January 29th, 2010 - jessicah -
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.
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November 16th, 2009 - jessicah -
The king of Brit-pop, Jarvis Cocker, spent the majority of this week performing at the Village Underground Gallery in Shoreditch. It’s here that Cocker and his motley band, provided the backing track to a variety of bizarre workshops, including, pole dancing, hula-hooping and yoga classes. Open to all, and intended to break down the barriers between performer and audience, musician and artist and of course Cocker and fans.
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September 9th, 2009 - Hynam -
Thought the most glamorous thing about the Women’s Institute was the Helen Mirren vehicle about a racy calendar? You thought wrong. Jazz Mellor, daughter of The Clash’s Joe Strummer, is reclaiming granny activities for the cool kids.
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