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Jimmy Carr's 'Laughing and Joking': Why Do Some Comedians Get Away With Sexism?
On Sunday evening I managed to watch approximately three minutes of Jimmy Carr's Laughing And Joking on Channel 4. After what felt like an eternity of sexist one-liners (even 180 seconds is too much),...
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Should We Be Amused by Guy Bourdin's Photographs, or Appalled?
The new exhibition of Guy Bourdin's photography at Somerset House presents us with a conundrum. There is no doubting the man's eye and talent for image creation, but these images were taken over 30...
View ArticleVive La Difference
I love visiting Paris...the food, the history, the arrogance, everything that tells me I'm a tourist. My sister is a hard core Francophile. She ran away to live the dream there, ended up fluent, and a...
View ArticlePaddington - The Review
Paddington is one of those rare movies which makes you glad to be alive. When I heard that Harry Potter/Gravity producer David Heyman was working on a live action/animated version of the classic...
View ArticleFestive Book Review: 'A Christmas Carol for Kids'
With the meaning and significance of Christmas changing year after year only one thing remains constant: the stories we tell, the tales we weave into the holiday celebration, the messages that remind...
View ArticleA Boy's First Conversation at 15 - Isolation and Loneliness in Deaf Education!
Right now there are more than 10million people In the UK with some form of hearing loss - that's one in six people - a pretty high statistic! I've been involved in the deaf community now for over 10...
View ArticleNightcrawler - The Review
When Jake Gyllenhaal made Donnie Darko in 2001, it marked the arrival of a major force in the movie business. Of course we didn't know it at the time. That cult time travel offering could have been a...
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The Soho Hobo Calling BoJo
The Soho Hobo calling BoJo, Re. Jo Jo Dear Mr Johnson, With great urgency, I am writing to you as a Soho resident on behalf of the Soho community and the performing arts community of the West End. As...
View ArticleHas ITV's Singing Competition Lost Its 'X Factor'?
All good things come to an end is what they say and at the weekend it seems that the X Factor may have found itself in the last chance saloon. The problem it is facing is that the competition has...
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Save Live Music in the UK, Support Independent Venue Week 2015
Why are music venues in the UK dropping like flies? Is it due to abatement notices and local council bureaucracy? Is it down to young people now believing that music careers are achieved by attending...
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Life In The Arts Lane - Week 96 - The Smell of Art
There are times when you can get a strong whiff of how something or someone is doing. Everything has its own particular aroma and I was particularly struck by the pong of the Ming. One of the best...
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An Interview With Key Kobayashi
I am in London to interview Key Kobayashi, elusive producer of heavy metal upstarts, Babymetal. It is lashing with rain and everyone is lost inside the Brixton Academy venue or stuffing their faces...
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What Will the Future Hold for Sakina?
Thursday sees ministers from all over the world gather in the UK for the London Conference on Afghanistan to talk about the country's future development. This is a very critical time, international...
View ArticleAuthors Pick The Best Books of 2014
I asked 20 bestselling authors to recommend the best books they read in 2014. Here are their favourite reads of the year. Carys Bray All my Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews. This beautiful novel about...
View ArticleWords for the Wounded Independent Author Book Award
My favourite thing about running my own online magazine is the people I meet. One such person this year was best-selling author Margaret Graham. Not only has she written over 30 great books, she has...
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Vanishing London: It's Time Now for Soho to Save Its Soul
London, this ancient city of ours, has two beating hearts. One, known as the Square Mile, keeps our metropolis firmly upon the world map, but so too does the other and no less vital. A mere two short...
View ArticleWhy Charities Need to Understand the Zoella Phenomenon
If you're someone who has spent any time on YouTube over the past few months, it won't be long before you come across Zoe Sugg, aka Zoella. Now, with her multi-million pound partnership with YouTube...
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The Best Art From London Invited to Exhibit in Pune
Rekha Sameer, an artist and curator based in London, and Rashmi Tapadia, founder and owner of LetArtWork Gallery in Pune, decided to select the most interesting art being made in London today and to...
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Remembrance Poppies: Flower Power at the London Tower
The ambitious artistic installation entitled 'Blood Swept Land and Seas of Red' at the Tower of London's dry moat has captured popular imagination and taken a nation by a storm. However,...
View ArticleRumours of the Death of London's Soho Have Been Exagerated
The fact Madame JoJo's is closing is sad. Just as the death of anything that is part of our history is sad. There were certain club nights there that were very special indeed, but knowing their...
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