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…
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Film buffs and cartoon lovers alike will be well up for heading to the London International Animation Festival – the largest of its kind in the UK. Taking place at the Barbican for the first time in its eight year history, there’ll be 250(!) beautifully crafted visuals to feast your…
I front…a band called Submotion Orchestra, which was born in Leeds. At the time, I was playing a lot of dub/DnB and Jazz, but I wanted to find some kind of crossover in the middle. Dubstep was just beginning to surface and yet no one was doing it live. It…
The National Theatre’s ‘Watch This Space’ festival has been taking place in Theatre Square all this summer, featuring theatre, circus acts, music and street performance – all free of charge. Monday 15 August to Sunday 21 August will see the arrival ‘Dance Week’ to the space, and among those on the…
Off the back of their Grammy win for ‘Wake Up!’, a collaboration album with soul singer John Legend, and a nomination for their own LP ‘How I Got Over’, hip-hop legends The Roots return to London on August 19 to play the Hammersmith Apollo, with support from grime maestro Kano.…
If you wind up on a dance floor nursing broken toes and yearning for a suave, robust dancer by the name of Ramon, then you’ve probably had a fantastic night out at Salsa! on Charing Cross Road. The restaurant, bar and nightclub is a heady Latin-spiced cocktail for the senses – and…