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Having a sword duel with a stranger, getting a tattoo and dancing a jig to a French gypsy band are just some of the things you can expect from Shore Leave – a quirky, sailor-themed night out for “drown hearts and lost lovers”. The swords might be plastic and the…
I am…from Florida and started living it up in London while technically residing in Cambridge, from the Spring of 2009. London hasn’t really gotten rid of me since. I spend my days working on two start-ups: The Note Well, a music friendship project, and USApplicants, a tutoring and mentoring company for students…
A very clever anonymous-type once said “jazz is an open-ended music designed for open minds”, and it’s an ethos that perfectly sums up the musical musings of keyboardist Robert Glasper. Since 2003, the Texan’s taken cues from Miles Davis and Thelonius Monk to produce jazz music with hip-hop bravado, and…
Since Secret Cinema launched nearly four years ago, we’ve always been excited to hear about their innovative and immersive events, which give its 60,000 members cryptic clues and instructions to keep ’em guessing what film they’re watching each month until the very last minute (and you gotta love a surprise!).…
The capital’s creatives have had it scrawled in their diaries (in red Sharpie marker, naturally) for months. It’s a biggie, the London Design Festival – and now in its 9th year, it promises to be vaster and more exciting than ever. But, with a dizzying 250 events and exhibitions to…
There might have been a mild sense of caution surrounding this year’s festivities off the back of the London riots, but a heavy police presence – 5,500 – ensured Notting Hill Carnival 2011 kicked off in the highest of spirits. By 10am, crowds were packing out Tube stations like Notting…