A collection of our Sunday talks at Christ Church Spitalfields.

This summer our What Next? series returns asking questions about what the future of the arts within society might look like. We’ve invited guest speakers to give their thoughts, in a series of podcast talks, about the role of the arts in cities, in local communities, right now. Each day throughout our Festival we’ll be releasing a new podcast. Join the debate with #WhatNext

Take a break and stop for a bite to eat at the Taste East festival, Friday 2nd & Saturday 3rd March 2007. It's a journey through the East End’s history through food; enjoy authentic East End flavours and dishes which reflect the cultural diversity of the area.

Bishopsgate Institute Podcast - talks, debates and readings from Bishopsgate Institute's cultural events programme. For more information about Bishopsgate Institute, our cultural events, courses and library, visit www.bishopsgate.org.uk.

Each Friday, My First Band features a long-form interview with a different notable musician about all of the projects that preceded what you know them for. We discuss their musical origins, and we trace a few of their embarrassing high school bands and other associated bands that happened before they broke out. This show digs deeper than any Wikipedia page or band bio would ever dare to go. And, sometimes, the guests will even share some of their old songs. You can expect to hear a lot of in ...

This podcast is about people working the nightshift. Nightworkers are women and men that pass as ‘invisible' to the rest of us, day people. They are employed in manual work and travel in the dark to work all night. Guests appearing on this show share their experiences of nightwork or investigating the nighttime city. The podcast aims to answer some of these questions: Why do people do the night shift? Who are they? How do they live into the night? How does if feel to work all night while the ...

This collection transports you to Europe of 1600 to 1850. Many of the foundations of European culture were being laid: commerce, arts institutions, art displays, terraced houses … even tattooing. Things we now take for granted in the fabric of our lives. Yet here we glimpse them through the eyes of a society for whom they weren’t yet set in stone. The shape of the urban environment was being defined. Yet there was a burgeoning nostalgia for all things rural, and a hunger for the trappings of ...

Travel to London beyond time and place with London expert, writer and historian Philipp Röttgers. Weekly new episodes in English and German! "Talks beyond time and place": Every episode features another Londoner as a guest, and Philipp and his guest chat about how London influences their lives. "Tales beyond time and place": Dark, strange and mysterious London-tales "Deutsche Episoden": Wir bringen euch London auf die Ohren - und lassen euch eine Reise unternehmen ins London jenseits von Ort ...