Archive for February, 2009
Simply Madonna: Materials of the Girl
Billed on the invite as ‘the world’s largest collection of Madonna’s film and stage-worn clothing and artefacts’ and with tighter security than a US airport, I was getting excited about this one. I was only egged on further by taking a bona fide, card-carrying Madonna-mental fan along with me. And, as it turns out, it’s a [...]
Brick Lanes’ All Star Lanes
I ate so much meat that I think I harmed myself. The venue for this chicken, pork, beef and lamb feast: All-Star Lanes’ ‘Luncheonette’, which ironically only serves midday meals at weekends. Their latest boutique bowling alley occupies part of the increasingly interesting Old Truman Brewery off Brick lane. Whilst bouncers prowl the entrance, inside [...]
Talent Spread Thinly
There is a debate within the reviewing field about whether you have a responsibility to support the art form you criticise or whether you are just a culture detective answerable only to the public.
Untitled: England’s Greatest Love Story
A king renounces his throne to be with the woman he loves. Doesn’t that just sound like the premise for the most romantic love story of all time? But no, such is the stiff-upper-lip, brush-it-under-the-carpet nature of the British monarchy that the heartbreaking story of Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson has been largely forgotten, eclipsed [...]
Fashion Week’s Finale
If aliens had landed, in the past week, out of the blue in South Kensington, what they might have made of it is anyone’s guess – they would have seen great industry, gratuitous exhibitionism, hierarchy and competition, admiration and resentment, but all for what? It might have been useful to provide them with a London [...]
LFW: Is Creativity in Crisis?
Being adaptable is necessary for survival and this trend is clearly reflected in the fashion world. However cliché this may sound, the real question is: what solutions does London Fashion Week offer to contemporary society? I only got a glimpse of what fashion is about this week, yet it was enough to start an avalanche [...]
Spinnerette at Islington Academy
Former Distillers front woman Brody Dalle has been dubbed the queen of punk rock and has every credential both in life and performance to claim this crown. Angsty, drug-addicted past. Check. Teenage marriage to fellow rock god. Check. Throaty lilting voice that can turn as sweet as a prom queen. Check. But her appearance at [...]
Osman Yousefzada’s Cosmic Mughal
Osman Yousefzada’s autumn/winter 2009 collection is called ‘Cosmic Mughal’, a blend of futurism and central Asian tribal influences, which makes a change from the backwards-looking direction that has characterised a lot of the catwalk shows this week.
Je T’aime: Jane Birkin at the Barbican
When Jane Birkin lopes onstage at the Barbican to thunderous applause, it’s hard to believe she was once the curvaceous, doe-eyed bombshell who spent much of the swinging Sixties and Seventies at Serge Gainsbourg’s side, causing scandal aplenty whilst wearing hardly any clothes, with the sound of her orgasmic groans on Je T’aime being banned [...]
Chef Tim Maddams Opens Tastefair
Accompanied by a vegan friend, I turned up at the organic foods superstore Whole Foods in Kensington for a talk on seasonal food by River Cottage chef Tim Maddams. Tim is impressively passionate about fairtrade, organic and locally sourced food.
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