The colourful Brazilian summer at the Southbank Centre draws to a close on the first weekend of September, and to add to the occasion the miniature favela of Project Morrinho is to be given away brick by brick to mark the end of Festival Brazil. Read the full story

Boy what a mix, and you can celebrate carnival and the August Bank Holiday by indulging in a little Japanese food with a Brazilian twist on the Southbank.

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JD picks the best of the hottest event this summer: Southbank Centre’s Festival Brazil

It’s been a long time in the making and it wasn’t easy. Over 70 Brazilian events in the form of concerts, exhibitions, talks, films and performances are taking over the Southbank Centre. This summer-long festival is a combo of local Brazilian artists, classic names, and up-and-coming musical and literary voices. Mix this with a big dose of audience involvement and the line up might just transport you mentally a little bit closer to the shores of Brazil.

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Oscar Guardiola-Rivera’s book What If Latin America Ruled The World? Depicts a fascinating new alternative away from the pragmatism of the european model

Oscar Guardiola-Rivera is a man with big ideas. According to him the geography of the Amazon is the direct result of mankind. If the subject turns to football, he likes to provoke by saying that the sport was not invented by the English. These and other thoughts are what comprise his new book, an epic read with almost 500 pages which has just been released in the UK, an exploration of the growth in the importance of Latin America on the international scene. Oscar met Jungle at the top of the Hayward Gallery, where the artist (and friend of Oscar) Ernesto Neto has new work on show as part of Festival Brazil, promoted by the Southbank Centre. “This exhibition is yet more proof of this Latin invasion which is taking shape”, he says. Read the full story

Brazilian fever is hitting the UK hard this year, with Festival Brazil at the Southbank Centre and the likes of Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Maria Rita and Céu performing here and there, and even the notorious Wallpaper* Magazine has been seduced by its allure. Read the full story