Dulwich Festival Articles

Dulwich Festival is back in May

Dulwich Festival is back in May with a full line up of live events for the first time in three years, rebuilding community connections in a celebration of the arts across the borough and beyond. […]

A conversation about the iconic Striding Man sculpture by Oliffe Richmond

In 1962, Oliffe Richmond’s epoch-defining, Striding Man, a large outdoor bronze sculpture, was gifted by London County Council to the presently named Charter School in Dulwich. The artwork currently resides in the school grounds boxed […]

The Nightingale - Sam Lee and Harriet Lamb in Conversation

Harriet Lamb has been CEO of climate solutions charity Ashden for two years having previously served as CEO at peace-building organisation International Alert, and prior to that leading Fairtrade in the UK and internationally. Harriet’s […]

Interview with Jennifer Scott, Sackler Director of Dulwich Picture Gallery

Dulwich Picture Gallery is set to reopen to the public on May 19th. Ahead of the opening, Director, Jennifer Scott, will be appearing at the virtual Dulwich Festival, where she will be discussing the Gallery’s […]

Sports and Sports Personalities in Dulwich 1870-1970

Sport and Dulwich are synonymous, few other areas of London can claim to have as many sports fields and sports clubs. While there had always been a large number of fields in the area used […]

Dulwich Festival - John Hegley: Fish and Ships.

Poet, comedian and musician John Hegley will return to this year’s Dulwich Festival via live stream to present his family workshop, John Hegley: Fish and Ships. What led you to become a poet? Hearing the poem, […]

The Dulwich Festival returns next month!

The Dulwich Festival (7th-16th May) returns with a veritable smorgasbord of virtual delights with offerings of art, music, talks and literature. The Festival will also host a series of lively and thought-provoking live streamed events, […]

#VirtualDulwichFestival 2021

It is six years since Danny Dorling, Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, University of Oxford last appeared at the Dulwich Festival and he will return in May via a live stream with Aditya Chakrabortty, senior economics commentator for […]