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John Costi: Armed Robber to Critically Acclaimed Artist
Artist John Costi was born London 1987, of dual Irish and Cypriot heritage. Working mostly in film, spoken word and performance installation his main concerns are identity and the self plus social and...
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Band Aid 30: Lost Cause?!
Okay so I am fully aware Sir Bob Geldof is doing a good cause helping to raise funds for Ebola with Band Aid 30 - 'Do They Know It's Christmas'. He has roped in some of the biggest names in pop music....
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Solange Knowles Broke Out in Hives on Her Wedding Day: This Is NOT Newsworthy
Solange Knowles married her video director fiancé, Alan Ferguson at a seriously hipster, all-white wedding ceremony in the Holy Trinity Church, New Orleans on Sunday. The fact that the 28-year-old...
View ArticlePrague Wall Dedicated To John Lennon Painted Over
Prague's colorful wall dedicated to the memory of John Lennon has been painted over, leaving just a single message: "Wall is over!" The wall, located at the heart of the Czech capital in the...
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An Unusual Matrimony: Philosophy and Professional Skiing
Finding a ski film full of optimism and inspiring action isn't hard. But few attempt to deliver a coherent analysis of happiness, the kind of rigour that comes through in the work of British-born...
View ArticleSerenata Conductor James Morgan on Working With Alfie Boe
In the week that Alfie Boe's new album Serenata is released I caught up with James Morgan, conductor and producer (with Juliette Pochin) of Serenata for this exclusive interview. I have previously...
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The Unsung Heroes of Impact
I remember my first time like it was yesterday. I was 21 years old, and it was an incredibly emotional experience. Over the course of an hour, I had laughed, cried, and, believe it or not, my life...
View ArticleBob Geldof's African Complex
Here's a wild thought: Could Bob Geldof turn out to become one of Africa's worst enemies despite his original masterstroke of giving a platform to ageing rockers, publicity-hungry pop stars and dubious...
View Article'Sex' Advice and Paddington Bear
My favourite headline of the year hit the BBC website this evening. "BBFC changes Paddington 'sex' advice" rumbled the abbreviated version on the Entertainment page, expanding to the slightly more...
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2014 at Natural History Museum
The annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is now in its fiftieth year. It is a global showcase of the very best nature photographs and I was absolutely blown away by the finalists on...
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Adventure Time: The Art of Ooo (Review)
There are those who dismiss animation as child's play but I'm guessing those people have never seen Adventure Time. From its initial screening on the Cartoon Network in 2010, the show has inspired...
View ArticleSaving Stevi Ritchie Has Confirmed That X Factor Is No Longer Just a Singing...
According to the X Factor's premise, it is a 'television music competition to find new singing talent'. It has always been the case since it first hit our screens that if you wanted a sure-fire route...
View Article'No Gear and No Idea' - Why I'm Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro
My name is Noel Sullivan. If you regularly go to your local theatre then my name might be vaguely familiar. To everyone else my surname is better known as "from Hear'Say". Yes, I was the army-clad...
View ArticleStaying Sane in the New World
I am trying to launch my book Sane New World but in America you're nobody unless you're somebody famous and being unknown here means I don't exist. I started my journey to publicise the book in New...
View ArticleA Day in the Life of a Best-Selling Author
It's Saturday and I'm waking up in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The time is three hours later than in my home of Las Vegas, Nevada and the temperature is -4C. I'm in town at the behest of my publisher,...
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Griffin Art Prize 2014
In the early years of the 20th century, elaborate exhibitions at White City in west London were staged to celebrate the British empire. Model colonial villages were constructed, Bollywood-style...
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Thousands Of Princesses Frozen At Royal Albert Hall.
Who wouldn't want to be a princess? They rule their world's and wear pretty things, people fawn upon them 24-7 and life's a total breeze. As we grow older we may grow out of pink but the princess gene...
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The Optimistic Pessimists: Filmmakers at the Forefront of Social Impact
"I felt deeply pessimistic, I must have done to have made such a bleak film, but also optimistic or I wouldn't have done it." Joshua Oppenheimer, the director of The Act of Killing, was talking to a...
View ArticleRussell Brand Hits Back At Bill Maher, Compares America's 'Privileged Elite'...
NEW YORK -- Russell Brand has suggested US society is in a pre-revolutionary state, similar to the eighteenth century upheaval that led to the American Revolution, and compared the country's modern...
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Mike Nichols Dead: 'The Graduate' And 'Who's Afraid Of Virgina Woolf?'...
Oscar-winning director Mike Nichols has died, at the age of 83. Mike was best known for directing the 1967 film ‘The Graduate’, which bagged him the Academy Award for Best Director, although he also...
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