Describing himself as a radical traditionalist, (a label pinned on him by art historian Marco Livingstone) world renowned British sculptor Michael Sandle pulls no punches in this interview with What’s Hot London?’s Eddie Saint-Jean. He doesn’t hide his distaste for contemporary art and claims that many of today’s artists cannot draw and show no interest […]
What’s Hot London?’s Eddie Saint-Jean captures London’s seven day a week centre for nightlife at the West End in this captivating photo series covering Leicester Square, Piccadilly, Shaftesbury Avenue’s theatreland and Covent Garden. Any favourites?
When was the last time you saw a British horror movie truly worth the ticket price, one that really made you jump when you least expected it? In fact make that ANY recent horror film. This creepy flick about a haunted flat in Enfield pushes all the right buttons because the American producers have done […]
Whatever happened to the brief British summer time? It’s become even briefer now. Never known for being beachy at the best of seasons it’s now gone into hiding despite forecasters predicting this would be a heatwave that would go down in history. But don’t let that put the dampeners on your dining experience. Catch a […]
They are here because you were there. There is an umbilical connection. There is no understanding Englishness without understanding its imperial and colonial dimensions.’ So reads a quote on the National Portrait Gallery walls attributed to so-called ‘Godfather of multiculturalism’ Professor Stuart Hall, 1932-2008 to whom the exhibition is dedicated. It’s an apt quote expressing […]
The Fitzrovia area of Central London, encompassing the City of Westminster and much of Camden, celebrated its annual Fitz Fest music festival using venues not typically associated with classical music. World renowned musicians performed Mozart’s Wind Serenade in C Minor in the Darren Baker Gallery on Charlotte Street. A pretty off-kilter venue, you’ll agree. It’s […]
Patagonia is a region in South America so sparsely populated that its beautifully barren landscape is largely untouched and the mountains, rivers and wildlife thrive far from man’s hand. It is from this geographical heritage that La Patagonia, an Argentine restaurant on Camden High Street sources much of its gourmet touches. On entering you are […]
Saatchi Art-backed artist Hormazd Narielwalla’s Chelsea exhibition had a touch of the ‘Golden Child’ about it. With the art organisation’s chief curator Rebecca Wilson in attendance and champagne glasses being filled from a seemingly limitless supply you immediately got the sense you were in the presence of an unwrapped gem there in the Foundry Gallery. […]
US-born black Olympic athlete Jesse Owens won his four gold medals under the oppressive atmosphere of the 1936 Berlin Olympics in Nazi Germany. And if that was not enough of a feat he did so facing enormous pressures back home in the US where racial issues had reached such a crisis point that the National […]
Hackney Downs Studios, a renowned creative hub for artists, illustrators, record labels, prop-makers and designers, held its Open Studios After Party with DJs, installations and projections as well as food and drink. Cocktail flavoured ice lollies anyone?
Hillary Clinton Graffiti/Painting Shoreditch By Street Artist Pegasus
