The British Art Prize 2024: Interview with winner Samuel Owusu Achiaw The winner of the British Art Prize 2024 has just been announced. Samuel Owusu Achiaw took first prize for his exquisitely diaphonous and hyperreal graphite and charcoal portrait of his sister, titled ‘Looking’. We attended the awards ceremony at Southbank’s Gallery@oxo and were […]
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What’s in a name? London place names decoded We’re surrounded by street signs every day and casually type these sometimes odd-sounding addresses into Google Maps without a second thought about what they mean or where the name came from. The Romans founded the city of Londinium [London], so you’d expect a Latin root somewhere. Let’s […]
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The British Art Prize 2024: Interview with winner Samuel Owusu Achiaw The winner of the British Art Prize 2024 has just been announced. Samuel Owusu Achiaw took first prize for his exquisitely diaphonous and hyperreal graphite and charcoal portrait of his sister, titled ‘Looking’. We attended the awards ceremony at Southbank’s Gallery@oxo and were […]
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The London Indian Film Festival is now in its 10th year, bringing South Asian filmmaking talent to the capital with red carpet events at renowned independent film centres such as BFI Southbank and the Barbican Cinema. London’s oldest cinema, the Phoenix, north London and Stratford Picturehouse, east London are also amongst the venues showcasing the […]
When we last saw Vikings, Ivar and what remains of his army were travelling east, Harald had saved Bjorn’s life at the cost of being seriously wounded, and Bjorn was declared king by both Olaf and Lagertha. Given what has transpired at the end of season five, it would be safe to assume that these […]
Award season came to an end last night with the 91st Academy Awards in LA. So, in case you missed it, here is a round-up of all the highlights from this year’s Oscars. We all know that Kevin Hart pulled out of hosting after controversy over some old homophobic tweets. However, it seemed like it […]
That women (much to their chagrin) have forever been ‘attacked’ and body shamed by unrealistic stereotypes and expectations of beauty in tv, movies, adverts, glossies is no secret. So have we truly come of age with men’s recent outcry and outrage, courtesy the recent Gillete advert? What’s the brouhaha all about? What’s Hot London?’s Calum […]
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch took the internet by storm this winter, but many felt like it let them down. On Telly Hot, Calum takes you through how creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones could have used the choose-your-own-adventure style to create something a bit more ‘Black Mirror’.
Colette is a biopic about the famous French author Colette starring Kiera Knightley and Dominic West. It’s a powerful film about identity and self-discovery with an important message. After the success of other period pieces like The Favourite, audiences will be flocking to this but is ‘Colette’ the film they’re expecting to see? Is it […]
The title should give it away, but don’t worry, this play on words will soon become self explanatory. Prepare for a few surprises because this low budget horror movie has a high budget feel and bridges one or two genres in an inimitable northern style. Filmed in Bradford, Leeds and Manchester, Polterheist draws you into […]
A century after the word surrealism was first used, a global collective of surrealist filmmakers has reinvented surrealist leader Andre Breton’s fold drawings – but this time using film, of course. And they may well be the first in a century to do it this way, using social media connectivity and digital film technology. In […]
As summery rain spells cool down the heatwave this week, why not enjoy some cinema with a complimentary glass of bourbon this Friday? Wild Turkey and Everyman present the Bold Cinema Series, a curation of gutsy titles best enjoyed with a Wild Turkey 101 Old Fashioned in hand. Watch any of Wild Turkey’s bold film […]
Hillary Clinton Graffiti/Painting Shoreditch By Street Artist Pegasus
