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 latest Star Wars movie Rogue One is still on the festive big screens and here’s some tips from director Gareth Edwards’ rise to film making success. 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 […]
Leicester Square at Christmas is where it’s at! The festive experience in the heart of the capital and it couldn’t be better placed surrounded by the best of restaurants, theatres, bars and nightclubs. A godsend for revellers. Yes, a pop-up festival of eateries, X’mas merchandisers and other winter wonderland goodies.
A Henry Moore is returning to Tower Hamlets, East London, yes, even though he’s from Yorkshire and been dead for 30 years. A sculpture of his, that is. His Draped Seated Woman was created in 1957 to express his experience of the Blitz which of course also levelled much of the East End. Local cockneys […]
With the Christmas countdown in full effect it follows that panto season is in full swing. With the kids dragging you off to the theatre perhaps for their or even your first time here’s a few fascinating facts about London’s theatres. London’s oldest theatre First built in 1663 on Bridges Street, the Theatre Royal Drury […]
Novelist Emily Bronte came from a remarkable Victorian writing and painting clan and even as her classic Wuthering Heights would make its mark on literature other members of her talented family would also find fame. Just as remarkable is the time scale of Emily’s achievement, dying as she did aged just 30 in 1848 – […]
It was bakes galore at HOT BAKES – The London Bake Off 2016 held in Clarendon Hall of York House, Richmond on 17th December. And why not? What better time to get stuffed with cakes n bakes than X’mas? Londoners woke up to a thick, misty fog lining the overcast skies and chilly, wet weather […]
As the countdown to HOT BAKES – The London Bake Off 2016 begins, we bring to you the talented contestants of this very festive and fun duel. Raquel Cruz – Founder of Cakelicious Croydon Raquel Cruz- Cakelicious Croydon Raquel Cruz is the founder of Cakelicious Croydon. She is extremely passionate about baking and creating beautiful […]
The Southbank Centre Winter Festival was a pop-up feast for fast food hordes who were after something a little bit special beyond your average wings and fries. It’s inevitable after visiting the festival’s Christmas stalls along the Thames and taking the kids to the centrepiece Merry-go-Round that those gastronomical desires will pick up as those […]
Fresh off of the Taste of London Festival 2016, Pulp Wines is reaching out to discerning wine-lovers with their new wine tasting programme. We asked the marketing team at Pulp Wines a few questions about their company and a very unique approach to choosing your favourite wine. Q. Could you tell us a little about […]
With Monday’s Supreme Court meeting to rule whether the government must consult Parliament before implementing Brexit, hopefully this may spark your interest in visiting the UK’s seat of power. European tourists must be chomping at the bit to have first hand experience of the corridors of power which may have a say on their relations […]
Hillary Clinton Graffiti/Painting Shoreditch By Street Artist Pegasus
