Tangram’s cultural picks for Easter 2026
The Tangrammers have their chocolate eggs at the ready. Here’s what’s on their cultural agendas for this year’s long Easter weekend.
Katie Balcombe
Katie will be learning about the history and culture of Hawai’i at the British Museum
“Usually my Easter is lovely and peaceful and I take the time to enjoy the extended time off, but this year it’s turned into a busy weekend. Around the same time I’m celebrating Passover on 1 and 2 April, seeing my extended family and eating all the good food. I’m mainly excited about cracking open the matzo box, which only gets opened at this time of year! Other than Passover, I’m going to the British Museum to see the Hawaiʻi exhibition. Having been to Hawai’i myself in December of last year, I’m keen to learn more about the islands’ history and culture. Like Laura I’ll be reading Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis. It’s a surprisingly funny and insightful look into a serious and quite complex subject matter. I'm really enjoying it and learning loads at the same time. Whilst my business partners will be indulging in the high brow arts, I will inevitably be bringing the bar slightly (only slightly) lower with a potential Married at First Sight Australia (MAFS) binge.”
Laura Bates
Laura will be visiting Tate Modern for the Tracey Emin exhibition
“I’m looking forward to taking my parents to Chelsea Physic Garden, which happens to be a client of ours. Despite living in London they’ve never visited and I think a family Easter trip will be the perfect time to go, they’ll love it. I’m also going to see the Tracey Emin retrospective at Tate Modern, which as a long-time fan I’m very excited about. At some point, I’m hoping to squeeze in a film at my favourite cinema, The Castle in Hackney, an amazing community owned cinema that I try to go to once a week as a member. And finally over the weekend I’ll need to finish my book, Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis. It’s a Women's Prize for Fiction 2025 shortlisted book and the topic of the bookclub that Katie and I attend so I need to finish it before the meet-up!”
Andrew Marcus
Andrew will be spending the weekend in Constable Country
“This year I’ll be spending Easter weekend in Wivenhoe. Inspired by a recent trip to see Turner & Constable: Rivals & Originals at Tate Britain, we’ve booked this trip to visit Constable Country and other parts of North Essex. As well as enjoying the sites and the fresh air, I’m excited to finally visit the Company Shed after many years. This will be my first time back to Mersea Island since my family’s one and only failed attempt at a camping holiday on a windy weekend in the early 1990s. While I’m away I plan to finish the excellent Bog People: A Working-Class Anthology of Folk Horror, which I started at the end of last year but have been saving for a long weekend so I can give it my full attention. And if time allows I’ll belatedly bake Passover biscuits using my Nana’s recipes. If you haven’t eaten Passover macaroons, coconut pyramids or cinnamon balls, they’re nutty, chewy and totally delicious.”
Jamie Reece
Jamie will be visiting Saffron Hall for a performance of Bach’s St. John Passion
“We’re hosting my parents this Easter in South Cambridgeshire and, happily, my Dad is a big classical music fan so we’ll kick off with a performance of Bach’s St. John Passion at Saffron Hall, a world class venue nestled in the campus of a local comprehensive secondary school. Then, in between walks and cooking, I’m hoping to finish off two books which I’ve been dipping in and out of over the last couple months: Robert Mcfarlane’s The Old Ways: Journeys on Foot, a sumptuously written paean to walking as a way to connect through time and place and Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s Long Island Compromise, a wild, sprawling, intimate satire that is making me chuckle on my commute. I’ll probably catch up on the five free short films released by BFI and the British Council to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Flare film festival and I need to start watching Channel 4’s Dirty Business, which I hear is absolutely brilliant. The long weekend might be the time to binge!”
