by Hannah Kane | Jun 23, 2014 | Culture
‘Injustice haunts me, and has always haunted me, ever since I was a child.’ They say that writers end up writing about their obsessions, the things they can’t forget. As for Amma Asante, the child actor turned writer turned award-winning director, you only need...
by Hannah Kane | Jun 19, 2014 | Culture
After a brief hiatus in 2013 The Camden Crawl is back to its swaggering, audio-orgy brilliance with over 250 alternative artists playing the Midsummer weekend at 25 of NW1’s finest venues. The new, free CC14 app is an absolute godsend. The line-up is helpfully...
by Hannah Kane | Jun 17, 2014 | Culture
Our new writer Alex Stewart introduces his shortlist of cup-winning footie books In case you hadn’t noticed, the World Cup has arrived – a shouty, colourful juggernaut, annexing the media and urging everyone to care about gameplay strategies, national...
by Hannah Kane | Jun 16, 2014 | Culture
Writing can be a lonely business, and the fragmentation of the publishing industry can leave aspiring authors feeling unsure as to whether they’re got more or less opportunity of getting their work read than ever before. Last weekend’s Writing In The...
by Hannah Kane | May 29, 2014 | Culture
Should London’s arts institutions go all or nothing? Image: Magnus D I was recently at the ICA for a meeting. It’s been a while since my last visit, and the sun peeking through the green oak leaves of the tree-lined Mall made my approach all the more...
by Hannah Kane | May 28, 2014 | Culture
Arctic Monkeys, AM tour, Finsbury Park ★★☆☆☆ Hailed by some as the best gig of their lives and by others as, ‘alright’, the bizarre cavalcade that was the Arctic Monkey’s two day blow-out in the grassy haven of Finsbury Park was met with mixed...
