Yinka Shonibare is having a bit of a moment. Fresh on the heels of a major retrospective at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, the Stephen Friedman Gallery is hosting a show of new works by the British-Nigerian artist. Inspired by the financial crisis, the exhibition explores the subjects of corruption, excess…
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The annual Great Spitalfields Pancake Race is taking place on February 21st (Shrove Tuesday!) , so put together a team of four pancake loving friends, grab a frying pan (pancakes are provided!), and hot foot it down to the Old Truman Brewery. Get on your marks and get ready to…
Head over to the Hunterian Museum for an alternative Valentine’s experience at their Love Bugs event, hosted by Science London. Don your face mask (free with every £2 donation) and get loved up making your own cuddly bacteria. Guest speakers give a gruesome account of what you wouldn’t want to…
Overlooking the chaos of the city is a lovely little rooftop with a difference. You can now escape from the winter weather and warm up at WigWamBam, a cosy, heated wigwam on top of the Queen of Hoxton. Of course no domed dwelling would be complete without a bar and…
Before working for Diesel, I was surprised by how people spoke of sample sales with such buzz and anticipation. I generally thought of them as a regular sale, but when an event was announced at work, the entire building went hysterical. Why? One colleague explained that a sample sale was…
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…