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 …
Another pummeling for the Olympics via land tax questions, demands for the actual budget to be revealed and how to justify a possible £9bn bill. Is Ken raising an army of Uruk-hai? If not then what exactly is happening to our trees? Badgers: 1, Silly …
The best news we’ve heard in ages: Britain’s national film and television archive is to be opened up in order for it to be accessed by the public. Visitors to the British Film Institute (BFI), which is in London, will be able to choose items …
This week – Simon Pegg polices the country town of Sandford (Hot Fuzz) and Jennifer Love Hewitt lives in Bristol (The Truth About Love). First, we must say sorry for the lack of Saturday Cinema Summary last week. We were saving London from certain destruction. …
Eurovision season is well and truly on. While in the UK we’re all still waiting on the BBC to get on with Making it’s Mind Up about this year’s entry, there are songs being chosen all around Europe. 11 songs have been chosen and heard …
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