The countdown begins to What’s Hot London?’s own Hot Shorts Film Festival 2016 in October which promises to bring you the best of UK and international films by emerging directors. For these film-makers it is the culmination of much pain-staking pre-production, long hours on-set and putting full trust in the final edit. They eventually serve […]
British military officer and diplomat Thomas Edward Lawrence was the real life dashing Lawrence of Arabia immortalised by David Lean’s 1962 movie, with the steely blue eyes of Peter O’Toole in his likeness. The film won nine Oscars and catapulted O’Toole into global fame as an actor with an epic resume but there are still […]
Fabletop Theatre’s Girl and The Box tackles a problem as old as Man and Woman. What do we do with negative feelings such as depression, anger and fear that plague us in dark moments? Yes, we probably do shut them up in a box. But this playful yet deep ensemble piece has the lead character […]
The Brazilian dining experience ventures into traditionally unchartered waters taking on the all-you-can eat crowd and doing so with a quality and South American panache its lower market rivals fail to match. Ideally located on Shaftesbury Avenue for both the throng of tourists and the theatre-goers, it offers carvers on call for meat lovers and […]
Regardless of the British Isle’s unceasing scientific developments minor or major since the Celts, the Royal Observatory can easily lay claim to being the nation’s oldest such institution. Globally recognised as the location of the prime meridian this landmark site marked a turning point in British astronomy and navigation and it was architect Christopher Wren […]
After celebrated Brit sculptor Andrew Gormley completed his Angel of the North he was inundated with questions about his creative process? His memorable take on this: “People are always asking, why an angel? The only response I can give is that no-one has ever seen one and we need to keep imagining them.” Well imagine […]
The Anthology 2016 Prize held at the Charlie Smith Gallery, Old Street celebrated the cream of emerging talent with top judges such as Philly Adams, senior director at Saatchi Gallery announcing Eva Masterman the winner. Her ceramic sculptures Off Your Rocker and a kiln-like piece called Used catching the discerning eye.
Britain’s theatre sector is seemingly one of the few areas of the economy unaffected by Brexit – and actually thriving on the influx of tourists capitalising on a falling pound so this exhibition at the V&A is pretty timely. London and New York are the undoubted emphasis. The West End’s Theatreland has always topped the […]
A Festival of British folklore at Christie’s art auction house? Seems a strange mix. As was the exhibited photos, costumes, books and sculptures on display – and throw in some live folk dancers and balladeers performing in its Long Gallery for good measure. The venue lost its stuffy image as Mother Shipton lookalikes with shrubbery […]
The first electric traffic lights to be introduced in Britain were erected in London on this date August 3rd in 1926 whilst August 5th is the centenary of the first such lights anywhere in the world. We take for granted these safety signallers and their red, green and amber commands but with our capital city now […]
Hillary Clinton Graffiti/Painting Shoreditch By Street Artist Pegasus
