Barbican Life
The website for Barbican Residents
RECENT ARTICLES
Fire Brigade exercise in Cromwell Tower
Jane Smith, Chair of the Barbican Association, reports on the recent Fire Brigade high rise training exercise conducted in Cromwell Tower I once said one of the highlights of being chair of the … continue reading
RECENT ARTICLES
The Elizabeth Line Reaches The Barbican – and its likely benefits
Barbican resident Peter Savage updates us on the construction of the Elizabeth Line (Crossrail), which runs under the estate, and offers Barbican reidents direct access to the new rail link with … continue reading
FLATWATCH
Steady as she goes! – Flatwatch Spring 2018
The media has been suggesting, at the very least, a hiatus in property price increases in the London area, although it appears the principal price fall sufferers have been at the real high end of the … continue reading
BARBICAN RESTAURANT REVIEWS
Mid-range French fare at Brasserie Blanc
Mid-range French fare at Brasserie Blanc Heading down Moorgate towards Bank, turn left behind the Bank of England, and a couple of roads on, you reach Brasserie Blanc Threadneedle Street which is … continue reading
LATEST RESIDENT NEWS
Sublimecomp opportunity for young artists
Young artists to compete to display work in new exhibition at Guildhall Art Gallery Budding young artists are being offered the unique opportunity to have their work displayed in a major new … continue reading
LONDON RESTAURANT REVIEWS
Galettes and Crêpes par excellence at L’Ami Malo
For perhaps a lighter choice of restaurant food it is hard to beat the more flavoursome take on French style Galettes and Crepes and L’Ami Malo in Artillery Passage, close to Liverpool Street Station, … continue reading
LATEST RESIDENT NEWS
CULT COLLABORATION for Clerkenwell Design Week
CULT COLLABORATION for Clerkenwell Design Week Fringe Festival 2018: For Clerkenwell Design Week, CULT VISION COLLABORATIONS present their bespoke programmable furniture. Conceived by CULT VISION … continue reading
RESTAURANT NEWS
Bowling Bird latest restaurant to join discount scheme
The latest restaurant to join the Barbican Association Discount Scheme is the relatively new Bowling Bird on Cloth Fair, located in John Betjeman’s old house – No. 44 - and opposite the St. … continue reading
BARBICANIA
What gets the residents of the Barbican up in arms – or perhaps those of any other similar urban village? In one word – Encroachment. In the Barbican it is the constant sense of being in some kind … continue reading