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Barbican Session: Shards

Reinventing the modern choir, Shards perform live in the FrobisherTunnel ahead of their gig at Milton Court this may.

Woman in front of Full Stop by John Latham
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Jane Alison's personal highlights from Postwar Modern

Our Head of Visual Arts and Postwar Modern curator Jane Alison talks us through a few of her highlights from the exhibition. She uncovers the stories behind the works, considers their importance to the period and reflects on her personal thoughts on them.

illustration of a green trumpet, pink drum set and a brown guitar with two peoples faces
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Highlife

We invited multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, Rachel Aggs to write about Highlife music.

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Our time capsule

To mark 40 years since we first opened our doors, we've created a digital time capsule. What's inside? Only one way to find out...

A collection of badges in lots of different colours
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Out and About!: 40 years of LGBT+ bangers

To coincide with Out and About! with the Bishopsgate Institute LGBT+ archive, we've selected 40 anthems which have been embraced by the LGBT+ community over the past 40 years - one track for each year from 1982 to 2022...