5 Must-Visit Spots in Bethnal Green What’s Hot London asks What’s Hot Bethnal Green? And the district answered with culture, creativity and culinary cool. Bethnal Green in East London is a neighbourhood where creativity, history, and community all collide – and whether you’re visiting for a few hours or a full day, we recommend these […]
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From pop-up galleries in Peckham to podcast studios in Hackney, freelancing in London offers endless creative opportunities, and just as many challenges. Whether you’re a graphic designer working from a café in Camden or a self-taught filmmaker balancing shoots and edits, life as a freelancer in the capital is full of movement, freedom, and unpredictability. […]
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Toyosi Saliu Makes a Solid Gold Statement With Breathtaking 24-Carat Art From the heart of the African continent but firmly rooted in London, rises an exciting new artist whose work bridges African identity and ancestral royalty with modern elegance. Nigerian artist Toyosi Saliu uses real 24-carat gold to craft dazzling portraits that bring a […]
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The National Gallery held a Renaissance-inspired late Friday night with Renaissance Selfies in Room 57 where you were offered makeovers wearing costumes from the1400s &1500s. Also, calligraphy workshops where you could try your hand at the handwriting in the letters shared by Michelangelo and Sebastiano. Any have-a-go-artists were encouraged to visit the Vitruvian Village in […]
THE 70th CANNES FILM FESTIVAL has always had an aura of glamour and cerebral quality about it, basking in its position as the cream of all festivals and drawing stars like a magnet to the South of France to its red carpet premieres. To the emerging film-maker seeking some sort of headway in the industry, […]
Telegraph columnist Jo Craven once observed that there were currently only five women gallery owners of note operating in London. Well, this male-dominated industry better take note of two new galleries that opened last year and both run by enterprising women and celebrating their anniversaries in May. JonaQuestArts in Greenwich is owned by African art […]
Camden-based Lorenzo Gordon, director of Maldaba has helped designed an app which enables people with learning difficulties to communicate more effectively with their carers and health professionals and have more control over their day-to-day lives. My Health Guide connects them with family, friends and their professional care team using features such as image, audio, video […]
The Late Night Cocktail Club’s Venetian Masquerade Ball at Kensington Roof Gardens on Saturday night featured acrobats, contortionists, stilt walkers, fire and glow dancers as well as a live saxophonist freestyling to the DJ set. Oh and of course cocktails. What else would any self-respecting cocktail club offer? One free cocktail for all who bought […]
Cafe De Paris, Leicester Square was the place to be for the Raindance Film Festival Independent Filmmakers Ball. It was gathering of film directors, producers, screenwriters actors and the like, suited and booted and in celebratory mood. A 30s style jazz and swing band kept them entertained.
Brazilian artist Alexandre Gondim celebrates ‘Connections to the Mind’ his first solo exhibition in the UK. Displayed at the Willesden Library Gallery until April 29th, it’s a collection of abstract works with more than a touch of South American colour. What’s Hot London? interviewed him to find out what inspired his latest work. Congratulations on […]
One wouldn’t immediately associate this loud and aggressive rock genre with the peaceful, spiritual healing of yoga but in a rapidly changing world where West meets East, such a concept was inevitable. Launched by Stubhub at Gymbox (Bank), you get to ditch Kundalini clothes and don Metallica and Iron Maiden teeshirts. These unconventional yoga classes […]
Novel London takes place every first Friday in the month and gives authors a platform for their recently published novels. These writers read first chapters from their work to an appreciative audience at Waterstones bookshop, Covent Garden and then face a Q & A. This introductory glimpse of their creative work is there to whet […]
With news that driverless cars have been tested on the streets of East London comes the realisation that car technology is fast catching up with the environmentally-unfriendly diesel and petrol models. Self-driving shuttles carrying up to 100 people travelled around Beckton guided by cameras and lasers but moving at a safe 10mph in a path […]
Hillary Clinton Graffiti/Painting Shoreditch By Street Artist Pegasus
