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candle obituary schedule May 29, 2026

Nigel Dunnett obituary

Nigel Dunnett, a pioneering landscape designer, horticulturist, and educator known for transforming urban spaces with ecologically rich and visually dramatic naturalistic planting, has died at age 63 from cancer. His major projects included the Superbloom installation in the moat of the Tower of London for Queen Elizabeth II's platinum jubilee in 2022, the planting design for the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park for the 2012 London Olympics, and a diamond jubilee garden at Buckingham Palace. He also worked on community-scale projects like a rooftop garden on the Old Kent Road and was involved in designs for Battersea Power Station, the Barbican, and Grosvenor Square.

rate_review review schedule May 25, 2026

Criminal review – homelessness show delivers a rage-making punch in the gut

The article reviews "Criminal: An Untold Story of Homelessness, Resistance and Survival," an installation at London's Museum of Homelessness. The show features works by Romany Gypsy poet and artist Gemma Lees, including a caravan installation with china decorated with hostile Sun newspaper headlines about Gypsy and Traveller encampments, and festive bunting printed with historical state proscriptions against nomadic communities dating from the Egyptians Act of 1530 to the 2022 Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act. The exhibition, set largely in the garden of the museum's new home at Finsbury Park's Manor House Lodge, explores how homeless people and nomadic communities have been criminalized over 400 years.

museum exhibitions schedule Apr 14, 2026

V&A East architecture review – from ceramics to codpieces, this is a honey-coloured treasure trove of human ingenuity

V&A East has officially unveiled its new museum building in London’s Olympic Park, a striking architectural addition to the city's burgeoning 'East Bank' cultural district. Designed by O’Donnell + Tuomey, the structure features a faceted, honey-colored concrete exterior inspired by the intricate folds of a sleeve in a Vermeer painting and the structural tailoring of Cristóbal Balenciaga. The interior houses a diverse collection of human ingenuity, ranging from Leigh Bowery’s sequined codpieces to historical ceramics, all organized within a framework that emphasizes the process of making.

candle obituary schedule Mar 30, 2026

Desmond Williams obituary

Architect Desmond Williams, known for designing modern Catholic churches, has died at age 93. His work, which includes four listed churches, was celebrated for its innovative integration of liturgical function, architectural ambition, and artistic collaboration, placing him among the leading figures of postwar British architecture.

museum exhibitions schedule Mar 23, 2026

Flock and awe: inside the big changes at Henry Moore’s glorious sheep-filled Hoglands home

The Henry Moore Foundation has reopened the Sheep Field Barn gallery at Moore's former home and studio in Perry Green after a major architectural redesign by DSDHA. The reopening is marked by an exhibition of Moore's seminal Shelter Drawings, created when he first arrived at the estate during the Second World War.

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