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Elvis lookalike caught selling guns. Presumably will soon be doing the jailhouse rock. Choose the ‘first record’ to be played at Wembley. Damien Hirst and others design new deckchairs for Royal Parks. They’re dead good. Police building database of dogging/cruising spots around London. Would you …

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Free Range 2007 – 7 June – 11 June

For all you crazy art fanatics out there (you know who you are….) here’s the lowdown on what’s going on at Free Range this week… Degree Show 5 Who? University College for the Creative Arts Epsom (Graphics & New Media) What? DESIGN (2D & 3D) …

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2012 Brand Launch, Camden Roundhouse

No matter what your opinion of the 2012 olympics, we’re now all helpless to stop it and we won’t be able to get away from it for five years so in a Stockholm Syndrome-like way we should all come to love our captors and get …

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Demi-Doughnut For Old Bailey

These images are of a new office scheme by MAKE Architects for 30 Old Bailey just over the road from the eponymous courthouse in the heart of the City. MAKE, whose founder Ken Shuttleworth is famous for helping design the Gherkin (30 St Mary’s Axe), …

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South Bank Skyscraper Cut Down To Size

This is the latest version of the Doon Street Tower, a skyscraper proposed by Coin Street Community Builders to sit on the South Bank near the OXO Tower. Designed by Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands, the scheme had previously proven controversial thanks to its loftiness, which would …

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Artist Profile: Free Range 2007

. As part of Free Range 2007, Londonist will be catching up with a different artist each week of the exhibition. Opening week gets of to a flying start with Alex Brown from Goldsmiths university. What can people expect from your art work? The ‘rural …

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Preview 2: Free Range 2007

London’s most talked about degree show Free Range kicks off this Thursday. This is your chance to see the hottest new talent from the most promising students amongst the top universities. Here’s what’s happening in week one – 31st May – 4th June. ‘Art and …

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Preview: Free Range 2007

Ahhh, it’s finally summer (try and ignore the rain for a moment). Summer in London means many things: picnics in Green Park, staying out late on a school night and students all over the capital stressing out about their exams and final year exhibitions. Enter …

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Surrealist Ball At V&A

Question: How many surrealists does it take to change a light bulb? Answer: Fish. If you can’t make it to cabaret night in Greenwich but you’re still in the mood to see things like a woman setting fire to her tits, you might want to …

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Review: Philistines

Considering Maxim Gorky’s life and writings, it is interesting that his plays are now being performed at the National Theatre. Always on the side of the little people, defender of the rights of every(wo)man, he spent his life commenting on Russian society and in particular …

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