Barbican Life
The website for Barbican Residents
RECENT ARTICLES
The Fortune Theatre
Too good to wait for the next magazine, Peter Savage has been strolling the streets of EC2 exploring the Barbican's by-ways. Enjoy and explore on your daily lockdown exercise? BARBICAN … continue reading
RECENT ARTICLES
Agony Aunts through the ages
The Barbican area has had Agony Aunts through the ages (all called Ann oddly enough). Our own Ann Drewes has been going through the archives. 1625 - Dear Auntie Ann I do regularly worshippe at … continue reading
FLATWATCH
Dormant but Defiant?
There now seems to be little doubt that the uncertainties over Brexit, and the latest delay in it coming about or not, have been creating ongoing uncertainty that is dampening the overall London … continue reading
BARBICAN RESTAURANT REVIEWS
A great new casual Barbican restaurant
Well it’s not technically within the Barbican Estate itself but lies almost directly beneath the new Barbican highwalk just behind Salters Hall, but the new Barbie Green bar/restaurant/coffee shop is … continue reading
LATEST RESIDENT NEWS
Culture Mile: Radio Local
Hyper-local radio broadcast to the world Culture Mile, the City of London’s cultural district stretching from Farringdon to Moorgate will go hyper-local during the lockdown with Radio Local – a … continue reading
LONDON RESTAURANT REVIEWS
Casa do Frango: Memories of the Algarve
Around 30 years ago (how time flies) I have fond memories of a very pleasant summer holiday based at Carvoeiro on Portugal’s Algarve, but I only have retained two food memories thereof – magnificent, … continue reading
LATEST RESIDENT NEWS
LONDON EYE OPTIQUE
Update from Anne O'Donnell about her independent local business LONDON EYE OPTIQUE To all residents in the Barbican and especially to our valued patients and clients, as you are aware for the … continue reading
RESTAURANT NEWS
Irish pub launch at Daffodil Mulligan basement
Celebrated Irish pub, Gibney’s of Malahide, will launch its first international site in London after opening in Dublin over 80 years ago in 1937. The pub, run by Tony Gibney and his sons will open on … continue reading
BARBICANIA
Welcome to our first issue of the year and a chance to sweep away the cobwebs, have a jolly good spring clean and try something new. We’ve tried to trim down this issue a little, but our ever-growing … continue reading