Gemma Hughes

Gemma Hughes has written 14 posts for The London Word

Gemma is a freelance journalist and has written for The Telegraph, The Evening Standard and Dazed & Confused to name but a few. When not looking after all things shopping and style for the lovely londonword, she currently contributes to Scarlet, Disappear Here, Fashion Music Style, The Playground, writes porny stories and works in a pub. She has been a Londonder since 2003 and likes Derren Brown, gravy, oysters and getting drunk in Soho. She does not like Clapham, foods that pop or any kind of goblin/dragon/dwarf filled literature. She blogs about all manner of waffle at: http://thegoodlife-gemma.blogspot.com

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Autumn Trendwatch

By Gemma Hughes ⋅ October 20, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

London-trained designer Hannah Nicole Beaumont left the capital’s high-octane fashion world for a more ethical approach

Wear Your Postcode on Your Sleeve

By Gemma Hughes ⋅ August 25, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Love your postcode? Then you’ll love this… London.

Rush Salons – Win a Free Blowdry!

By Gemma Hughes ⋅ July 3, 2009 ⋅ One comment

WARNING: Running around London in 30-odd-degree heat can cause heatstroke, fainting, death and most worryingly of all, a limp, dishevelled hairstyle.

Derren Brown: Enigma

By Gemma Hughes ⋅ June 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

I bloody love magic. Pretty much any kind of magic. Autistic, card shuffling weirdos; tantastic bouffant-haired Blackpool types; edgy (and often completely gross) Penn & Teller-type stuff; Paul Daniels…I even like David Blaine. I doubt even David Blaine’s Mum likes David Blaine…

Finley Quaye’s Secret Notting Hill Gig

By Gemma Hughes ⋅ June 10, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

‘Finley Quaye? You mean that fella who did Sunday Shining?’ Well, yeah…but according to the flyers outside tonight’s venue Mr Quaye is most certainly not a mid-Nineties, one-album-wonder, but actually ‘one of the most prolific songwriters of the past ten years.’ We’ll see…

Tuborg Musical Comedy Awards

By Gemma Hughes ⋅ April 15, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

When chatting with friends about how I was going to spend my Saturday evening, the mention of musical comedy seemed to elicit a pretty Marmite response. The only thing everyone did seem to agree on was that if it was bad, it would be really bad.

I’m With Stupid: Make the Change

By Gemma Hughes ⋅ March 16, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Along with the majority of my generation, a certain domino-flicking, tap-dancing, teatime kids TV show left me with the lifelong desire to secure a place in The Guinness Book of Records. And thanks to a very interesting event that my local Vue took part in this Sunday, I have now officially fulfilled that dream: I [...]

Simply Madonna: Materials of the Girl

By Gemma Hughes ⋅ February 28, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

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 [...]

Banging Drum – Power to the People

By Gemma Hughes ⋅ January 29, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

As the January editions of most music magazines decreed, 2008 saw a great crop of talented new break-through acts gain the mainstream coverage they deserve. But who’s gonna be big in 2009? The BBC’s Sound of 2009, widely respected as the what’s hot barometer in the music world, announced it’s top ten list earlier this [...]

Valmont Club: All That Glitters…

By Gemma Hughes ⋅ October 17, 2008 ⋅ 4 comments

Unfortunately in life, having money often means having access to the finest things around; designer clothes, the best restaurants and that most strange and beautiful creature – the members club. So when an invite to the first birthday party of Fulham’s luxurious Valmont Club arrived on my desk, I grabbed the chance to put my [...]