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  • Fashion Utopias: the International Fashion Showcase 2016
    Fashion Utopias
    Posted in: Highlights, Shows & Exhibitions

    With London Fashion Week now in full swing, Somerset House in Temple is hosting the Fashion Utopias: International Fashion Showcase 2016 with an array of design talent, across 24 different countries from Austria to the United Arab Emirates. In a bold move that merges art with fashion, each designer also works with a national curator […]

  • Oxford Fashion Studio - London Collection Season LaunchOxford Fashion Studio - London Collection Season Launch
    Oxford Fashion Studio: London Collection Season Launch
    Posted in: Highlights, Places, Shows & Exhibitions

    LONDON FASHION WEEK is barely a weekend away and it promises to be a celebratory, wine popping few days of launch parties before catwalks across the capital host the brightest emerging design talent. Oxford Fashion Studio recently held its London Collection Season Launch on Devonshire Terrace, near Liverpool Street Station in the exact outdoor spot […]

  • The Calder Prize 2005-2015
    The Calder Prize 2005-2015
    Posted in: Shows & Exhibitions

    The Calder Prize 2005-2015 at the Royal Academy building, Mayfair was the biggest art party in town on Feb 11th. Organised by Pace London this private view celebrated the work and influence of American sculptor Alexander Calder but this time through the interpretations of previous winners of his Calder Prize. Although teeming with guests on […]

  • Scream London After Party Show
    Scream London Gallery’s After Show Party
    Posted in: Shows & Exhibitions

    Scream London Gallery’s After Show Party private view for emerging artists was the place to be if you happened to be in the vicinity of Oxford St on February 11th. London’s most famous street has had a lot of bad press recently because of its car pollution levels but the refreshing talent on show was […]

  • S.O.U.L Connect
    S.O.U.L Connect Film Screening and Networking
    Posted in: Highlights, Movies & TV Shows

    S.O.U.L. Connect’s recent short film screening and networking night at the BFI, South Bank sought to address the low numbers of ethnic minorities employed professionally in television and film, giving them a platform for their development. The S.O.U.L initials stand for screening our unseen lives and emerging directors such as Damien Swaby capitalised on the […]

  • Valentine's Late National Gallery
    Valentine’s Late
    Posted in: Events & Festivals, Galleries & Museums, Highlights

    On the most romantic day of the year Valentine’s Late at the National Gallery February 12th offered a programme of love themed art and entertainment. Its normally silent Sainsburys Wing became a mini concert venue of sorts, taken over by traditionally dressed musicians with lutes and drums setting the tone for English court society in […]

  • Miro's Studio – The Mayoral
    Miro’s Mayoral
    Posted in: Shows & Exhibitions

    So going by the title is this an exhibition where visitors are invited to the studio of the great Spanish artist and get to check out his pristine footprints on the paint-spilled floors? Well not exactly but close enough. This immersive exhibition at Mayoral, Duke St, Piccadilly is a reproduction of the atelier where he […]

  • Red Africa
    Red Africa at Calvert 22
    Posted in: Galleries & Museums, Shows & Exhibitions

    None other than Labour MP Diane Abbott was among the distinguished guests at the February 4th opening party and private view for the Red Africa exhibition at Calvert 22, Shoreditch. It’s a season of art, film and events examining Cold War relations between Africa and the Soviet Union. A combination of history, politics and major […]

  • 400 years of Shakespeare
    400 Years of Shakespeare
    Posted in: Highlights

    To mark 400 years since Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night was first performed at Middle Temple Hall, the British Council’s What You Will: Celebrating 400 Years of Shakespeare saw a repeat performance at the same 16th century venue in Temple, London. Much of the atmosphere of that opening night on February 2nd 1602 was resurrected in this […]

  • Closure Anthology
    Closure – Anthology
    Posted in: Books, Events & Festivals, Highlights

    The Closure anthology is the first such anthology of short stories by Black British writers since 2000. It brings together a diverse collection of African, Caribbean and Indian story-tellers all reading excerpts from their work at the George Wood Theatre, Goldsmiths University. Supported by the University’s MA in Black Writing and published by Peepal Tree […]