Read, Watch & Listen

For August’s poem, Bella Cox considers what it means to be both a global and a British citizen at this point in history.

From Shostakovich to Frank Zappa, Elvis Presley and The Beatles, writer Ariane Todes investigates what has caused aural offence and how artists have boldly defied the censors through music.

When Piers Gough came to study at the AA in the sixties, the Barbican represented the three-dimensional future of the city. Here he looks at how its baroque confidence has influenced his buildings.

How can exploring alternative realities make a difference? We meet performing arts organisation METIS to see what impact the arts can have on the big issues...

In an empty Theatre, Satu Vänskä, Principal Violinist of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, performs JS Bach's ‘Allemande’ from Partita II in D minor.

Anita Barton-Williams shares a personal reflection on her heritage in light of the Windrush scandal.

Shot in one take, we invited Christoph Sietzen to perform in an empty Cinema 1, with just his snare drum.

The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain perform a raucous rendition of AC/DC’s ‘Highway to Hell’ on our concert hall stairs.

Assistant curator Jilke Golbach unpacks the story behind Dorothea Lange’s ‘Migrant Mother’ photograph.

London-based jewellery designer Jennifer Campbell is the latest maker to be showcased in the Barbican Shop as part of our Makers initiative. Taking inspiration from both natural and artificial objects, her jewellery designs cross the boundary between painting, sculpture and fashion.

With a riot of colour - and a stunning portrait of the Barbican - filmmaker Lexi Kiddo responds to this month's theme, LGBT, through dance and poetry.

We talk to theatre network STAMP to help demystify the theatre and offer advice into breaking into the theatre industry.