Alice reviews London’s culture, art, alternative night life and music. Prefers North London to South, rockers to mods and vanilla to chocolate. Takes to the capital’s poetry scene when Shoreditch is having a slow news week.
4
Feb
2009
London Alt-Rockers After the Riots
The boys are great fun; I’m taking mental notes over a beer in their studio and they don’t seem to mind my invasion on their creative process
3
Feb
2009
London’s Snow Day
Panic! Chaos! Disorientation! London is encased in an unidentified cold white substance!
1
Feb
2009
Bowling With the Kids on Queensway
The bowling alley itself is fantastically gauche. Everything is neon, glowing under UV, sparkly and shiny
31
Jan
2009
The Museum of Childhood
Some of the dolls dating back to the late 19th century really make you question the psychological adjustment of our great-grandparents
16
Jan
2009
Westfield. What Credit Crunch?
The marble floors are so unfathomably shiny and clean that it feels like visiting a very rich school friend’s house
27
Dec
2008
Alison Tang’s Littleclouds
Littleclouds, as she’s known around the web, is a fascinating product of formal education in graphic art and illustration
17
Dec
2008
‘Alex’ at Leicester Square Theatre
It is, perhaps, an unusual springboard for a theatrical production as it suffers from a Buzz-Killington-variety sense of humour
6
Dec
2008
A Wind of Revolution Blows
Here you’ll find carefully printed and framed excerpts from French texts, embroidered aprons and doctored postcards
2
Dec
2008
Les Années Folles: The Art of Paris in W1
The curator must be given a well-deserved nod of approval for selecting a geographical, instead of stylistic theme
1
Dec
2008
Erró’s Superheros at the Mayor Gallery
Erró’s style is a variation on postmodern pop-art: a clutter of neon characters, speech bubbles, strong outlines and false perspective
