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A Nordic Summer: Artist Denise Ballard-Wyllie’s Landscapes On Show In Finland
Posted in: Features, Galleries & Museums, Shows & Exhibitions Tags: Art, Denise Wyllie, Finland, linocut, Möhkönvirta Contemporary Art Exhibition, painter, printmaker, relief print, screenprint, visual artist

The Summer 2021 Möhkönvirta Contemporary Art Exhibition, Finland presents 19 artists from 5 different countries – 14 artists have produced work for the Biblio Nordic illustrated book project while London artist Denise Ballard-Wyllie is amongst the six invited visual artists outside the group. The work will be displayed in the Möhkö Ironworks Museum and its […]
We Compare Scaffolds: Marble Arch Mound And Tyburn Tree’s Execution Scaffold
Posted in: Editorial, Highlights, Places Tags: Marble Arch Mound, staycation, tourism, Tyburn Tree, West End attractions, Westminster Council

West End attraction Marble Arch Mound was temporarily closed after criticism from visitors. It promised panoramic views of London from the top of its viewing platform. We investigate reports about its ‘ugly’ scaffold and compare it to the notorious Tyburn Tree execution scaffold that once stood in Marble Arch. Marble Arch drew the crowds centuries […]
Rooftop Dining: Coq d’Argent (Restaurant)
Posted in: Food & Dining, Reviews Tags: al fresco, Bank, Coq d'Argent, Dining, food and drink, French restaurants, London restaurants, Mansion House, Restaurant, rooftop dining

The blazing British summer and Covid cautions make rooftop dining in the open air much more desirable. The Coq d’Argent in Bank is a French restaurant that is a class above the rest in that department. The summer weather will, no doubt, encourage British diners to try outdoor dining and help support the UK hospitality […]
How Will Freedom Day Impact London’s Travel, Tourism And Heritage Sectors?
Posted in: Editorial, Events & Festivals, Food & Dining, Galleries & Museums, Highlights, Travel & Leisure Tags: Boris Johnson, Freedom, heritage sector, July 19 reopening, Savid Javid, tourism sector, travel sector, UK economy

Boris Johnson recently announced that from July 19 England is open for business again, but does that include businesses catering for overseas visitors? It appears ‘Visit London’ is on hold until the transport and health ministries agree on the way forward. Boris Johnson’s ‘now or never’ announcement makes sense when you consider the devastating effect […]
The July 19 reopening: What now for London’s creative and hospitality sectors?
Posted in: Bars & Clubs, Concerts & Gigs, Editorial, Events & Festivals, Food & Dining, Galleries & Museums, Highlights, Shows & Exhibitions Tags: Boris Johnson, Concerts, Coronavirus, Covid-19, creative sector, cultural sector, hospitality sector, Matt Hancock, music festivals, music gigs, Nightclubs, pandemic, Roadmap out of lockdown

The Great Reopening? Freedom Day? The name doesn’t matter, the definitive date when we can finally get our lives back together does. The creative and hospitality sectors have suffered considerable losses during the pandemic and the delayed reopening has increased concern and confusion. When Boris Johnson announced the June 21 date will be moved to […]
London’s Great Reopening 2021: MUSEUMS
Posted in: Galleries & Museums, Highlights, Reviews, Shows & Exhibitions Tags: botanist, culture sector, ecosystem, environment, lockdown, London museums, London's Great Reopening, museum scientists, museum visit, Museums, Natural History Museum, Nature in Lockdown, Our Broken Planet, whats on in London, zoologist

In our special London’s Great Reopening feature What’s Hot London? is helping to re-energise our capital city by visiting galleries, museums, cinemas, music events and restaurants. Over the next few weeks, arts and culture writer Eddie Saint-Jean covers their steps out of Covid shutdown and openings, events, exhibitions and screenings. This week it’s our museum […]
Pop Art? Uncanny Art? Readymades? – all this and more at the Unity Exhibition, Candid Gallery, Islington
Posted in: Features, Galleries & Museums, Shows & Exhibitions Tags: aesthetics, Andy Warhol, Angel, Art, art in London, artist, Candid Arts, Candid Gallery, Eddie Saint-Jean, Exhibition, Galleries reopen, Islington, London arts, Marcel Duchamp, May 17, Pop Art, Readymades, Sigmund Freud, The Uncanny, Unity Exhibition, UnReadyMades

East London artist Eddie Saint-Jean works in moving image and photography and up until now most of his art has had underlying cinematic cultural references. But now in a slight departure from that style he has produced a new body of work which he describes as Un-ReadyMades. Eddie Saint-Jean with his photographic work ‘We’re All […]
Brexit and the pandemic will not stop artist Denise Wyllie’s international connections
Posted in: Features, Galleries & Museums, Shows & Exhibitions Tags: artist, Brexit, Denise Wylie, Fete D'Estampe, International art, landscapes, lockdown, painting, printmaking

With Brexit hindering artist travel to Europe and lockdown affecting countries further afield, artist Denise Wyllie reflects on her paused international connections. We discuss the importance of such influences in her work. International artist Denise Wyllie is amongst the many UK artists bound by the restrictions of the pandemic but looks forward to revisiting the […]
The Clooneys Call On British Museum To Return Parthenon Marbles To Greece
Posted in: Features, Galleries & Museums, Highlights, Shows & Exhibitions Tags: Acropolis, Amal Clooney, Ancient Greece, artifacts, Brexit, British Museum, Culture, George Clooney, George Osbourne, Greek, History, John Keats, Lord Byron, Lord Elgin, Ottoman Empire, Parthenon, Parthenon Marbles, relics, stolen artefacts, The Elgin Marbles

The Parthenon Marbles, the Clooney’s and a poetical perspective from Keats and Byron THE PARTHENON MARBLES became front-page news back in 2014 when Greece appointed international human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, wife of Hollywood actor George Clooney, to argue their return from Britain to their homeland of Greece. The argument was raised again in 2018 […]
Theatre And The New Normal (Theatre)
Posted in: Bars & Clubs, Drama & Theatre, Events & Festivals, Food & Dining, Reviews Tags: Brexit, Canal Cafe Theatre, Fringe theatre, Ian Dixon Potter, Kate Carthy, Little Venice, monologue, plays, Regents Canal, Tales From The Golden Age, The New Normal, Theatre, theatre review

The UK’s second lockdown threatened to decimate an already rocky theatre sector. It was amongst the worst affected by the restrictions of the pandemic, because of the need for tightly packed audiences in both the Fringe and West End to ensure financial viability. A few days after the ending of second lockdown, arts and culture […]

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A Nordic Summer: Artist Denise Ballard-Wyllie’s Landscapes On Show In Finland

We Compare Scaffolds: Marble Arch Mound And Tyburn Tree’s Execution Scaffold

Rooftop Dining: Coq d’Argent (Restaurant)

How Will Freedom Day Impact London’s Travel, Tourism And Heritage Sectors?

The July 19 reopening: What now for London’s creative and hospitality sectors?

London’s Great Reopening 2021: MUSEUMS

Pop Art? Uncanny Art? Readymades? – all this and more at the Unity Exhibition, Candid Gallery, Islington

Brexit and the pandemic will not stop artist Denise Wyllie’s international connections

The Clooneys Call On British Museum To Return Parthenon Marbles To Greece

Theatre And The New Normal (Theatre)

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