How making Art can create a fairer and more caring society
By Nicky Goulder, Create Co-Founder and CEO Last week the Hands Off Our Revolution campaign was launched, through which more than 200 artists, musicians, writers and arts professionals from 40 countries pledged to take part in a series of exhibitions and arts projects around the world confronting the rise of right-wing populism in Europe, the US and elsewhere. Hands Off Our Revolution is a great example of the most common way in which people experience art and creativity being used...
The Eurozone economy is heating up – And Brits are getting worried
The Eurozone economy is expanding at the fastest pace since 2011 on the back of German manufacturing, showing clear signs that it is recovering from the sovereign debt crisis that swept through the region. According to the composite purchasing managers' index compiled by IHS Markit the expansion of industry reached an almost six-year high with German manufacturers reporting expansion at an astonishing 69-month high with the sector’s purchasing managers’ index (PMI) rising to 57 points. Quelle surprise, according to another related study the...
I Am Not A Serial Killer: DVD/Digital Review
By Leslie Byron Pitt Troubled adolescent John Wayne Cleaver is surrounded by death. In his small quiet Midwestern hometown, he balances school with a part-time role working at his mother’s funeral home. Recently diagnosed as a sociopath, John spends his work life cracking dark jokes about the cadavers and freaking out the people at his school with his morbid essays. Not much happens in this ma and pa, middle American town, however, a spate of mysterious murders has recently plagued...
Restaurant Review – Yosma
It’s generally accepted that the best Turkish food in London can be found north of the river. Over the past two years, three “authentic Turkish restaurants” have opened contiguously in Greenwich, just around the corner from my house. As well as promising to be authentically Turkish, another thing these venues hold in common is the inane ability to cook astoundingly bad food yet manage to entice herds of customers. When I think of great Turkish food in London, I think...
It’s a very mad world: And that’s just how the media want it
It's a strange state of affairs when the prospect of an all non-league FA Cup quarter final isn't the wackiest thing that could happen in the news this week. But move aside Lincoln, Sutton too perhaps, because regardless of the outcome of tonight's clash no tangible news can any longer compete with fake counterparts been peddled by news outlets, prominent politicians and celebrities. One man who is entangled in all three is President Donald Trump, who despite speaking out about the media's...
Essex is the filthiest place in the UK
If you have driven anywhere around Britain during the winter you may have noticed the sickening volumes of rubbish strewn along our roads. Ask any visiting tourist who has taken the time to drive outside of the normal British tourist traps and they’ll tell you that our country is filthy. In fact, it should embarrass you to know that many of our European neighbours regard us as a filthy nation. Whilst London and the majority of city centres benefit from regular...
Incredible pictures of horse trainer and her ponies on wild Scottish adventure
This is the moment one of Britain's leading horse trainers took her ponies to meet their relatives on the Shetland Islands - on a tiny boat. Emma Massingale, 34, accompanied Albert and Ernie back to their native roots as part of her latest equestrian challenge. During the month-long adventure the ponies travelled around the rugged islands with Emma, running free with local herds. And they also took a trip out on the water to mirror the historic way Shetlands were...
In pictures: Britain stands in unity with its migrants
In a year when strikes look likely to become increasingly prominent, here's one that would near cripple the economy. If all migrant workers downed tools for a day Britain's economy would take a £328 million hit, the nation's GDP would fall four per cent and institutions such as the NHS "would be unable to function", according to a report by the New Economics Foundation. The report has been published to coincide with the "1 Day Without Us" campaign which has...
Theatre Review: See Me Now, The Young Vic
As the lights go down at the end of See Me Now’s press night the audience rise collectively to their feet in outright admiration. This display of elation is not born out of left liberal values, but out of respect for the performers, for the gutsy real life stories they as an audience have just been witness to and the realisation of the emotional cost that telling such stories has for the ensemble. The show is about the sex industry...