Stars

An Apology

As a website that is sometimes confused by those of little brain with an American product (yes we are part of the Gothamist network, no we are not an American website) we were amused yesterday to see that some of the worst home-grown telly ideas …

Booking Ahead

Londonist Recommends: Sons of Genius Play Works Of Genius We might be looking forward to the bank holiday but not half as much as we are to being in the Royal Festival Hall on the 2nd November. We’ll let the press release speak for itself… …

Monday Music Review

When Mark Oliver ‘E’ Everett decided to share his thoughts and fears with us on 1994′s Beautiful Freak he set a template of off-centre, fuzzy lullabies for the chronically frightened which he would follow succesfully for another 2 albums until 2001′s jarring Souljacker. 2003′s Shootenany! …

Friday Film News

Getting the remake treatment this week is the fondly remembered Magic Roundabout, recreated in a very European computer generated style, with the added draw of celebrity voices, such as Kylie Minogue, Joanna Lumley, Bill Nighy, Jim Broadbent and Robbie Williams. This doesn’t save the film …

Chris Ofili’s Freeness

Freeness looks to be Pop Idol minus everything but the music and with the added perk that the music is the artist’s own, not just covers – so actually, not Pop Idol at all, but keep reading anyway. Freeness is hitting Plastic People on Curtain …