After graduating with a degree in English Literature, working in bookshops and teaching in China, Kathleen moved home and like a million graduates before her she soon realised an escape plan was desperately needed. So she took a journalism course, got a job and moved to the city where all your dreams come true. Admittedly Kathleen’s dreams mostly involve sampling new takeaways and sitting in the park with a beer and the paper – but somehow that’s just cooler in London.
18
Jul
2012
Comedian Marcus Brigstocke
'I'm kind of intimidated by north London. I’ve too much of a propensity toward corduroy and cardigans to deal with it'
9
Jul
2012
Philosopher Alain de Botton
'I recently published an essay called How to Think More About Sex. One suggestion is not to ban porn but to improve it'
19
Jun
2012
Artist Jessica Albarn
'I love Hackney. It's becoming more gentrified but there’s still a lot of exciting stuff going on and it’s still edgy enough'
9
Jun
2012
Film director Kevin Macdonald
'I think it’s interesting that Bob Marley's most creative period was when he left Jamaica and came to London in exile'
28
May
2012
Norman Jay on the Queen’s Jubilee
'I think London is the envy of kids around the world. Anyone can perform and we’ve got a fantastic pirate radio station scene'
16
May
2012
Museum Curator Marius Kwint
'London is a world city with a strong ethnic mix, and there is a thriving, slightly rebellious artistic culture still'
8
May
2012
The Big Chill Founder Pete Lawrence
'When I moved to London the music scene was exciting. We’d come out at the other side of punk so it was getting very eclectic'
30
Apr
2012
Josh Radnor at Sundance London
'It’s a real thrill to be invited to London and to be among a small selection of films forming the festival this year'
16
Apr
2012
Culinary Guru Hardeep Singh Kohli
'I live in Hackney and can show you some of Africa, the Caribbean, Turkey, Vietnam and China 20 yards from my front door'
15
Feb
2012
Love at The Foundry
The dining area has its very own Hanging Gardens of Babylon in the form of an impressive wall-to-ceiling vertical garden
