Barbican Life
The website for Barbican Residents
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Three Generations
A PERSONAL REFLECTION ON THREE GENERATIONS OF FAMILY LIFE IN THE BARBICAN by Nadine Waddell “And up there” said my daughter pointing high up to one of the famous tooth edge balconies of the … continue reading
RECENT ARTICLES
The First Barbican Baby
(interview with Valerie Healey transcribed by Helen Hudson) We moved into Andrewes House in 1969. Our second flat was in Willoughby House but due to my ill health at the time the stairs over the … continue reading
FLATWATCH
Barbican Flatwatch Summer 2019 – 50 Years and Still Going Strong
It is interesting to look back over prices of Barbican properties in the 15 or so years we have been publishing Barbican Life. In our first issue in a feature with the rather anodyne title of … continue reading
BARBICAN RESTAURANT REVIEWS
‘it’s a bit like a jamboree in your mouth’
This place is up there with my favourites. Head up Bunhill Row past Bunhill Fields and you’ll find Flamboree on Old St on the site of the original Bovril factory. Exterior Seating 75, the … continue reading
LATEST RESIDENT NEWS
325 years, 325 objects Bank of England Museum
22 July 2019 - 15 May 2020 325TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND 325 OBJECTS, MANY PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN, TELL THE STORIES OF THE BANK Story-filled exhibition covers art, design, … continue reading
LONDON RESTAURANT REVIEWS
Around the corner to Gascony
Monsieur le Duck has arrived in Clerkenwell fresh from success in their temporary home in Spitalfields. On the left hand side of Clerkenwell Road heading west, just a little past the high walls of … continue reading
LATEST RESIDENT NEWS
Fundraising for Fortune St Park Community Fun Day
Fundraiser Fortune St. Park Community Fun Day In its 17th year organised by 4 local residents from City and Islington sides. About 500 visitors on the day, many from the Barbican and surrounding … continue reading
RESTAURANT NEWS
Foxlow closing end of June
After a fantastic 6 years Foxlow are closing down. With Foxlow closed they will be able to focus exclusively on Hawksmoor, which continues to thrive in the UK and on their opening in New York this … continue reading
BARBICANIA
Our second issue each year is always in June and this summer we are celebrating the 50th birthday of the first Residents moving onto the Estate, but before I start with all that – a toast - here’s to … continue reading