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This week is Mental Health Awareness Week. Now more than ever it’s important to look after your mental health, and we believe art can really help.

Family Film Club cinema curator Susie Evans picks her favourite films for kids over 5

We speak to some of the Headway East London team to hear more about their work supporting people affected by brain injury and how Barbican Guildhall Creative Learning has been collaborating with them so far.

In the second of our series with Stephen Fry, exploring music, art and mental health, Stephen speaks honestly about his own suicide attempts and battle with bipolar disorder, and how Beethoven’s music helped in his recovery from his lowest points. 

Join photographers Karen Knorr and Anna Fox in conversation, as they discuss the aesthetics and socio-political issues explored in their photography.

The debut performance of the National Open Youth Orchestra is the first move in changing what an orchestra can look and sound like, says Musical Director Doug Bott.

British artist and filmmaker John Akomfrah talks to academic, editor and writer Anthony Downey about his 2017 work in The Curve, 'Purple'

Acclaimed poet Christian Campbell addresses Jean-Michel Basquiat’s early graffiti experiments as SAMO.

Reflecting on the life of celebrated photographer, Peter Hujar, Stephen Koch, Director of the Peter Hujar Archive, discusses the work and legacy of his dear friend.

Acclaimed US photographer Catherine Opie discusses her work chronicling queer subcultures, urban transformation and American popular culture with Jonathan D. Katz, an art historian, curator and queer activist.

Join writer, actor, comedian and campaigner Stephen Fry in conversation with journalist Chris Gunness for a four-part series taking Beethoven’s Heiligenstadt Testament to spark conversations on music, art, mental health and the healing power of art. 

To mark his 250th anniversary here’s an introductory selection of Beethoven's music.