropaCorp with partner Luc Besson, will be making a rare public appearance in the UK at the Film London Production Finance Market (PFM). Dedicated to connecting producers with financiers to encourage new film financing relationships the PFM is the only event of its kind in the UK. Held in association [...]
Seers wins Jarman award »
Film London and Channel 4 in association with the Whitechapel Gallery are have announced that the winner of this year’s prestigious Jarman Award is Lindsay Seers. Following screenings of work by Seers and the other 2009 shortlisted artists, Anja Kirschner & David Panos, Simon Martin, and Stephen Sutcliffe, at the Whitechapel Gallery on Saturday 19 September, [...]
Film London invest £100k in the London Film Festival »
Film London, the capital’s film and media agency, in conjunction with the Mayor of London and the London Development Agency, is providing almost £100,000 of support for The Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival.
The funding and support goes to activities during the festival that not only strengthen connections with the capital’s film and media [...]
Brick Lane Curry Festival back with a bang »
Europe’s Curry Capital plays host to biggest celebration of exotic food and culture, with over 60,000 people expected at Launch Event – free to attend for General Public
Brick Lane Curry Festival returns even bigger, better and tastier than before in 2009, spicing up Europe’s Curry Capital once again, as it pays homage to the nation’s [...]
Robotic Surgery exhibition »
If the phrase ‘robotic surgery’ conjures up gruesome images of a buzz-saw wielding automaton, indiscriminately carving its malfunctioning appendages into the prone body of an unfortunate patient, you’ve probably been watching one too many episodes of Futurama. It’s not like that in real life, as a new exhibition at the Hunterian Museum demonstrates.
Our Museum of [...]
Ed Byrne is a different class »
In an autumn that sees a collection of stand-up comedians take to the West End’s stages, Irish headliner Ed Byrne is the first to unleash his witticisms on London’s theatregoers.
And quite daunted he is by the idea too. His last West End run, he tells the audience early on, opened on 10 September 2001 and [...]
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