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Choosing the Best Self-Publishing Service for Your Book
What to do if you're not JK Rowling, you don't have a big publishing house to promote you but you're determined to make your book a success? Having initially thought that I would put the book out...
View ArticleGreat British Bake Off 2014 Episode Blog - Week 8
Making a sweet fruit loaf may not initially seem like the hardest task in the world, but we're at the quarter-final stage of this year's Great British Bake Off, and things aren't as simple as they...
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David Gedge of The Wedding Present: 'We Were Destined To Be a John Peel Band'
"People still try and emulate John Peel," says David Gedge, leader of The Wedding Present and one of the last true survivors of the British music scene of the 1980s. "His work as a musicologist put...
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Seven Film Festivals to Get Your Outdoors Fix This Winter
Now that we're officially into Autumn, it's time to plan for the darker days ahead and what treats are due. When it comes to thinking about snow or escaping to surf somewhere in the sun, outdoors...
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Protesters Win Fight as 'Human Zoo' Is Cancelled in London
I witnessed over 200 protesters claim victory as they gathered under the tunnels in Waterloo, London, where the Vault was forced to cancel the first showing of Brett Bailey's controversial Exhibit B...
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Publishing in the Future or the Rise of Independent Authors
Publishing of tomorrow will be different due to the rise of independent authors, who write and publish their books in more formats, for more audiences and through more channels than ever before. We can...
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Sir Peter Blake - Still Pushing the Boundaries of Pop Art
You might think that at the age of 82, Sir Peter Blake might be content to pack away his drawing board, put his feet up and look back on a glittering career. After all, it was 60 years ago that he...
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Stunning Anselm Kiefer Exhibition at Royal Academy
Anselm Kiefer is widely considered to be the most influential artist working today. However he is not a household name. With this in mind, this new exhibition at the Royal Academy succeeds in not only...
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Make Some Noise with Alfie Boe & Katherine Jenkins
In news released yesterday, Alfie Boe has joined forces with Katherine Jenkins to be part of the Make Some Noise charity single. Alfie and Katherine will both sing solos alongside Alexander Armstrong...
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Five Ways to Look at Malevich's Black Square
By Susan Holtham and Fiontan Moran So, what is the big deal about Malevich's Black Square? You may have heard about it having 'mystical ways' or swear you saw it referenced on an album cover (either...
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Samuel L Jackson's A List Karaoke Party at Abbey Road Studios
PAUL MCCARTNEY LEADS VIP LINE-UP TO RECORD CHARITY SINGLE FOR ONE FOR THE BOYS SAMUEL L JACKSON AND NICOLE SCHERZINGER. ALL PICTURES COPYRIGHT - Mike Marsden and One For The Boys. Last night I politely...
View ArticleMove Over Calendar Girls, Its Time for the Adventures of Fifi
When the film Calendar girls was released several years ago, I remember thinking that it was very funny but that it probably couldn't be bettered. That was until I read Fiona McAndrew's book Fantasies...
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New & Used
It is five years now since Duncan Campbell's Make it New John rolled off the production line. Pristine and gleaming in its 2009 plates, Campbell's film was very much that year's model. Turbo-charged...
View ArticleThe X Factor 2014 Bootcamp Show One
Deep breaths everyone. If you thought the room and arena auditions were intense, you've seen nothing yet. 12 acts just 6 chairs. Ladies and gentlemen... it's time to face bootcamp. So who has which...
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How to Make a Hidden Camera Prank Show
It may be indicative of only my viewing history but YouTube seems to mainly be fails, cats and pranks. And combinations of all three. So when you run a comedy channel you will ponder the best way to...
View ArticleNaomi Klein: Capitalism vs The Climate
Global warming is a myth invented by the left-wing in order to bring down the foundations of modern capitalism. Famous Bolsheviks like Barack Obama, David Cameron and a surfeit of climate scientists -...
View ArticleMusical Places in Unusual Spaces
In a couple of weeks, ANIMA, an eight-piece classical chamber ensemble, is premiering one of my pieces. The performance will take place 42ft underground in the Brunel tunnel shaft in London. It is...
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Chilean Art of Civil Disobedience: Review From V&A, London
The Disobedient Objects exhibition is on display at the Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, London, until 1st February 2015. It narrates at least one hundred years of world history to remind us...
View ArticleFive Tips for Getting Glastonbury Tickets
How did we get to Glastonbury-ticket-buying time of year already? It seems like only yesterday I was stumbling off-site, exhausted but with the biggest grin on my face after five days spent at my most...
View ArticleThe X Factor 2014 Bootcamp Show Two
Friday night saw Cheryl picking her six girls for judges houses, to say it was like a rollercoaster is an understatement. In fact I think a rollercoaster is less stressful. Thankfully though, Team...
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