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The Mondrian Guide to Life
Piet Mondrian is one of the best known of all modern artists - and also the most misunderstood. But we could all learn a thing or two from the real Mondrian, says Dr. Michael White, the co-curator of...
View ArticleJamie's Been Cooking With Poo!
Khun Saiyuud Diwong, affectionately known as Poo, is a long-time resident of Klong Toey, the largest slum in Bangkok. A remarkable role model of positivity in an often stark landscape, Poo runs her own...
View ArticleOn Using Mindfulness as Party Survival Skills
I don't like parties anymore, I don't think I ever did but when you drink, the world is your oyster card. I remember in the old days throwing it back as fast as I could and thinking I was a joy to...
View ArticleSorry, Jonah Hill - You're Going to Have to Do Better Than That Apology
Spare a thought, everyone, for Jonah Hill - the character actor caught on tape this week telling an irritating, confrontational paparazzo to suck his dick, signing off with the beautiful "faggot". No...
View Article'I Wanna Marry Harry'- Are American Women Really That Stupid?
"I Wanna Marry Harry" is a reality tv show airing Tuesday nights in the US, where 12 women compete to win the hearts of a ginger haired British man, whom they believe to be the real Prince Harry. In...
View ArticleThe Bus Party
I've been on the road. No surprise there you might think. This time it was slightly different. I was one of about a dozen in a mini-bus jooking around Scotland seeking out roads less travelled and...
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Introducing: St Paul and the Broken Bones
Photo credit: Shawn Jackson (Sundel Perry Photography) At a time when TV made pop stars and overhyped indie bands create a musical race to the bottom, St Paul and The Broken Bones are here to lift you...
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Theatre Review: Kevin Spacey Stars in Clarence Darrow
Clarence Darrow is a very passionate, moving play on the experiences and motivations of a famous US union and civil rights lawyer who played a key part in some of the most contested legal fights in...
View ArticleSohoCreate Festival; Tom Harvey MBE on Showcasing London's Talent
SohoCreate is a festival like no other. Celebrating London's groundbreaking creativie talent, it does not center on one given field but encompasses an inspiringly wide array of creative disciplines....
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Sound and Vision: Why Diversification Is the Name of the Music Game
The public has grown sick at heart. It has grown bored, and in growing bored, has itself become boring, today incapable of expressing any idealism owing to its new-found impotency, borne of the...
View ArticleWho Owns a Banksy?
Banksy is one of the few people who have been able to popularly harmonise the terms 'graffiti' and 'artist' and his work is treasured around the world from the West Bank to Bristol. Yet Banksy's fame...
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Viv Albertine: A State of Compulsion
Viv Albertine, guitarist in punk band The Slits, ceramicist, writer and actress has written an inspiring memoir, 'Clothes, Clothes, Clothes, Music, Music, Music, Boys, Boys, Boys' about her experience...
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Review: Peter Grimes at Grange Park Opera
After the fanfare that surrounded Benjamin Britten's 2013 centenary and the accolades David Alden's Peter Grimes generated in its ENO incarnation, transporting this sea-ravaged epic deep into the...
View ArticleA Glass Half Full
I've always been a 'glass half full', type of woman. An optimistic lass who believes that positivity can surmount most obstacles. I've been a professional actress for 18 years. I went straight to drama...
View ArticleYou Can Be a Woman of a Certain Age and Change Your Career Successfully
We are two women, BBC radio presenters, who have just won the Bronze award in the Best Entertainment category at the UK Radio Academy Awards. We were the only women duo in the Radio Academy Awards, and...
View ArticleCelia's Chronicles
When I was 17, I worked in a taverna on the Greek island of Antiparos . I learnt to cook the usual Greek fayre with speed and flair and some modern Greek; and since then I have seldom been fazed by...
View Article#Culturevist: Investing in Corporate Culture
A few days ago, I had an interesting invitation to attend a meetup with the subject around corporate culture. After work, at 7pm, I headed towards Oxford Circus, at the ENGINE offices, where Matthew...
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A Chat With Holby/Rev Veteran Jimmy Akingbola
Actor Jimmy Akingbola has been a stage an screen regular for years, making his mark in BBC cop drama Holby Blue (when we first had a phone chat). Since then he wowed the masses in BBC stethosoap Holby...
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The Psychology of Dancing at Festivals
Festival season is nearly upon us. My polka dotted wellies and stripy tights are waiting to be stuffed into an Ikea bag with an inconceivable amount of fancy dress, multiple cans of gin and tonic, and...
View ArticleSaying Game of Thrones Is Sexist Is Totally Missing the Point
At the end of April, an article found its way onto the Guardian website, written by Danielle Henderson. In this article she claimed that too much sexism and racism encouraged her to stop watching the...
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