by Hannah Kane | Aug 22, 2014 | Culture
A raucous cavalcade of calypso, reggae and samba beats across London, the amazing music and gritty party atmosphere of Carnival is by no means confined to the west, or to the weekend for that matter. If you’re on the hunt for pre-festival events and are...
by Hannah Kane | Aug 20, 2014 | Culture
If one of the greatest regrets of your life is not having seen Björk live, here’s some thrilling news to lift your spirits. It may not be a live show, but seeing the costumes, hearing the soundscapes and witnessing the far-out antics that the revered Icelandic...
by Hannah Kane | Aug 18, 2014 | Culture
Still trying to get that award-winning story on the page? Debut author Daniel Mokades offers aspiring authors a word of advice. Fifteen years ago I decided to write a novel. It was a fantasy novel and it was going to be amazing. I sat down and eked out twenty pages of...
by Hannah Kane | Aug 15, 2014 | Culture
Visual tastemakers have one thing in common: they know how to get our attention. By placing the everyday in the brighter context of the art world, fashion designers, artists and filmmakers highlight the sublime character of the things we so frequently perceive to be...
by Hannah Kane | Aug 11, 2014 | Culture
Panoptic, interactive experiences and cross-disciplinary events in unlikely places are all the rage. Whether the event in question entails attending a 3D film premiere in a jacuzzi or enjoying gourmet street food in a power station, it’s exciting to see cultural...
by Hannah Kane | Aug 9, 2014 | Culture
Artists, especially photographers are an insightful bunch. They spend the best part of their time carefully moulding visual interventions and peddling our most colourful fantasies and banal realities back to us with edifying flair. If photography has taught us...
