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Ember Phoenix - Dungeons & Dragons (Album)
The spring of April 14th 2014 marked the official return of "hood famous" West London rapper Ember Phoenix. During his hiatus, the Trinidad born MC was hard at work honing his songwriting skills,...
View Article'Geeking Out': An Evening with Special Guests and Personal Heroes
The New Theatre in Oxford has been home to our Annie Get Your Gun family this past week. A very hot and tiring week, smitten by some illness and injury that left everyone working harder than ever....
View ArticleWhy I Believe Gay Pride Matters More Than Ever - And How Music Will Help It Grow
On Gay Pride I experienced a very interesting case of homophobia. I was in a spa with my boy friend. We snuck in for a coffee, a potter round the spa and a peak at the goings on in Trafalgar Square,...
View ArticleGlastonbury 2014: My Most Memorable Moments, From Dolly Parton to the Left Field
Glastonbury Festival's 900 acre site is jam-packed with plenty of potential "wow" moments and awe-inspiring acts. However, while many of these special seconds are shared with thousands of other people...
View Article'Orange Is the New Black' Fans: The Men Would Like Their TV Back Please
Women my age grew up watching rich, white, heterosexual women play out Disneyfied fantasies on TV - living in apartments that secretly only hedge fund managers could afford, lining them with more shoes...
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National Theatre Takes on Murdoch and Phone Hacking in New Play
In pop culture terminology, the National Theatre has done a bit of a Beyoncé. Conceived and rehearsed in secret, Great Britain, a play about phone hacking at a British tabloid, was suddenly announced...
View ArticleThe Fantastic Life of Paulo Coelho: Between Insanity and Spirituality
Immensely quotable, universally appealing, read all over the world - that's Paulo Coelho, the indisputable king of popular Brazilian literature. The man behind The Alchemist, one of the best-selling...
View ArticlePut Your Slippers in the Air, Like You Just Don't Care
I love Glastonbury, but I'm slightly embarrassed to admit I've never actually been. Yet, thanks to the Beeb it's one of my annual TV highlights. I'm glued to it, flicking between Pyramid and John Peel...
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Alongside Guitarist Stevie Marco and the Rasta Rock Opera, Jimi Hendrix...
Americans the world over will gather and praise the United States of America on the 4th of July. To the people of the United States, this date is more than the anniversary of the declaration of...
View ArticleThe Importance of Place
The summer is the time of year when the British crafts world really springs into life. Shows such as Art In Action in Waterperry House, the Contemporary Craft Festival at Bovey Tracey in Devon, the...
View ArticleMaggie Gyllenhaal Interview: Star Talks New BBC Series 'The Honourable...
The path from film to television is a well-trodden one, yet the decision of indie royalty Maggie Gyllenhaal to star in an eight-part BBC series about the Israel-Palestine conflict still raises...
View ArticleWhat Glastonbury Does So Well That Most Summer Festivals Just Don't Get
Not much tends to exceed expectations, especially when you're talking about the most well-loved festival on the planet, Glastonbury. But come Monday, I walked away from Worthy Farm with my mind blown...
View ArticleActing for a Change
The Act For Change Project London. Young Vic June 30th. Thanks to Danny Lee Wynter and the team. What an inspiring morning. Now we must lobby for true change and equality. With Ann Mitchell and...
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The Best of South Africa Gathers in Grahamstown and the Whole World Is Invited
[Credit: stokoesmission) The global arts festival season never really stops. As the Europeans get started, Australia and New Zealand have already been going for six months, with record-breaking years...
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Mark Powell and the Ibiza Connection: Time to Modernise
Soho congeals under feverish skies and the barbarians are at the gates. The gentrifiers and dullards (not to mention Crossrail) are currently doing Luftwaffe-style damage to this historic quarter's...
View ArticleWhat Brands Can Learn From Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton appeared for the first time at this year's Glastonbury festival and the 68 year old has become the most talked about act of the festival with over 100,000 turning out to see her, let alone...
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Nine Years Later, I Finally Received My Hogwarts Letter
It was my second day as a HuffPo intern. Sat at my muggle desk and working on my muggle tasks, I noticed an owl flutter past the window with a letter clutched in its beak. An owl?! During day time?! In...
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Resistance and Responsibility - Why Enter Shikari Matter
There are few alternative bands in Britain with a following as youthful, diverse and dedicated as that which surrounds Enter Shikari at every turn. Now in to their second decade as a band, having...
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The Top 20 Albums of 2014... So Far
There are many things that frustrate me about Top 20 lists. Chief among them are those that suggest that there isn't any good new music. The quest for new music has always been an adventure. The...
View ArticleThe Amazing Morph Shares Three Pieces of Invaluable Advice
This Sunday, HuffPost UK celebrates its third birthday, and rather than ask for piles of presents, we asked some of our favourite bloggers to gift us with their three best pieces of advice. Here,...
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