The Music Is Black: A British Story is the landmark inaugural exhibition at the new V&A East Museum in Stratford, scheduled to open on Saturday, April 18, 2026.
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A historic piece of television heritage – a section of a prototype transmitter tower – has been transferred to the Palace from the former EMI research laboratories and manufacturing complex at Hayes, Middlesex.
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Barbican LONDON: June 10, 2026 — Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica, a highly anticipated summer exhibition at the Barbican in London, will take place from June 11 to September 6, 2026. This event marks the first major international showcase dedicated to exploring the rich cultural expressions of Pan-Africanism from the... Read more »
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Christabel Pankhurst, a leading Suffragette, was one of the primary strategists of the campaign for women’s right to vote in the first decades of the twentieth century. Christabel was jailed in 1907 and 1909 and was dubbed the ‘Queen of the Mob’ by the media, as described in this contemporary press release. Miss Christabel Pankhurst... Read more »
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The time the world’s first record producer nearly burned down the Vatican and ended up changing music history. It was quite the trip ‘FEE EXORBITANT FORBID YOU TO RECORD’ screamed the telegram from head office. No nuance, no shades of grey there. This was as unequivocal as it got. The recipient, Fred Gaisberg, had always... Read more »
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