I couldn’t help but imagine scorned authors body-slamming and knocking each other out with volumes of Encyclopedia Britannica when I read this title. But you’ll be relieved to know that the Literary Death Match is a much more civilised affair (oh, you groan?) and quite an amazing one at that.…
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For anyone who believes that moving images can only come alive with 3D glasses, attending a Future Cinema event will undoubtedly be a mind-blowing experience. For nearly five years, the creators of the acclaimed Secret Cinema have been organising screenings in locations which have been transformed to recreate iconic moments…
Celebrating 15 years of live entertainment and cultural diversity, The Mayor’s Thames Festival returns on September 10th and 11th as London’s largest free outdoor celebration. Set on providing an extravagant end to the summer – and start to the Autumn season – the length between Westminster Bridge and Tower Bridge…
The starting point is simple. The result anything but. An imaginary line is drawn between Lahore Central Station in Pakistan and Liverpool Street Station in London. Ten arts practitioners from each country have been commissioned to make new work responding to the urban landscape they encounter along the first mile of…
If you know anything about Public Enemy‘s LP Fear of A Black Planet, you’ll understand it had such an extraordinary influence on hip-hop, it’s since been compared to the impact made by the works of Bob Dylan, George Clinton and Bob Marley. PE’s 3rd album came out at the dawn…
Since 2003, the London Mela has successfully celebrated South Asian culture with a very cool line-up of music stars, as well as theatre, comedy, cabaret, exhibitions and vibrant dance. So if you’re after an fun – and free! – multi-cultural day out in London, consider this a diary essential, returning…