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By Jessica Hazel There’s a new gang on the streets of East London. More terrifying than any gun-wielding estate mob and more wayward than the hobos found loitering outside the job centre. They call themselves, Gaggle, a choir of twenty-odd women led by classically trained choir master (and ex-586 member) Deborah Coughlin.
By Jessica Hazel Anyone who has studied or taken an interest in art, will understand what it’s like living in a house full of old paintings, sculptures, collage of crisp packets, collection of ‘found objects’ and not having a clue what to do with them. Too ghastly to put on display and downright insulting to give away as gifts, but then again these artworks were often slaved over and not to mention the money spent on creating them. Luckily UK artist Michael Landy, has come up with a solution in his latest project entitled: ‘Art Bin’. Landy is using a giant glass skip, that resides in the South London Gallery, to slowly fill with donated/rejected artworks.
By Jessica Hazel. The Women’s Institute (W.I) was first established in 1897 and now has over 205,000 members in the UK alone. The W.I carries a somewhat frumpy reputation and most people imagine a gaggle of old ladies, who meet each week in the village hall to discuss jam making techniques and various health complaints. This is indeed the case, except for a pocket of women from East London who go by the name of the Shoreditch Sisters, who have been tipped as the most glamourous W.I group in the country. I tagged along one Tuesday evening for the first meeting of 2010.
By Jessica Hazel Now it’s 2010, the 1990’s are officially vintage… doesn’t that make you feel old? Selfridges has teamed up with Rellik in their first ever retail collaboration to present a selection of original nineties and nineties-inspired products, all up for sale in one neon-coloured corner of the Oxford Street store. Grunge, Britpop, Nearly-There Technology, YBA’s. Grrrl and Girl Power, Supermodels and the rise of the Super-band are the main themes of the collection, which come together in eclectic and authentic harmony.
By Jessica Hazel Those of you who find yourselves in the big smoke this January should take a trip to the National Portrait Gallery before the months out for the last chance to check out over 150 photographs of England’s finest rock ‘n’ roll treasures, from Beatles to Bowie and Hendrix to the Stones, it’s well worth a look as at least 100 of the images have never been seen before.
AMUTI 23 is a small and inconspicuous shop near Leicester Square, which is filled with an impressive array of cultural ephemera, rarities and doubling as an exhibition space. The brains behind AMUTI 23 have gathered together 101 special items in time for the Christmas shopping rush to try and encourage people to give gifts which have a little more meaning and value behind them – than your average pair of socks from Marks & Spencers. |
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I am a 25-year-old freelance journalist who lives in London. I have been writing about art, music and culture since graduating with a BA honours degree in Music And Visual Art from Brighton University in 2007. I started out writing for the student paper and then went on to write for publications such as NME, Artrocker and The Fly as a music journalist. I have also worked on several small magazines in editorial positions. I moved to London back in April of 2009 and have been doing my best to keep up with the fast-paced arts scene ever since. I live in East London which is currently the epicentre of aspiring new musicians and artists. Alongside my writing I also promote gigs and work in a vintage shop in Camden. Berlin - Germany
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