A Northerner in denial, Rachel perpetually places herself anywhere but native Manchester, now leaving her down and out in London (not Paris). She likes words, taking photographs, subtitles, travelling the world whenever her overdraft allows, vintage book shops and solo gallery visits. She’s often found in dark rooms with strangers…cinemas, honest. She’s also Arts & Culture Editor of TLW.
8
Jun
2010
London When it Sizzles
My summer welcome to London was not so much a baptism of fire as a baptism of clamminess and dehydration
4
Jun
2010
Rooftop Picnic at the National Theatre
The roof of the National Theatre will be transformed into a veritable country haven perfectly situated on the South Bank
7
May
2010
East End Film Festival 2010
The East’s variety has always been crucial to its charm, where graffiti art and 1940s tea dresses all co-exist in harmony
22
Apr
2010
Madagascar: A Land Out of Balance
The gallery in west London was packed with people eager to finally see Ed Kashi's winning Prix Pictet commission
13
Apr
2010
Storm Thorgerson: Right but Wrong
From Pink Floyd to The Mars Volta this exhibition has an impressive selection of Storm’s back catalogue
1
Apr
2010
An Evening in the Cheap Seats
I thought it was high time I experience the heady heights of an evening at the Royal Opera House
19
Mar
2010
Lord Arthur’s Bed at The King’s Head
One sure-fire way of keeping the audience’s attention is to include a nice helping of nudity
11
Dec
2009
Ed Ruscha: 50 Years of Painting
The Hayward Gallery’s retrospective celebrating 50 years of Ed Ruscha’s paintings
10
Dec
2009
Christmas Shopping in Skips
Like the Christmas star over the manger, a flickering street light shone into an open skip on my street
13
Nov
2009
Ctrl.Alt.Shift Unmasks Corruption
Ctrl.Alt.Shift has taken over Lazarides Gallery, making this small space into a veritable Batcave of comic books
