THE VAN DE VELDES: GREENWICH, ART AND THE SEA at the Queen’s House
Everyone’s heard of Rembrandt, so why isn’t his compatriot and contemporary Willem van de Velde, who was recognised in his day as a...
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QUEEN'S HOUSE
Miles Hedley
- Feb 27
- 3 min
COLAB 2023 at Laban, ORNC, St Alfege’s, Blackheath Halls & Queen’s House
Over the course of a fortnight, Trinity Laban students created and publicly performed programmes inspired by a breathtaking range of...
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Miles Hedley
- Sep 13, 2022
- 5 min
GREENWICH+DOCKLANDS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL across east and south-east London
The theme of this year’s Greenwich + Docklands International Festival was Common Ground, a concept given the greatest possible poignancy...
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Miles Hedley
- Aug 14, 2022
- 1 min
GREENWICH COMEDY FESTIVAL at the National Maritime Museum
The 14th Greenwich Comedy Festival returns to the National Maritime Museum this year from 14-18 September – and what a feast of fun is on...
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Miles Hedley
- Nov 17, 2021
- 2 min
THE 12 DAYS (AND NIGHTS) OF CHRISTMAS in and around Greenwich
1 The Queen Of Hearts, Greenwich Theatre till 2 January. Legendary dame Andrew Pollard is back live with his own take on a traditional...
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Miles Hedley
- Jan 17, 2021
- 2 min
LGBTQ+ HISTORY MONTH online at Royal Museums Greenwich
February is LGBTQ+ History Month at Royal Museums Greenwich but because of Covid rules the 2021 line-up of talks, films, workshops and...
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Miles Hedley
- Dec 2, 2020
- 2 min
CHRISTMAS FAMILY FUN in Greenwich, Deptford and online
The entertainment sector is in crisis – but the dedicated armies of artists whose work so enriches our lives are determined to carry on...
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Miles Hedley
- Feb 13, 2020
- 4 min
FACES OF A QUEEN & WOBURN TREASURES at the Queen’s House
It‘s almost inconceivable that the exhibition now on at the Queen’s House – three Armada portraits of Elizabeth I and 27 treasures from...
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Miles Hedley
- Jul 4, 2019
- 1 min
SVADBA at the Queen’s House
A brilliant contemporary opera written by a woman with an all-female cast – there could be no better way to round off Trinity Laban’s...
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Miles Hedley
- Jun 27, 2019
- 2 min
MARITIME COLLECTION CENTRE VISITS
The world-famous collection of Royal Museums Greenwich runs to 2.5million items, from a 4,000-year-old Egyptian model boat to one of the...
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Miles Hedley
- Apr 14, 2019
- 2 min
CONSTRUCTION OF AN ICON from the Queen’s House to the National Portrait Gallery
Greenwich is one of the world’s great cultural hotspots thanks to its matchless array of architecture, art and music, a concentration of...
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Miles Hedley
- Mar 21, 2019
- 2 min
MORTAL MOON at the Queen’s House
It’s hard to imagine more fitting companions for the iconic Armada portrait of Elizabeth I at the Queen’s House than Susan Derges’ Mortal...
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Miles Hedley
- Oct 2, 2018
- 2 min
MAT COLLISHAW at Queen's House
Unique is a dreadfully overused word but I can’t recall anything else that comes close to resembling Mask Of Youth, artist Mat...
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Miles Hedley
- Mar 7, 2018
- 1 min
THE GIRLS IN THE MAGNESIUM DRESS at Queen’s House
The gorgeous great hall of the Queen’s House reverberated with the mellow, if unusual, tones of a double bass and harp duo working their...
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