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  • Open call for Chair of the Longplayer Trust
    14 May 2024

    The Longplayer Trust, established in 2000 to look after and support the extraordinary 1000-year-long artwork Longplayer, is looking for a new Chair to lead the organisation and its Board of Trustees into the next quarter century. With ambitious programming and strategic planning already in process for Longplayer’s 25th anniversary in 2025, Longplayer’s new Chair will…

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  • Sunday 28th April: Longplayer likely at full capacity from 2pm
    27 April 2024

    For anyone intending to visit Longplayer on Sunday 28th April, please note that we have a sold out event running from 1.30pm, with a talk at 3.30pm. As such, the Lighthouse may reach full capacity from as early as 2pm. While we would like to accommodate those passing by, we can’t guarantee a space so…

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  • Long Afternoon with Iain Sinclair, Sunday 28th April
    12 April 2024

    Longplayer invites you to spend a Long Afternoon in the lighthouse with Iain Sinclair on Sunday 28th April. The lighthouse will be open to visitors, with a young persons activity table, from 1:30-3pm, and Iain Sinclair’s talk, ‘Gifts of the River Returning’ will take place at 3:30pm. Iain’s talk will reflect on the legacies of…

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  • Watch Gavin Starks’ Lecture – How Will We Be Long ?
    03 February 2024

    On the 29th February 2024 Longplayer Trustee Gavin Starks presented a talk and discussion on the topic “how can a piece of music help us think about the next 1000 years ?” You can watch it here. Context: Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli is Lord Mayor of the City of London from 10 November 2023 until 10 November…

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  • Live Stream is Back
    26 November 2023

    The live stream is now back online. As we cannot guarantee its reliability you may find a better alternative, if you are an iOS user, is to download the app. The app literally performs Longplayer without any need for an internet connection. And if you want to turn a space into a listening post, to…

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