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☆ 'We can’t allow the cultural infrastructure to literally crumble': One of London's most popular arts attractions needs a $200 million fix
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Lucy Handley | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

The exterior of the Hayward Gallery, part of the Southbank Centre. "We can't allow the cultural infrastructure to literally crumble in our hands, because ... without investment, it won't be here," Ball told CNBC. (The neighboring National Theatre and British Film Institute Southbank are not part of the Southbank Centre.) During his first year at the Southbank Centre, he oversaw more than 5,400 events and shows. "Thinking Fountains," an installation by German artist Klaus Weber, outside the Hayward Gallery at the Southbank Centre.

Persons: Norman Engleback, Michelle Obama, Anish Kapoor, Tracey Emin, Nina Simone, Elaine Bedell, Mark Ball, —, Ball, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell, Jack Taylor, Lisa Nandy's, it's, Richard III, Antony Sher, Antony, Gilbert Prousch, George Passmore, Gilbert, George, Marina Abramovic, Elizabeth Hall, Daniel Leal, Igor Levit, Cillian Murphy, Klaus Weber Organizations: Hayward, Southbank Centre, Universal, Getty, Southbank, Conservative, Labour, CNBC, Royal Festival Hall, Queen, National Theatre, British Film Institute, Former U.S, Royal, Hall, Manchester International, Association of, of Britain, Apple, London's Southbank, Ball, Science and Industry, Royal Shakespeare Company, AFP, Artists, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Locations: London, Manchester, Serbian

☆ I missed Beyoncé’s European tour, so I flew 4,600 miles to New Orleans to see her in concert — by myself
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Lucy Handley | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Afterward, I listened to "Summer Renaissance," Beyoncé's reworking of one of my favorite songs, Donna Summer's 1977 disco hit "I Feel Love," on repeat. Beyoncé's daughter, Blue Ivy, dances, as her mother sings behind her on the London, U.K. leg of the Renaissance World Tour in May 2023. Virgin Hotels New Orleans, where I stayed, is only a half-mile from the Superdome stadium, and was well-prepared to host the many concertgoers who stayed there. Members of Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour band perform at jazz club Snug Harbor in New Orleans, led by saxophonist Kat Rodriguez (second from right). Caesars Superdome stadium in New Orleans is illuminated by thousands of lights attached to audience members' wristbands during Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour.

Persons: Beyoncé, Kevin Mazur, WireImage, Alexander McQueen, Roksanda, Roksanda Ilincic, Annie Macmanus, Donna Summer's, Blue Ivy, Beyoncé I've, I've, Redmond —, Honey Dijon, Laveau Contraire, Kat Rodriguez, Lucy Handley, Crystal Torres, Tayler Green, Danny Laurino, John Coletti, Hurricane Katrina, Willa Jean, diamante Organizations: Tottenham Hotspur, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Parkwood, London, Caesar's, British Airways, Southbank, Virgin Hotels, Preservation Hall, Bank, Getty, Garden, Uptown, Plantations, New, New Orleans police, Vue Orleans, Caesars Locations: London —, Instagram, London, U.K, British, Amsterdam, New Orleans , Louisiana, YOLO, New Orleans, Orleans, Virgin Hotels New Orleans, Bey, Preservation Hall , New Orleans, Snug, Faubourg Marigny, U.S, Mississippi, Louisiana, Beyoncé's

☆ London festival explores the power of ecopoetry to deliver hope
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Sarah Mills | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Poet Nina Mingya Powles performs for Reuters on stage at the National Poetry Library, ahead of 'Poetry International' in London, Britain, July 19, 2023. Its organisers said ecopoetry was an obvious focus given rising concern about climate change as record-breaking heatwaves have swept parts of the globe. Also taking part is 30-year-old New Zealand born poet Nina Mingya Powles who is concerned about water quality. "If someone feels in (a) poem, the boundaries collapse between ... what we think of as the human and the non-human ... that for me is hope," she said. Reporting by Sarah Mills; Editing by Barbara Lewis and Alison WilliamsOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Nina Mingya Powles, Sarah Mills, Ted Hughes, ecopoetry, CAConrad, Barbara Lewis, Alison Williams Organizations: Reuters, Poetry, REUTERS, Southbank, British, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, New Zealand, Wellington Harbour

☆ Greta Thunberg: COP27 an opportunity for "greenwashing, lying and cheating"
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( Gloria Dickie | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg speaks with British journalist Samira Ahmed (not pictured) on stage at the Royal Festival Hall during the launch event of her new book "The Climate Book", during The Southbank Centre’s London Literature Festival, in London, Britain, October 30, 2022. REUTERS/Henry NichollsLONDON, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Climate activist Greta Thunberg on Sunday called out next month's United Nations climate summit in Egypt for being "held in a tourist paradise in a country that violates many basic human rights." Speaking at the London Literature Festival at the Southbank Centre where she was promoting her new book, "The Climate Book", 19-year-old Thunberg dismissed the looming climate summit, known as COP27, as an opportunity for "people in power... to [use] greenwashing, lying and cheating." While Thunberg did attend protests in Glasgow last year for COP26, she said she won't attend COP27, scheduled to be held from Nov. 6 to Nov. 18 in Sharm El Sheikh. Thunberg rose to prominence in 2018 at the age of 15 by staging school strikes in her native Sweden, becoming the face of the youth activist climate movement.

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