The latest installment of the annual architecture festival Open House London sees the Salterton Arts Review and the Urban Geographer combine their interests and visit a range of interesting spots across the city. Open House London 2024 Well that’s it, I’ve finally done it. I’ve got so overexcited at Open House London that I have […]
Waleed Akhtar’s latest work charts the love and friendship between its central characters as ‘life comes for them’. The Real Ones Alright, this week’s theatre theme is even easier to spot than last week’s. This week is all about friendships between women and queer people. About the love and understanding between them. About when it’s […]
Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss’s new feelgood musical Why Am I So Single? takes over the Garrick Theatre. Hands down best anthropomorphic furniture I’ve seen all year. Why Am I So Single? Why didn’t they reply to my message? If I send a follow up now, do I look too needy? Why do I keep […]
What can you expect from a late opening of the Bank of England Museum? A lot of learning about money and the economy, with a healthy dose of history and some architecture! The Bank of England Museum The Salterton Arts Review maintains a list of all the museums and heritage spots in London we haven’t […]
Twine, by Selina Thompson, is on now at the Yard Theatre, bringing to life a folkloric and thoughtful tale of adoption, separation and love. Content warning: contains references to child death and grief. Twine We do like to spot a theme for the week’s theatre on the Salterton Arts Review. And this week’s theme, I […]
The Shatter Box returns to the Lion and Unicorn Theatre, posing questions about our relationship to the truth and to each other. The Shatter Box The Lion and Unicorn Theatre, and resident theatre company Proforça, have a special place in this blogger’s heart. Back in 2021 after a particularly dreary lockdown, I was absolutely delighted […]
A small-scale exhibition at the Garden Museum, Gardening Bohemia: Bloomsbury Women Outdoors encourages visitors to reframe this literary group through a subject near to their hearts: their gardens. Gardening Bohemia: Bloomsbury Women Outdoors On one of the last warm days of summer, I decided to treat myself to a museum day with a bit of […]
Tom Bailey of performance company Mechanimal brings attention to the plight of endangered animals (and our planet) with Crap at Animals, a humorous show for the whole family. Crap at Animals The feat is certainly impressive. Tom Bailey not only attempts to do impressions of the 44,000 animals that are extinct or endangered, he also […]
