Ever fancied learning something new but can’t commit to a full-time course? Then City Lit is a really good place to consider.
In brand new premises (a 6 floor huge purpose-built building), a vast improvement on the random sites it occupied before, you’ll find City Lit on Keeley Street, a five minute walk from Holborn tube.
Established in 1919, it’s now the largest adult education centre in Europe, offering day, evening and weekend courses. And luckily for its students, it’s always managed to attract the best teachers: Dame Edith Sitwell, T.S. …

Fifty French Rock Chicks vs. One Restless Ron Arad

The two exhibitions currently open at the Barbican Centre prove one thing: birds spend their lives looking for the same thing as we do, an agreeable place to perch for momentary rest and recuperation. For their part, birds may take a more simple-minded approach to life, whereas we humans tend to complicate our existence with thoughts of legacy and making a lasting difference to our environment; but whether fowl or fellow, we are all fluttering from post to wire, tree to washing …

Change is blowing over to this side of the Atlantic, bringing with it a warm breeze, a spring clean and a change of scene, and in the midst of all of this blustery hot air, I recently found myself being carried back to the mainstay of conservative tradition: the V&A museum.
After a long hiatus, I revisited the museum in South Kensington to find that even the V&A, the keeper of global art and design spanning the last five millennia, has made a few alternations to its vast interior showcase. No, …

Although this exhibition has been and gone I still feel it’s worthwhile reviewing in an attempt to highlight how good the Somerset House events can be. It’s definitely worthwhile keeping up to date with what’s on, as shows can easily pass you by. Somerset House is also particularly appropriate for fashion lovers as it often features exhibitions along the fashion lines including past events like ‘Skin and Bones’, which studied the relationship between fashion and architecture. It is also of course the new venue for London Fashion week.
Norma Parkinson was …

Another nice little blog along the lines of Londonshopfronts.com this one isn’t solely devoted to shop fronts though and features all sorts of photos of interesting sites from around London.
The site is updated regularly and the photographs featured often vary in style in terms of colours and composition. Every now and again some black and white photographs will pop up which have a completely different feel to the normal observational shots.
The style of the photography on the site is very much observational and documentary and often features pictures of people …

Urban knitting and yarnstorming has been sweeping across London for a little while now and has already taken Leake Street tunnel, some churches and a few phoneboxes by storm! We recently caught up with a few of the Yarn Corp girls and spun and few questions at them with some amusing replies….
How did you stumble into the art of amigurumi?

Purple Purler: a Totoro came to me in a dream and made me make lifesize yarny replicas for his clone army…
Deadly Knitshade: Ancient Japanese gods instilled us with awesome and …

Candy Coated Canvas Exhibition
Candy Coated Canvas is an exhibition of international artists work who were asked to produce work which was “visually extremely colourful and playful, whilst sparking up memories of childhood, sweets, fantasy lands and those naughty but nice pleasures in life.” So kind like the inner workings of Willy Wonka’s mind in art form.
The small intimate gallery setting of the London Miles Gallery in deepest darkest Kensington, has become awash with sickly pink and candy floss colours. All of the artwork is quite crazy and along the lines …

If you’re wandering around central London and sick of the sight of Topshop and Oxford Street, the Photographers’ Gallery is a hidden oasis of cultural calm. As the largest public gallery specifically dedicated to the medium of photography, the international exhibition programme and showcasing of new talent is worth keeping an eye out for. As one of my favourite galleries to visit, I caught up with Sam from the press office and curator Claire Grafik (yes, what an amazing name?!) to ask them a few questions.

How long has the Photographers’ …