Vanessa Feltz wins a Sony

Vanessa Feltz hosts the best radio show in London. I’ve always known it and tonight it’s been confirmed at the Sony Radio Academy Awards.
The Robert Elms Show, also on BBC London 94.9, is a close  contender among my personal favourites but I’m really glad Vanessa has won as there are few other shows that capture [...]

An open invitation – journalism’s new futures

For the past year and a half I’ve been running a (more or less) monthly session where I gather together hot young talent working at the top levels of British journalism. The sessions are made up of journalists, producers and editors working in print, radio, television and online.
The ‘gatherings’ have ground to a halt after a [...]

The London review of bookshops

Where do you go when you’ve got a few hours to kill, when you’re fed up of being in your own house but it’s not quite the occasion to head down to the pub?
I’m beginning to gain a penchant for chilling out at bookstores. They’re the perfect place to peruse the latest novels or magazines [...]

Greenwich by boat

Pop down to the Millenium Pier and use your Oyster card to get a discount on one of the boat services that’ll take you on a scenic route eastwards on Thames.
It takes less than half an hour to get to Greenwich and it’s so much more fun than the tube. Once you’re there I’d recommend [...]

Secret London – sun seeking heaven

Where in Central London, can you get a great riverside view without being stuck in some poncy bar or restaurant? On the third floor gardens at the National Theatre, that’s where.

What a random find! I’d love to go back when the weather is even hotter to watch a beautiful sunset, or even a sunrise.

London Buddhist Centre

I had a great session yesterday morning at the London Buddhist Centre in Bethnal Green.

My visits to the centre tend be quite infrequent. Stupidly I treat meditation a bit like going to the dentist; I wait until things get really really bad before scheduling an appointment rather than going for regular visits.
Yesterday was probably the first time in a month but [...]

Map – the coolest club night in London?

“He’s the king of the LA hipsters.” Apparently that’s all I needed to know when I asked how one of MAP’s founders who to describe DJ, blogger, label-owner and promoter extraordinaire Franki Chan.
The dude behind Iheartcomix is set to explode onto the London scene this Bank Holiday weekend as he headlines for the debut of MAP, a [...]

VIDEO – Michael Jackson ‘This is It’ at London’s 02

Michael Jackson announces London O2 performances this July.

The London shows – titled This Is It – will mark Jackson’s first live performance for more than two.
Concert promoter AEG Live issued a statement saying Jackson will play 10 shows at the O2 arena  from July 8.

Hip blog – We Made This

Check out We Made This, a London-based blog full of design deliciousness by the eponymous London based graphic design studio specialising in print work.

London carnival protest

SOURCE: Press Release
Campaigners dressed as zombies will ‘hang bankers’ in central London to protest against the way the government has been handling the economic crisis.
The group said it will march from Oxford Street to Marble Arch in the style of a New Orleans jazz funeral and in a Mardi Gras carnival mood. A pancake race [...]