by Annem Hobson | Dec 15, 2016 | Culture
Londoners are all too familiar with the ever-growing trend of dilapidated, empty or under-utilised buildings being taken over and transformed by developers, often at the expense of a local community and its creative scene. But in thriving East London, and very...
by Annem Hobson | Oct 20, 2016 | Music
At the end of the month, London hosts the two-day Match & Fuse experimental music festival. Promising a mix of jazz, rock, electronic music and genre-defying acts, you probably won’t have heard of most of the artists – but you’ll enjoy discovering them. Now in its...
by Annem Hobson | Aug 9, 2016 | History
It’s now five years to the week since the front pages were ablaze with the image of the inferno that was Carpetright, from the first night of the Tottenham riots. That image was to become one of the most iconic snapshots of what was a tumultuous moment in both...
by Annem Hobson | Jul 21, 2016 | Art
The café-bar at New River Studios is one of the few food and drink outlets in the Warehouse District. It provides a funky and fun environment in which to relax and socialise. On my first visit, I couldn’t help but think, ‘I am far too old and uncool to be here.’ As it...
by Annem Hobson | Jun 24, 2016 | Art
Walking through Bruce Castle Park, it’s hard to imagine it 500 years ago. If the trees could speak, what stories would they tell? Artists Rosemary Lee and Simon Whitehead are preparing for a series of cyclical performances called Calling Tree. They have been meeting...
by Annem Hobson | Jun 17, 2016 | Books
Tucked away on a side street lives one of Wood Green’s greatest hidden gems. For those in the know, it’s a mecca for all things literary, a jazzy piccolo rift of eccentricity behind the mundane drumbeat of consumer drudgery better known as the High Road. This eden I...
