Sounds and Visions

How to save a London caff

London's favourite greasy spoon plans to go global. Is it such a bad idea?

Aug 1 • 

Helen Barrett

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July 2025

Cool places to work when London is hot

Air-conditioned pubs, cafes and libraries (mostly) with architectural flair and where you can hear yourself think

Jul 4 • 

Helen Barrett

8

June 2025

Drunken quarrels, flouncing, pomposity — whatever happened to late-night arts TV?

Things to see and do

Jun 13 • 

Helen Barrett

16

5

May 2025

The strange prescience of 80s youth cults

Things to see and do

May 30 • 

Helen Barrett

26

4

My futile battle with architects' claptrap

Things to see and do

May 16 • 

Helen Barrett

13

2

What Edna O'Brien and David Bowie taught me about work

Things to see and do

May 2 • 

Helen Barrett

7

1

April 2025

Lewd beasts, wild-eyed demons, Kurt Cobain's vomit

Things to see and do

Apr 14 • 

Helen Barrett

2

Monstrous Victor Hugo, Frozen People, endless Picasso

Things to see and do

Apr 1 • 

Helen Barrett

5

November 2023

Hockney, Aalto, Liverpool, Brixton

Cultural notes

Nov 3, 2023 • 

Helen Barrett

5

1

July 2022

Inside Battersea Power Station, Ingrid Pollard, young Elvis

Cultural notes - fortnightly

Jul 15, 2022 • 

Helen Barrett

2

1

June 2022

Copenhagen, Royal Academy Schools, Goldsmiths Contemporary, Barney Bubbles

Cultural notes - fortnightly

Jun 18, 2022 • 

Helen Barrett