Plans to turn David Bowie’s childhood home into tourist attraction ‘withdrawn but not dead’

Plans to turn David Bowie’s childhood home into tourist attraction ‘withdrawn but not dead’

Cameron BlackshawOct 27, 2026

A planning application to transform David Bowie’s childhood home into a tourist attraction has been withdrawn but project leaders have insisted the proposal is…

Aladdin Sane 50th Anniversary Concert

Aladdin Sane 50th Anniversary Concert

Michael HollandApr 22, 2023

I suspect that the majority of the full house at the Royal Festival Hall was there for the music of David Bowie as the…

Review: New exhibition at Southbank Centre really shows the making of an icon

Review: New exhibition at Southbank Centre really shows the making of an icon

Michael HollandApr 6, 2023

On entering the Aladdin Sane: 50 Years exhibition you are immediately surrounded by photographs of icons from another age that acclimatise you to the…

Aladdin Sane: 50 Years

Aladdin Sane: 50 Years

Michael HollandFeb 27, 2023

Stretching over fifty years, David Bowie and the Southbank Centre have had a storied past. Bowie made his Southbank Centre debut in 1969 in…

Peter Ban and Bowie in The Labyrinth

Peter Ban and Bowie in The Labyrinth

Michael HollandOct 27, 2022

Multi-award-winning comedy trio Sleeping Trees are returning with another festive mash-up, this year taking JM Barrie’s beloved boy who would not grow up, adding…