by Hannah Kane | Sep 30, 2014 | Culture
Illustrators Quentin Blake and Posy Simmonds discuss The Big Draw, a creative project that intends to get people drawing in public spaces across the globe Quentin Blake and Posy Simmonds are two of the UK’s most beloved – and most eclectic –...
by Hannah Kane | Sep 25, 2014 | Lifestyle
Coffee blogger Alex Stewart lets us in on his favourite little gems in the city 1. The Fields Beneath – Kentish Town A long-standing personal favourite of mine, the Fields Beneath is set in the cramped but engaging space under a railway arch outside Kentish Town West...
by Hannah Kane | Sep 2, 2014 | Magazine
The LUCKY Issue Do you consider yourself lucky or unlucky? Do you have any charms or superstitions? Welcome to the Lucky issue – it’s our 13th. We’ve met some weird and wonderful clairvoyants and asked
a few of our favourite London fashion scenesters about their...
by Hannah Kane | Sep 2, 2014 | Culture
There’s a lot to be said for independent creative spaces. For one, they do things differently to large commercial galleries; taking bigger risks, touting more controversy, getting closer to the artist, the subtext and the subculture around the creations...
by Hannah Kane | Aug 26, 2014 | Lifestyle
Reminiscing about the weekend? We certainly are. Although we’re still not feeling 100%. Whether your optimal Carnival hangover cure is a coconut bath and home spa treatment, or a detox juice and bracing run along the canal before work (you powerhouse),...
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 15, 2014 | Lifestyle
In our new series, ICEBAR’S Tom Hunter offers three drinks perfect for this sunshine-and-showers month Summer may have proved to be something of a mixed affair this year, with dark and stormy days galore punctuating our brief encounters with the sun, but one...
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 1, 2014 | Fashion
Mid-range menswear just got that bit sexier There has always been something of a mid-range gap in the menswear market, a bland no-man’s-wasteland between top-end designer tailoring and cheap-as-chips Topman basics. The young founders of Hashtag Collective, a...