London Culture Now – Bee’s Top Picks for Theatre and Exhibitions 2026

A 10-day trip to London over New Year meant our arts writer saw 17 plays and visited just as many exhibitions. With this overflowing cup of culture, I want to show you some things I particularly liked,  writes Sabine Koch… There were excellent shows, that have closed recently,  like the play Daniel’s Husband at the Marylebone […]

Bodleian Library Chair Competition

In September 2012 a UK-wide competition was launched to design a new chair for the historic Bodleian Libraries in Oxford. A call for entries resulted in a strong response of over 60 expressions of interest from designers and manufacturers. After much deliberation, six award-winning designer/manufacturer partnerships were selected to proceed to the next stage of […]