When looking at Ben Gooding’s collection of aluminium drawings, from a...
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Opera. Silent. In a tunnel?
Silent Opera. Vault Festival. Directed by Daisy Evans, recipient of the Sky Arts Futures Fund Produced in association with Old Vic New Voices As my first experience of opera, this was not so much akin as being dangled upside down by the ankles into a whirlpool of creative interpretations. It wasn’t to everyone’s taste, evident by the [...]
F.O.L.K…C.O.N…T.R.A…P..T…I.O..N – it’s The Folk Contraption
My plus one asked me what I thought of The Folk Contraption, a night of story telling and folk music brought by The Rogue’s Gallery at London’s Vault Festival. ‘Wonderful.’ I replied. But apparently that won’t make for a whole review. Tales of dragons and suicides, train journeys and lost property, flowing rivers and fleeting [...]
Stable States – a show of art in flux
Opening night: Thursday 16th February,18:00-21.00 then open from Friday 17th – Wednesday 22nd February 2012 Six contemporary artists. A diversity of disciplines. A range of media. Taking place at Cultivate, Vyner Street,an artist run gallery built on a diy collective framework that evolves and revolves around the local art scene, Stable States is an exciting arrangement [...]
Ben Gooding – etching his way to an epiphany
When looking at Ben Gooding’s collection of aluminium drawings, from a distance, they resemble a sound wave, or a sweep of light, one unified movement over the surface. A strong imposing metal and a definite motion. Abandoning colour, dimension and expression, each piece is systemic and striking. Look closely however and you will see that each is [...]
Footloose DVDs to win!
It’s time to Cut Loose! The contemporary retelling of the beloved classic Footloose debuts on Blu-ray and DVD on February 6, 2012 from Paramount Home Entertainment. High-energy dancing, an inspirational story and an impressive cast of rising stars and screen veterans, director Craig Brewer’s modern update is full of youthful spirit and infectious fun. You know [...]
Reading Will Never Die
You’d be forgiven for thinking that the art of the written word, or at least the art of consuming that written word is over. But it seems that some people in some places are determined to ensure that books continue to be explored. Until now only used by shady-looking characters exchanging presents, or the kind [...]
High Street vs High End
Most Londoners have known it for a while. In fact, some may even say that it is old news and the coolest of the cool are now to be found in other postcodes. But the top end fashion pack, those with the pounds to spend and the labels to flash as well as style credentials, [...]
The Secrets They Kept – Joanne Tombrakos
‘Every family has its secrets’ starts the blurb. In Joanne Tombrakos’ self-published début novel The Secrets They Kept, she unravels those kept by the Poulous family, the vibrant and chaotic Greek-American family we follow through the story of Elena Poulous, a successful lawyer living in New York. Solid and driven, Elena’s life is suddenly disrupted when she is informed of the [...]
Champagne Face
Winter is so tough. Night sets in before day properly breaks. The skin on the cheeks resembles a pumice stone. Wind bites at your skin while we bite at comforting pies. The only thing gloomier than the rainy afternoons are the grey weighty bags under the eyes. Sunshine and a cocktail are the only things [...]
Bread from the Village Baker – try rye
I am turning into a loaf of rye bread. Fifteen loaves I was delivered, for a trial and taste test. I guess it’s safe to say I would not have got through fifteen loaves of Village Bakery Rye if it hadn’t had some redeeming features, one of them being that it’s pretty yummy. Lighter than [...]
