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  • Miss Kiddy & the Cads at London’s Underbelly Festival
    Posted in: Concerts & Gigs, Features, People

    We chat to Abi Gilchrist, lead singer of popular vintage band Miss Kiddy & the Cads. Mum-of-two Abi studied at the prestigious Guildhall School of Music and was a classical singer before starting Miss Kiddy with husband, composer Ross Power. How did Miss Kiddy & the Cads get together? Miss Kiddy and the Cads was […]

  • Telly Hot: Vikings Season 6
    Posted in: Features, Movies & TV Shows

    When we last saw Vikings, Ivar and what remains of his army were travelling east, Harald had saved Bjorn’s life at the cost of being seriously wounded, and Bjorn was declared king by both Olaf and Lagertha. Given what has transpired at the end of season five, it would be safe to assume that these […]

  • Telly Hot: The Gillette Brouhaha
    Posted in: Features, Movies & TV Shows, Videos

    That women (much to their chagrin) have forever been ‘attacked’ and body shamed by unrealistic stereotypes and expectations of beauty in tv, movies, adverts, glossies is no secret. So have we truly come of age with men’s recent outcry and outrage, courtesy the recent Gillete advert? What’s the brouhaha all about? What’s Hot London?’s Calum […]

  • Canary Wharf Winter Lights 2019
    Posted in: Events & Festivals, Highlights, Places, Videos

    The winter lights at Canary Wharf may just give Londoners a reason to step out in this frosty weather. Light installations with themes of conservation from 20 artists illuminate the east of Thames . On until the 26th of January, the winter lights are a delightful watch.

  • No Trousers London Tube Ride 2019
    Posted in: Highlights, People, Videos

    Would you ride on a London tube with no trousers on? Our video journalist P. Calum just did! Held on the second Sunday of January every year, find out what the experience of travelling without your pants is like.

  • Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory Sanderson
    Willy Wonka Inspired Chocolate Factory
    Posted in: Features, Food & Dining

    Christmas is a time for indulgence, and Fitzrovia’s Sanderson hotel will be taking this to heart for the festive season with a Willy Wonka-inspired takeover that will see the hotel transformed into everyone’s favourite chocolate factory. In operation from the end of November until the new year,the pop-up will be an exercise in nostalgia that […]

  • Thomas Lumley’s Evidence That Something Happened
    Posted in: Features, Galleries & Museums, Promotions, Shows & Exhibitions

    For his latest body of work Thomas Lumley applies traditional drawing and portraiture techniques to explore the very essence of trees – exposing one in seemingly microscopic detail by using the cremated remains of another. The resulting charcoal abstractions are profoundly simple and gently poetic and invite the viewer to explore ostensibly familiar surfaces and […]

  • ATP Finals in London November 2018
    The ATP Finals in London’s O2 Arena This November
    Posted in: Highlights, People, Places, Promotions

    Until 2009, your only chance to see the world’s best tennis stars in action in London was at Wimbledon during  the summer. Autumn is just as eventful in men’s tennis circuit with the ATP Finals (formerly known as the ATP World Tour Finals) held at the 02 every November for the last decade. What are […]