The Victoria and Albert Museum will be expecting a rush of visitors today seeking to catch a glimpse of Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks, following his birthday over the weekend on April 15th. These invaluable items are much sought after by museums and private collectors alike and one sold for $30 million at a 1994 auction. […]
As the sun goes down over South Bank and Bankside, the cultural heart of the Thames’ southern bank lights up. Take a look at our magnificent photos of riverside scenes and nightlife, some of which will be featured in the April print edition of What’s Hot London? magazine. ST PAUL’S: a view from Bankside ST […]
Artist Pablo Malick (in title photo with gallerist Christian Sulger-Buel) is interviewed by What’s Hot London?’s editor and arts writer Eddie Saint-Jean and discusses his collage, mixed media style which is inspired by DaDa and the Surrealists. His Young Guns exhibition alongside Larry Amponsah (Ghana) and Colin Sekajugo (Uganda) is on at the Sulger-Buel Gallery, […]
Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh’s latest film ‘Unsane’ was shot entirely on an iPhone. With 4k quality available on smartphones, groundbreaking technology is opening new doors for indie filmmakers who are now reaching for their phones and drones. THE RAPID increase in digital technology and advances in smart engineering have led to startling new developments […]
In 1968, women sewing machinists at Ford Dagenham went on strike for equal pay. The movie Made in Dagenham was based on their successful industrial action. But over a century before that, another group of working-class East End women changed UK labour relations forever. Read more about these history-making women strikers. We look at how […]
The L.E.G artist collective has created a sound and light installation called Capsule 4, which is a sensory experience that heightens the emotions in an immersive environment. They invite you to step into one of their (seemingly) neon-lit cages, put on a pair of headphones and take on the Capsule 4 experience. Eddie Saint-Jean, arts […]
Actor Robert Walters recently received a Best Male Emerging Talent nomination at the British Urban Film Festival for Remembrance Day, a short film he co-wrote. Hot off of his movie success, What’s Hot London? interviews him about another project in which he has a more personal involvement. He talks in-depthly about feature-length documentary Suicide: The […]
The decision of whether or not to refurbish an existing property is a dilemma faced across the board by public and private sector concerns as well as homeowners. A recent refurbishment of a Marylebone penthouse increased the valuation of the property by £850,000. The man behind it is the young, dynamic, stylish architect, interior designer […]
MARCH is a month with a focus on women. International Women’s Day on March 8th, Mother’s Day on March 11th and, of course, it’s Women’s History Month. What’s Hot London? magazine’s Eddie Saint-Jean interviewed a number of women artists about their work. All recently exhibited at the Espacio Gallery, Bethnal Green. This included the Denise […]
After a successful 10-month run at the Art Ludique Museum in Paris, the DC Exhibition: Dawn of Super Heroes opened in London in February at The O2 Arena. The exhibit is a culmination of DC’s colourful history and iconic superheroes. It will run until Sept. 7, 2018, which means there is plenty of time for comic […]
Hillary Clinton Graffiti/Painting Shoreditch By Street Artist Pegasus
