(L)ondon (I)nteresting (A)ctivities
The UK’s biggest queer film festival is back in March with another 11 days and nights of LGBTQIA feature films, shorts and parties. The BFI has just announced that next year’s BFI Flare festival will be running from March 15-26, […]
A little slice of Warrington is coming to London. The Cheshire town was home to the artist Eric Tucker, who died in 2018, and whose art beautifully depicted working-class life in the industrial north. Now, two galleries are being converted […]
A decade or so ago you couldn’t move for musical-theatre-related reality TV shows, most of them involving Andrew Lloyd-Webber and Graham Norton, and all of them involving casting the lead roles in brand new revivals of classic musicals that would […]
Veronica Ryan, the 66-year-old artist behind Britain’s first permanent public artwork to honour the Windrush generation, has won 2022’s Turner Prize. You can see Ryan’s giant fruit sculptures on Narrow Way in east London, a stone’s throw away from the […]
Ordinarily, the prospect of a bit of snow in the capital gladdens our hearts. But the cost-of-living crisis has changed all that. After a week of sub-zero temperatures, snow is forecast for next week. The freezing weather will hit hardest the tens […]
As temperatures dip to near zero and the Beast from the East chills London with its icy breath, the prospect of hanging around outside feels less than enticing. But sunnier days will come. And with them, the chance to enjoy a […]
Finding a properly good supermarket in London can be a mission. Going to a huge Asda or a Tesco Extra is a rare and, frankly, thrilling experience, and there are hardly any Lidls or Aldis. Instead, we’re forced to shop […]