Philippa Simpson, director of buildings and renewal at the Barbican, said the centre was "a beacon of an optimistic future" in the wake of World War Two. "This project is rooted in the vision and ...

A new programme of films at the Barbican in London aims to showcase how animation can be used to “circumvent our defences” in thinking about war In 1988, the Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli ...

The Barbican itself is a divisive building ... She was working as a sound engineer during the World War when she composed it, and it preempted so many developments in music technology. I think the ...

Models by Ray Harryhausen, including a Martian prototype replica for War of the Worlds (unfilmed, c.1949), original latex models (and plaster model) for First Men in the Moon (c.1963) at Into the ...

The war in Ukraine has changed — and it’s deadlier than ever. After Russia invaded, artillery, missiles, tanks and trench warfare dominated the fight, often echoing the World Wars. Today ...