(L)ondon (I)nteresting (A)ctivities
Every year, on the first Monday in Ma, the crème de la crème from the realms of fashion, film, music, and showbiz ascend the steps of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York to attend the Met Gala, AKA the Oscars of […]
The late, great Alexander McQueen is to be honoured in Newham, the neighbourhood where he grew up, for the very first time. A blue plaque will be unveiled at the fashion designer’s childhood home in east London. McQueen, who was […]
Dan Aykroyd, yes, that Dan Aykroyd, isn’t just a Ghostbuster, he’s also kind of a big deal in the booze world. The man, ahem, evidently has a penchant for spirits. A few years ago he co-founded Crystal Head Vodka with the […]
Albert’s Schloss, the extremely popular northern powerhouse venue that’s part ‘Alpine cook haus’ and part ‘Bavarian bier palace’ is set to open its first ever London location. Taking over the old Rainforest Café site on Shaftesbury Avenue (currently known as the Jungle […]
Wes Anderson’s latest movie, ‘Asteroid City’, just premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and it was a major return to form for the American auteur. And there’s more good news, because a new Anderson-endorsed pop-up exhibition is coming to London […]
A colourful flag display designed by artist Rana Begum RA has been unveiled in Piccadilly today. The artwork, titled ‘No.1273 Flag’, is made up of mosaic-patterned flags in bold pinks, blues, greens and oranges. The geometric patterns are apparently inspired […]
Queen Bey is officially in the Big Smoke. On her whistlestop tour of the UK, Beyoncé has already hit up Cardiff, Edinburgh and er… Sunderland. She’s now brought her Renaissance World War for the capital for a mega five-night run, […]