Listening to the radio on St. George’s Day (last Monday in case you missed it) we heard various proposals for a national anthem for England, something that could be sung at Twickenham to counter the emotion of “Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau” or played at the …
Seven songs down, here are this year’s next seven Eurovision semi-final songs! Switzerland send the improbably named DJ Bobo performing the reminiscent-of-Aqua dance-pop songVampires Are Alive. The stage show for this should be ace, so watch out for the Bobo. Moldova’s entry, Fight, soars and …
Today is free ice cream day from Ben and Jerry’s. Could you think of any better free day? Of course, for the first time in a week the sun has gone away, but that won’t stop us. There are 4 Ben & Jerry’s stores in …
The Spill festival continues to pour out around us with performances in the Barbican, Shunt Vaults, Toynbee Studios and Soho Theatre. We’ve mentioned one piece in the programme so far, Raimond Hoghe’s Sacre – The Rite of Spring and there’s more coverage of the pieces …
London Underground is a great place for art – impromptu performance art, educational text-based displays, satirical artistic responses to political situations… there are Poems on the Underground, musicians, performers… If you’ve ever wanted to contribute your artwork to this sprawling world of underground artistic expression …
Scooch are heading to Helsinki buoyed on by controversy. Every year Eurovision throws up new controversy. Last year, the Finns were nervous about Lordi, with their alleged proto-Satanic lyrics. This year is no exception with 3 entries kicking up storms already. More alleged satanism this …
…. we mean, It’s Commonwealth Day! Hurray! Hurrah? Hmm… The modern Commonwealth, or as we like to call it, ‘Britain’s grasping at straws oh bugger the empire’s gone tits up club’, was set up in 1949 and since 1958, when it was renamed from Empire …
This week – Edward Norton does magic tricks (The Illusionist) and Nicholas Cage sells his soul to the devil and replaces his usual head and motorbike with burning versions (Ghost Rider). But first, a couple of words about Helen Mirren, someone who, on principled grounds, …
For just two nights next week, Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company is bringing a double bill of contemporary dance cultural mashup to the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank. Jeyasingh creates Asian influenced contemporary dance, producing dramatic and vibrant pieces with an urban edge. Huh? …
Normally support bands get better as the evening progresses. However, at last night’s NME awards show with We Are Scientists at London’s Astoria, this was not the case. Opener Switches started playing to a quarter full auditorium, and by the end of their set they’d …
The Old Bailey is at last living up to its name, having turned 100 today. The famous courthouse was completed in 1907 on the site of Newgate prison, and has since sent down some of London’s greatest crooks and butchers. During that century figures as …
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