Archive for September, 2008
Caroline Charles’ Fashion Week Colour Parade
Caroline Charles knows how to put on a good show. Opting for a live band instead of a banging soundtrack was a great way to enhance the quality of her collection at London Fashion Week. Though, when the band was announced it wasn’t clear if we were told ‘to clap’ or if the band were [...]
Paul Costelloe Opens London Fashion Week
Sunday morning I arrived bright and early at the Natural History Museum to peruse the opening collection of London Fashion Week spring/summer 2009. It was like a scene from The Wizard of Oz (if the yellow brick road had a tedious queue). There was an abundance of backcombed lion’s manes, a lot of brainless chatter [...]
Just St James – Infusing Style and Substance
Situated slap bang in the middle of London’s navy-blue suit wearing, Champagne guzzling, blonde foppish hair-swinging heartland, Just St James sits doing what all good Mayfarians do – wearing its wealth on its sleeve.
Another Kind of Silence – Now Touring London
Hailed as a pioneer, criticised as communist and scorned at as a woman, Rachel Carson did not have it easy. Yet her perseverance and commitment to drawing attention to the importance of our natural environment has had an enduring impact. So…who exactly is Rachel Carson?
One Minute at Hoxton’s Courtyard Theatre
The unexplained disappearance of a young girl is a topic that carries a lot more weight than it might have done several years ago. With Madeleine McCann still missing, and high profile kidnap cases dominating the news in recent years, the world seems a frightening place for our children.
Brick Lane’s Chilli Crab Festival
I had high hopes for the Chilli Crab Festival on Brick Lane at the weekend. Some nice weather was looming, there was beer. And spicy crab. Ace.
West London Literary Festival
The weekend’s wet weather did not put a damper on the spirits of local literature lovers when The West London Literary Festival returned for its second year to the lawns of Acton Green.
Did Vampires Haunt London?
It sounds absurd to suggest that tales of vampire-like entities have roamed some of London’s most derelict and overgrown places. Generally, we perceive such ‘monsters’ as fictitious, and certainly movie-based apparitions intent on sucking the blood of damsel’s in distress. Well, that’s maybe just my own erotic belief, but delve into the archives of London’s [...]
London: A City Obsessed With Technology
I hate technology as much as the Queen hated Dodi Al Fayed; only I’m more upfront about it. If I was on my moped and saw an Apple Mac sidling along beside me in its Merc’ I would definitely obstruct the driver’s vision. London is a city that lives and breathes technology. Its deep, smoggy [...]
Seeing Red on London’s Foxes
With a London population numbering over 10,000, it’s clear the urban fox is here to stay. But it’s a night visitor that divides people: a few years ago I wrote to my local paper in SW London, vociferously attacking the band of rust-coloured vermin that patrol my local streets at night, causing my children to [...]
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