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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Winner Laura Nice, Epsom Congratulations on winning the 2 for 1 voucher to a choice of Thorpe Park or Dungeons. Happy Halloween!
It was red carpet night at the Roxy on October 8th! A weekend when the cream of short-filmmakers and emerging talent were invited to show the world what they were capable of. And once they had braved the videographers trying to squeeze an interview out of them before they even took their seats, the festival […]
As we move into the final week before the Hot Shorts Film Festival & Awards on October 8th we take a look at how winning a London film festival not commonly regarded as one of the biggest festivals out there (Sci-Fi London) propelled writer director Gareth Edwards onwards to direct Hollywood movie Godzilla and later Star […]
It’s buzzing at What’s Hot London? as it gears up for Hot Shorts Film Festival 2016 on October 8 at Roxy Bar & Screen. Going by the trailer, it’s sure going to be hot this autumn!
With London Fashion Week in full swing over the weekend, the capital’s night clubs transformed into glamorous catwalks and after parties for designers, models and their celebrity following. Vaudeville’s in Chelsea hosted London Ethnic’s fashion showcase and after-party.
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 […]
Underwater Alone on a beach, she is suffering from the loss of her fiancé in a car accident. Emotionally fractured, she sinks into the ocean, and images of the past are flashing through her mind. The guilt she feels is strong and leaves her battling with giving up on life or staying […]
Fans of country music enjoyed some weekend bliss at the Nashville Meets London Country Music Festival. Watching the country music concert laying over picnic mats in Canada Square Park bang in the middle of concrete corporate edifices of Canary Wharf was a sight to behold. Photos courtesy: CN Gandhi
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 […]
What a fantastic selection of short films from a whopping 200+ submissions from all over the world! Congratulations to all film makers and to the ones that made it to the official selection! London may have cold weather for the most part but it sure is getting hot in here at HOT SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL! […]
Hillary Clinton Graffiti/Painting Shoreditch By Street Artist Pegasus
