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“After the show I just wanted the ground to swallow me up. If it wasn’t for my kids I would have ended it. "I am relieved the show has been taken off the air and I hope it never comes back. Mental health is a serious subject and this show exploits the most vulnerable."

Camden, London05/05/2019Pictures: Graham Berry (@blktphotography) Sunday is ever considered a day of rest, to look upon the week’s achievements with your feet up and Countryfile on the TV. Unfortunately there’s no rest for the wicked, and those powering on through another day of towering riffs are certainly that (wicked hungover, mostly). London locals Mountain Caller might be new to the scene, having only formed in 2017, but their considered, windingly-progressive stoner doom evokes the sounds of some established genre stalwarts....

Dubai based photographer Teemu Jarvinen captures incredible photos of storms at night alongside the beautiful architecture of Dubai and Singapore

Camden, London04/05/2019Pictures: Graham Berry (@blktphotography) Slightly jaded from yesterday’s proceedings but unbroken, back down the rabbit hole of the London Underground to emerge in Camden for Desertfest Day Two. Luckily Elephant Tree are on hand at The Electric Ballroom to ease us into the day gently, clearly understanding the need to be a bit on the gentle side when they ask “How you doing? Who’s hungover?”. Throwing out bouncing stoner grooves, fat and fuzzy bass soloing and wailing, climbing guitars,...

Rob Arnold made his sculpture from the pieces of Nestle product containers he found on a beach in Cornwall

Camden, London03/05/2019Pictures: Graham Berry (@blktphotography) And thus those who unite to worship at the great temple of riff descended onto London for the eighth edition of Desertfest – a now firmly established and oft unmissable date in the festival calendar (and perhaps the best - as there’s not a portaloo in sight). Friday’s line up is arguably one of the most ‘on brand’ to date; most of the bands on the slate deal with some form of blues-tinged, fuzz drenched...

London artist Caio Locke has scooped an international prize for his piece entitled Metropolis London which was painted in a 'para-realism’ style. Some 5,366 entries were submitted as part of a competition to win a share of £10,000 in prizes as well as the opportunity to exhibit work at the Affordable Art Fair Hampstead in May. First place in the Landscape/Cityscape/Seascape category was awarded to Caio Locke, from London, for his piece entitled “Metropolis London”, which is painted in a...

Camden, London05/05/2019Pictures: Graham Berry (@blktphotography) Check out our coverage of day three from Camden’s Desertfest below. The gallery includes shots from Wren, Surya, Mountain Caller, Earthless, CHVE & Syndrome, and All Them Witches. WrenWrenWrenWrenWrenSuryaSuryaSuryaMountain CallerMountain CallerMountain CallerMountain CallerMountain CallerMountain CallerEarthlessEarthlessEarthlessEarthlessEarthlessEarthlessEarthlessEarthlessEarthlessEarthlessEarthlessEarthlessEarthlessCHVE & SyndromeCHVE & SyndromeAll Them WitchesAll Them WitchesAll Them WitchesAll Them WitchesAll Them WitchesAll Them Witches

In new hard science-fiction novel The Place of Quarantine, award-winning Russian author Vadim Babenko delivers an extraordinary book that is both intellectually stimulating and emotionally engaging By Lucy Bryson What happens after we die is one of the most profound and fundamental questions of humanity, and is a subject that has, understandably, been a perennial favourite for fiction authors across the ages. The realm of speculative fiction is, after all, an ideal place to examine those areas of our shared...