Trinity Restaurant Clapham – Ambition matched by talent is a rare thing
review by Chris Zacharia A flashy name is usually a bad sign. Whether in American sports or children’s food, they’re usually masking some kind of deficiency. Your local ‘Best Kebab’ probably isn’t very good. Superdrug is just Boots for Heat readers. The Tampa Bay...
The Propaganda Game film – What makes North Korea tick?
The Propaganda Game film review by Paul Risker In contrast to other artistic mediums, the confinement of the rectangular cinematic frame and the visual fluidity of movement offers us a unique window through which to view other cultures. North Korea’s existence as an...
Birth of Joy release latest album Get Well
Birth of Joy release album Get Well - words Alan Byatt Despite having three albums to their name Dutch Rockers Birth of Joy are a little-known name here in the UK. However, after ten years together and a relentless touring schedule, ‘Get Well’ sees the band hoping to...
The Cowards Who Looked To The Sky – UK Premiere
The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky review by Tom Smalley Despite having been released domestically in 2012, this captivating Japanese drama from Director Yuki Tanada is only now receiving it’s UK premiere and first theatrical run as part of the Japan Foundation’s...
The Sherlock Holmes Pub London – A night of murder and mystery
One of London’s most iconic pubs has re-opened its doors, following an extensive refurbishment – the Sherlock Holmes on Northumberland Street is once again ready to welcome the public into its historic, highly distinctive space. Situated in a cosy corner near...
The Survivalist film review – The reality of apocalypse
Following in the footsteps of Hsiang Chienn’s part silent film Exit (2015), Stephen Fingleton’s The Survivalist exudes a confidence in the silence of pictorial melody and performance to redefine silent cinema for the contemporary age. In the midst of an apocalyptic...
New York Fashion Week – Best of the AW16 Collections
Catch the latest from New York Fashion Week in our videos of the favourite AW16 collections as they happen!
Hakkasan review – The Chinese New Year Menu
Being well acquainted with Hakkasan's Bond Lair charms, travelling down its incense-bathed stairwell now seems less a journey of discovery than a palatial stock-check. Ah yes, there’s the BMW by the entrance. There’s the Voss artesian lifestyle-water. There’s the...
Meru film review – How to conquer a mountain
Meru film review by Paul Risker The relationship between deities and the mountain is one embedded deep within human spiritual culture – from the Gods of Greek mythology who occupied Mount Olympus, to the Nepali belief that the summit of Everest is the head of the God...
Being Good film review: A poignant tale of adults and children struggling to be ‘good’.
Being Good film review by Tom Smalley The isolated characters of Japanese Director Mipo O’s latest film, Being Good, are connected thematically, rather than literally, by the struggle to be ‘good’ in their disparate lives. Primary school teacher, Tasuku, finds it...
How are artists responding to the refugee crisis?
How are artists responding to the refugee crisis? - words Alan Woods An image is a powerful thing. In 2015, a photograph of the lifeless body of Syrian three-year-old Aylan Kurdi, washed up on a Turkish beach, sent shockwaves around the world. Artworks about refugees...
Visit Italy’s Pantelleria – Location of new movie A Bigger Splash
A BIGGER SPLASH is a dazzling, sensuous portrait of desire, jealousy and rock ‘n’ roll under the Mediterranean sun. The film is set on the beautiful Italian island of Pantelleria, 62 miles southwest of Sicily and known as the black pearl of the Mediterranean. While...
Half-life of a Miracle – Current exhibition from artist Pat Flynn
Pat Flynn’s ‘Half Life of a Miracle’ show is currently appearing at Manchester Art Gallery in the ‘Manchester Gallery’, a section set aside for art from the city itself. The ‘Manchester Gallery’ used to be a space featuring a hotchpotch of artists and works all...
Under The Bridge – Being homeless in Cardiff
We walk past them each day – on our way to work or to the shops. Sometimes we give money but very rarely do we stop and talk to the homeless. The problem is that they become this distant, anonymous ‘other’. Well the photographer Andrew McNeil, who is perhaps better...
Tuscany Italy Travel: the Trail of Piero della Francesca
If you’ve ever wondered what travelling back in time to the Renaissance might be like, then Arezzo in Tuscany Italy would be a good place to start. I’m on an art history tour in the heart of Italy tracing the footsteps of Piero della Francesca, the great early...