Lewisham-based director Tianna Banton started writing scripts aged 11 and made her first short film at 17. She was inspired to start her own production company after watching a fascinating existential short film called Stray Dog by upcoming director Bertie Gilbert. So far, she has made 10 shorts and two features: Just Remember and Trial […]
Britain left the EU on Jan 31. These photos show how the British public protested and supported the separation from the European Union.
London’s waterways will be the hottest spots in the capital for foodies in search of summer al fresco dining. Here’s a selection of canalside and riverside hang outs you’ll want to visit during our sunniest season. Get set for the June heatwave! LITTLE VENICE There’s some debate as to which of the great poets gave […]
Labour MP Sir Keir Starmer has emerged as a frontrunner to be the leader of a Labour Party that has experienced extraordinary swings in popularity in recent years. Many in the party hope that he will bring an end to this election see-sawing and present a unifying centrist mandate and show the electorate that Labour […]
No winter snow as yet and the icy January chill isn’t as biting as decades past, but it’s still time for the overcoats and woolies. It’s unlikely Britain will see the likes of the Big Freeze of 1963, with global warming now an established scientific fact but some of the great artists captured the spirit […]
British-Trinidadian poet Roger Robinson‘s winning of the £25,000 T.S. Eliot prize took the literary world by surprise. None of the London bookshops had a copy in stock a day after the announcement and there was a seven-day wait for the next order from the publishers. This apparent oversight is intriguing. He has an impressive pedigree […]
Love it or hate it, South Bank‘s iconic Brutalist architecture is an undoubted cultural curiosity and a surefire hit with tourists. This landmark arts and culture centre has the look of a fortress or kingdom within itself and owes its foreboding blocky presence to the vision of a group of leftfield 1960s architects. And talking […]
It’s widely believed that South Bank’s blocky, futuristic design took shape as a construction project for the 1951 Festival of Britain which celebrated the nation’s arts, architecture and futuristic technology in the rebuilding of Britain after World War 2. However, that wasn’t the case. Newly-elected PM Winston Churchill hated many of the ideas around the […]
In 2019, the summer climate strike and Extinction Rebellion’s October protest brought global attention to the capital’s climate and environment concerns. With the headline-grabbing marches now over and the campaigners regrouping and rethinking strategy, the lull has given the rest of us time to consider what changes have been implemented and whether we can look […]
Just minutes from Leicester Square station you’ll find a Victorian alley which inspired Harry Potter’s Daigon Alley. It’s the little-known birthplace of British cinema and film businesses were based there from 1897. The Victorian shop fronts now display antiquarian and second-hand books and all manner of trinkets, curiosities and unusual services – from antique military […]
Hillary Clinton Graffiti/Painting Shoreditch By Street Artist Pegasus
