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THE BLACK BBC

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Two decades ago, the rapper Chuck D (Public Enemy), described rap music as the “the black CNN”. Rappers in London found their own way to describe the political and social background that led to the English riots in the past week. Here’s an excellent and in-depth article about the subject by writer Dan Hancox in [...]

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WHY FRIDGES?

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Films are being shown on fridges, in London. Here’s why.

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CONCRETE OUTDOORS ACTIVITIES

Monday, May 30, 2011

Plattformer, the artist collective that brought you the first DIY concrete table tennis table in London, just launched their latest outdoors object: The Feast Table in London’s Arundel Square. All their projects are put into effect with groups of local children that are thereby introduced to the art of concrete casting. Their most famous project [...]

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CLOSE EYES TO EXIT

Friday, April 1, 2011

Befitting their slightly twisted sense of humour, our friends at the glorious illustration collective Le Gun decided to launch the fifth and latest issue of their eponymous annual magazine (unless it takes them two years to compile, that is) today, on April Fool’s Day. To mark the occasion in style, they’ve thrown in an exhibition [...]

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SOUTH LONDON ALIEN INVASION

Friday, March 11, 2011

Aliens don’t always land in the United States – Peckham, Camberwell and New Cross are quite likely too! Joe Cornish from my favourite radio show Adam & Joe on BBC 6 Music wrote and directed Attack the Block. It will be his first feature film and will be released the the UK on May 13th. [...]

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STORE OF THE MONTH: CLAIRE DE ROUEN, LONDON

Monday, February 28, 2011

You enter through Soho Books – one of those bargain bookstore on London’s venerable Charing Cross Road that seem like a thin disguise for the adult section in the basement. Go up the stairs, though, rather than downstairs, and you’ll get to Claire de Rouen, arguably one of the best photography bookstores in London, if [...]

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DISRUPTIVE BRITISH THEATRE

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

The British experimental theatre company COMPLICITE was founded in 1983 by Simon McBurney, Annabel Arden, and Marcello Magni. The company’s work – usually created jointly by the performers and directors – combines realistic and stylized acting with narrative text, movement, music, and visual art. Their early shows were regarded as quite anarchic and 27 years [...]

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IDEA BOOKS & NIEVES SUMMER STORE

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Idea Books in collaboration with Nieves returns to The Front Room at St Martins Lane on Monday 16th August for a four week only Summer Store.  Summer Store will include a wide selection of Nieves titles, new and out of print zines, special editions, posters, pins and bookmarks, as well as an extension of Idea [...]

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Best of Cities

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Many people do not know which city they like best. And some have not even been there, yet. Ever since Rome was abandoned as the top city, people just could not know. For a while Paris was the best town, then again London and even New York. Lately, Berlin has been a favourite among Australians [...]

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RED IS THE NEW GREEN

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Have you watched a lot of soccer games lately or spent some nice sunny hours outside on lawns or cycling around forests? Then maybe it’s time to visit the new Serpentine pavillion in Kensington Gardens. It’s a structure of extraordinary redness created by French architect Jean Nouvel, and it comes complete with a red café [...]

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