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 […]
Algorithms are everywhere. They suggest what to buy on Amazon, what memes to look at on Facebook, and probably suggested this video to you on Youtube. But they also do far more serious things like identifying people via facial recognition, helping companies hire and fire, and even deciding if people should be released on bail. […]
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 […]
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.
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’.
Hillary Clinton Graffiti/Painting Shoreditch By Street Artist Pegasus
