Conductor Simon Rattle’s decision to leave his post as music director of the London Symphony Orchestra has raised questions about Diller Scofidio & Renfro’s £288m plans for a new concert hall for the capital.
Proposals for the 2,000-capacity venue, earmarked for the current site of Powell & Moya’s Museum of London, at the south-west corner of the Barbican, were understood to have been the deal-clincher that brought Rattle to the LSO in 2017 – following 18 years as principal conductor with the Berlin Philharnonic Orchestra.
Rattle yesterday announced that he will leave his post at the LSO at the end of 2023 – a one-year extension to his current contract but not the second five-year term that some had expected. The conductor will take up a new role as chief conductor of the Munich-based Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, but he will also become lifetime conductor emeritus of the LSO.
New concept designs for Smithfield East & West Market buildings and Rotunda unveiled What is city talk?
Smithfield concept
The City of London Corporation has revealed the first images of new concept designs for turning these special buildings into a new food and cultural destination for all Londoners.
The new images, which have been put together by architects Studio Egret West, show how the buildings could be used in the future – helping to strengthen and diversify the cultural and creative offer of the Square Mile, while attracting new visitors and the wider public to the market buildings.
The new concept designs have evolved following public engagement held in the summer of this year, with a further iteration set to be released during 2021.
Lady Margaret Tebbit, survivor of Brighton bombing, dies aged 86
Wife of Lord Tebbit passes away at couple s home in Suffolk after suffering from Lewy Body Dementia for many years
Norman and Margaret Tebbit at home in the family garden
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Lord Tebbit is mourning the death of his wife Margaret, 36 years after she was left paralysed by the IRA s bombing of the Grand Hotel in Brighton.
Lady Tebbit passed away at the couple s Suffolk home in the early hours of Saturday following years suffering from Lewy Body Dementia, which left the 86-year-old needing 24-hour nursing care.