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'Offerings and Exchange' by Theresa Lola: a poem for 70 Years of the Royal Festival Hall
Poet Theresa Lola stands on a darkened Royal Festival Hall stage
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'Offerings and Exchange' by Theresa Lola: a poem for 70 Years of the Royal Festival Hall

Theresa Lola reads her poem ‘Offerings and Exchange’, written to commemorate 70 years of the Royal Festival Hall, in this specially produced video

Tony Benn on the early Labour Party
Tony Benn speaking at the anti war demonstration in Hyde Park, London Saturday February 15 2003
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Tony Benn on the early Labour Party

Labour Party Politician Tony Benn discusses the party’s early years in this talk recorded at the Southbank Centre in 2013.

Laura Bates on establishing Everyday Sexism
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Laura Bates on establishing Everyday Sexism

The feminist writer, campaigner and author delivers the story behind her Everyday Sexism Project in this talk filmed at 2013’s WOW festival.

John le Carré: an evening with George Smiley
John Le Carre speaking at Royal Festival
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John le Carré: an evening with George Smiley

Watch an excerpt from John le Carré’s 2017 appearance on our stage, when he discussed the origins of his much-loved character George Smiley.

Jeremy Deller on his influences and the joy within his work
Portrait of artist, Jeremy Deller at All That Is Solid Melts Into Air Exhibition
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Jeremy Deller on his influences and the joy within his work

Jeremy Deller joins Hayward Gallery Director Ralph Rugoff to discuss his 2012 retrospective exhibition, Joy In People.

Matthew Krishanu on his paintings of workers in Everyday Heroes
Installation view of Matthew Krishanu works at Southbank Centre's Everyday Heroes, 2020. Copyright the artist. Photo credit: Linda Nylind.
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Matthew Krishanu on his paintings of workers in Everyday Heroes

Artist Matthew Krishanu introduces his paintings of workers in the Southbank Centre’s free 2020 outdoor exhibition, Everyday Heroes.

Among the Trees: Eija-Liisa Ahtila
People sitting in a space with a tree displayed on a large screen
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Among the Trees: Eija-Liisa Ahtila

Artist Eija-Lissa Ahtila explains how she created her huge, cinematic portrait of a spruce tree, Horizontal – Vaakasuora, for the Hayward Gallery.

Walking among giants: the lifespan of trees
A white, rock-like sculpture in the shape of a haunted tree with no leaves branching outwards at the top.
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Walking among giants: the lifespan of trees

Hayward Gallery’s Marie-Charlotte Carrier explores how trees challenge our sense of time in this short video from 2020’s Among the Trees exhibition.

Among the Trees: Eva Jospin
A person stands before a large, intricate wall sculpture made of thin brown tendrils resembling dense, tangled tree roots.
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Among the Trees: Eva Jospin

Artist Eva Jospin explains how she created her fairytale-like installation Forêt Palatine entirely from cardboard, for Hayward Gallery’s Among the Trees exhibition.

Among the Trees: a virtual tour
Mariele Neudecker, And Then the World Changed Colour Breathing Yellow, 2019, at Among the Trees, Hayward Gallery, 2020. © Mariele Neudecker 2020. Courtesy of Hayward Gallery. Photo Linda Nylind.
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Among the Trees: a virtual tour

Hayward Gallery director Ralph Rugoff leads a virtual tour of Among the Trees, our 2020 exhibition exploring our relationship with trees and forests.

The Great Women Artists' Katy Hessel on Bridget Riley
Katy Hessel of The Great Women Artists in Bridget Riley at Hayward Gallery
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The Great Women Artists' Katy Hessel on Bridget Riley

The founder of The Great Women Artists talks about viewing Bridget Riley’s works in person at Hayward Gallery’s 2019-20 Bridget Riley retrospective.

Bridget Riley in conversation with Ralph Rugoff
A screenshot of Bridget Riley, taken from a video of the artist in conversation with Ralph Rugoff at Hayward Gallery
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Bridget Riley in conversation with Ralph Rugoff

Watch artist Bridget Riley discuss her paintings with Hayward Gallery Director Ralph Rugoff, during her 2019-20 exhibition at the gallery.