BRITPOPPERS Sleeper are back again, reforming for the Latitude Festival July 12-15. Did you know lead singer Louise Wener left the band to become a novelist? Besides reforming, it’s interesting to discover what these bands have been up to since their 1990s heydays. It was all so very rock n’ roll when the going was […]
THE EAST END of London has had its fair number of cockney rockers and crooners. The London Borough of Newham is notable among East London districts for producing an Iron Maiden guitarist who turned down the chance to play professional soccer for West Ham as well as a rock guitar-playing West Ham manager who turned […]
Droids, jedis and stormtroopers took to the streets of Stratford, East London on the opening day of Sci-Fi London a film festival which screens the best of shorts and features in the genre. The festival opened with Chimera, a thriller about a disturbed scientist in a race against time to save his dying children. Star […]
TODAY sees the launch of an international call for women to travel to Bosnia and Herzegovina to support the women of Kruščica, who have been protesting, 24 hours a day, for over 200 days. This act of solidarity will enable them to attend the world premiere of Blue Heart, a feature-length documentary bringing their story […]
LONDON BOOK AND SCREEN WEEK might seem a tenuous creative mix but not when you consider it is celebrating one thing – storytelling, regardless of its form. So whether you’re a book lover, aspiring author, bestseller, film buff, independent film-maker or Hollywood bigwig, then London Book and Screen Week 9- 15th April offers opportunities for […]
Actor Robert Walters recently received a Best Male Emerging Talent nomination at the British Urban Film Festival for Remembrance Day, a short film he co-wrote. Hot off of his movie success, What’s Hot London? interviews him about another project in which he has a more personal involvement. He talks in-depthly about feature-length documentary Suicide: The […]
After a successful 10-month run at the Art Ludique Museum in Paris, the DC Exhibition: Dawn of Super Heroes opened in London in February at The O2 Arena. The exhibit is a culmination of DC’s colourful history and iconic superheroes. It will run until Sept. 7, 2018, which means there is plenty of time for comic […]
What’s Hot London?’s editor and writer/film director Eddie Saint-Jean’s selfie titled ‘Postcard to Nowhere’ is one of the photos being exhibited at the Candid Arts Selfie Exhibition in Angel, Islington which opened this week. The exhibition will run through March 4th and entry to the exhibition is free.
The Museum of London already has a permanent display dedicated to the Suffragette movement. The centenary commemoration of the 1918 Representation of the People Act has seen this extended with two more display areas. On this same L2 level floor, you’ll also find the Shades of Suffragette Militancy and Votes for Women displays documenting the […]
What’s Hot London? magazine is free and the December issue is now available for pick up at one of these distribution areas outside London zone 1 -2 tube stations. Magazine available at these distribution points today: Camden Town High Street Kensington Soho/Tottenham Court Rd 1.00pm Oxford Circus Piccadilly Leicester Square Westminster London Bridge Shoreditch Schedule […]
Hillary Clinton Graffiti/Painting Shoreditch By Street Artist Pegasus
