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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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 […]
Awards season is in full swing continuing with the 39th annual Brit awards on Wednesday. Here’s a quick round-up of all the best bits in case you missed it. Jack Whitehall was hosting for the second year running and he did a really solid job, performing little links throughout the show rather than an opening […]
This morning 7 MPs resigned from the Labour party to form a group of independent MPs called ‘The Independent Group’. These MPs: Chuka Umunna, Luciana Berger, Chris Leslie, Anglea Smith, Mike Grapes, Gavin Shuker and Ann Coffey each seem to have found their own reasons to quit. For Luciana Berger it was antisemitism and for […]
Today kids from schools across London descended on Parliament to protest about climate change. This was part of a UK wide strike taking place in over 50 cities across the country. Their main demand is that the government declare a ‘climate emergency’ and begin to inform the public about the seriousness of the issue. The […]
It was The Baftas and The Grammys last Sunday and it can be quite hard to keep up. What’s Hot London’s chief reporter Calum brings you all the buzz from two of the biggest award shows of the year!
Liam Neeson has been promoting his new movie Cold Pursuit (think Taken but it’s snowing). But, while speaking to The Independent he told an anecdote about how he once spent a week intent on killing a black person. This provoked varied responses from understandable outrage to praise for his honesty. In this episode of Hot Buzz What’s Hot […]
The winter lights at Canary Wharf may just give Londoners a reason to step out in this frosty weather. Light installations with themes of conservation from 20 artists illuminate the east of Thames . On until the 26th of January, the winter lights are a delightful watch.
Would you ride on a London tube with no trousers on? Our video journalist P. Calum just did! Held on the second Sunday of January every year, find out what the experience of travelling without your pants is like.
Until 2009, your only chance to see the world’s best tennis stars in action in London was at Wimbledon during the summer. Autumn is just as eventful in men’s tennis circuit with the ATP Finals (formerly known as the ATP World Tour Finals) held at the 02 every November for the last decade. What are […]
DragWorld, Europe’s largest Drag Convention returns to the UK after last year’s successful debut in London, where 11,000 tickets were sold and fans from as far as Australia, United Arab Emirates, USA and Japan all flocked in for the popular Drag experience. Set in London’s Olympia Convention Hall, DragWorld gets ready to welcome over 15,000 avid hardcore fans and […]
Hillary Clinton Graffiti/Painting Shoreditch By Street Artist Pegasus
