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What is 'following'?The cosiest venue in the Southbank Centre complex, the Purcell Room is an intimate, 365-seat auditorium within the Queen Elizabeth Hall. Literature events tend to be its mainstay with readings from prominent authors as well as lectures and spoken word events, though musicians are increasingly making their way into the listings from chamber orchestras to folkies.
Rising star pianist Neame may not possess the same demonstrative flare as Mercury prize nominee Gwilym Simcock, and y...
The author of the successful 'Horrid Henry' series of children's books reads from her latest book, 'The Sleeping Army'.
The successful London-based author who penned the 'How to Train Your Dragon' series, which is set in an archaic vikin...
The prolific children's author, whose story 'There's a Viking in My Bed' was adapted into a TV series by the BBC, ret...
Composer and conductor Shirley J Thompson has created this show, based on the book 'Nelson Mandela's Favourite Africa...
The Kent-born actor, comedian and comical swashbuckler Ragetti from Disney's 'Pirates of the Caribbean', reads from h...
To mark the launch of his exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, Jeremy Deller answers 20 questions from artists, critics...
nternationally acclaimed British tenor saxophonist Garland, one time Chick Corea sidekick, here lines up with two of ...

To celebrate its tenth birthday, its triumphant dodging last year of bureaucracy's axe and its highest ever listening...
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