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Harry Styles to headline London Meltdown festival with a one-off orchestral show

The special event will also serve as a fundraiser for the Southbank Centre’s charitable initiatives

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Southbank salutes half a century of love and skate

The Southbank Centre celebrates 50 years of skateboarding with an exhibition of films, audio, photos and boards

Evening Standard

Dua Lipa to curate 2026 London Literature Festival at Southbank Centre

The chart-topping pop star, 30, follows the likes of musician Self-Esteem in arranging the festival’s line-up.

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Met Police Epstein sex trafficking probe ‘suffers blow as UK flights evidence destroyed’

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, who denies wrongdoing, is accused of charging taxpayers for ‘massage services’ while trade envoy

Evening Standard

Prince William says he is not ‘calm’ at Baftas in first appearance since Andrew’s arrest

The Prince of Wales has said he needs to be in a ‘calm state’ to watch Hamnet, adding: ‘I’m not at the moment’

The Independent UK

William says he's 'not in a calm state' at the BAFTAs amid Andrew arrest drama

Revealing he has yet to watch the movie Hamnet, William says: ‘I need to be in quite a calm state and I’m not at the moment’

Evening Standard

Harry Styles to curate Meltdown festival at London’s Southbank Centre – and play an intimate gig

The pop superstar will oversee the annual music and art celebration in June, marking the festival’s 31st edition and the venue’s 75th anniversary

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Harry Styles to curate 2026 Meltdown Festival

British pop star joins a long line of prestigious past curators including David Bowie, Yoko Ono, Patti Smith and Elvis Costello

The Independent UK

Dog Man: The Musical, based on Dav Pilkey’s bestsellers, to be staged in London

Inspired by the series of irreverent comic books by the Captain Underpants creator, the show will run at the Southbank Centre in 2026

The Guardian - UK

Gary Lineker to take over Southbank Centre for The Rest is Fest podcast event

Goalhanger are hitting the Southbank Centre next year to give Londoners a chance to see live versions of their hit podcasts

Evening Standard

Quentin Blake’s Mrs Armitage On Wheels to be adapted for the stage

The production will have its world premiere at the Southbank Centre in London as part of the venue’s Imagine Festival.

Evening Standard

‘This is fascist America’: Anish Kapoor may sue after border agents pose by his sculpture

Artist says ‘military style’ raids in US are ‘beyond belief’ while discussing new Southbank show next year

The Guardian - UK

Are you ready for Kunsty? Southbank Centre to turn into late-night cabaret nightclub

The Queen Elizabeth Hall foyer is set to become a late night cabaret bar celebrating radical and queer art

Evening Standard

Amelia Freedman obituary

Founder and administrator of the Nash Ensemble who commissioned hundreds of works from leading composers

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‘They feel cleansed, they cry … some really don’t like it!’ The 12-hour psychedelic theatre-rave Trance

Inspired by club culture and reincarnation, Tianzhuo Chen and Asian Dope Boys have devised a mesmerising show that unfolds in six two-hour chapters. Prepare to enter hell and then be healed

Evening Standard

Mahalia among artists added to Little Simz' Meltdown festival

Mahalia, Tiwa Savage, and more artists will join Little Simz for an unforgettable Meltdown festival at London's Southbank Centre this June

Evening Standard

Little Simz to curate 30th Meltdown festival at London’s Southbank Centre

It comes after the singer earned rave reviews for her Pyramid Stage performance at the Glastonbury Festival last year.

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Sally Rooney says she regrets calling her book Normal People

The author used to use the phrase “quite a lot” in real life

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Cash-strapped Southbank Centre considers selling naming rights

The Southbank Centre needs £50m for urgent repairs, says chief executive

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Running the cash-strapped Southbank Centre: ‘We feared Cate Blanchett would get stuck in a lift!’

The head of London’s busy, brutalist arts complex says she needs funding so urgently that she might even consider giving a sponsor the right to rename it

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Gillian Anderson To Headline Southbank Centre's Literary Season In London

Gillian Anderson and other renowned figures will headline the Southbank Centre's autumn literary season in London, featuring discussions, book presentation...

Evening Standard

Chaka Khan’s Meltdown Festival confirms Todrick Hall, Mica Paris, and more on the lineup

The Southbank Centre takeover, curated by a different star every year, kicks off in June

International Business Times UK

Afghan Youth Orchestra Welcomed to UK After Home Office U-Turn and Border War Debates

More than 40 Afghanistan nationals have now had their performance visas granted, following a last-minute refusal from the Home Office.

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Nicholas Snowman obituary

Arts administrator who founded the London Sinfonietta and led the Southbank Centre and Glyndebourne

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