Provenance Collection
Just over a year ago, the luxury watchmaking Swiss brand Vacheron Constantin opened its first boutique in Edinburgh, just a stone-throw from the castle. To celebrate its first anniversary, the Maison has commissioned five local artisans to create a collection of unique items to celebrate traditional crafts by exploring the themes of place, time and […]
Reuben James
With his slightly husky, silky evocative voice, easy smile and casual manner, singer-songwriter and pianist Reuben James has become one of the most exciting artists to have emerged in recent years on the music scene. Reuben grew up in a musical house in Bromford, Birmingham, with parents who loved music and had a huge vinyl […]
Faster than a cannonball
For the last year I have been living in the Nineties, and I like it. So much so that I think it might be the best decade of all, at least culturally. Decades tend to crest at the midway point, and 1995 was the year of the Nineties. It was Peak Britpop (Oasis v Blur), […]
Spotless
In this short film directed by Emma Branderhorst, we are taken through a couple days in the life of a teenage girl struggling with an uncomfortable, yet all too common problem: period poverty. A survey by Plan International UK revealed that in this country one in 10 girls can’t afford to buy menstrual products and […]
Stranger At The Gate
A few weeks ago, Stranger at The Gate premiered in the JW3 community centre in Finchley, and I was lucky enough to be invited along. The 30-minute documentary concluded with a Q&A with both the Director Joshua Seftel and Mac McKinney, the main protagonist. In this piece, we experience religious conflicts mixed with vicious hate […]
Handel’s Messiah
One of the best pieces of music every written, when King George II heard the famous “Hallelujah” chorus during the London premiere of the Messiah, he was so moved that he stood and of course, everyone else in the theatre followed suit. The team from Immersive Everywhere intend to have a similar effect on the […]
Laura Donnelly
Laura Donnelly made her on-screen debut in 2005 in the Emmy Award-winning comedy drama Sugar Rush and hasn’t stopped working since. From internationally acclaimed plays such as The Ferryman for which she won an Olivier Award to blockbuster TV shows such as The Fall and The Nevers. Back in London after filming Werewolf by Night […]
Designers of Tomorrow
The brainchild of Hublot CEO Ricardo Guadalupe and the late graphic artist designer Pierre Keller – credited with turning the Lausanne University of Art & Design into one of the most influential design schools in the world – the Hublot Design Prize was created in 2015 to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of the launch of […]
Woman, Life, Freedom
The video was ordinary enough, a female competitor in the Asian Mountaineering Championships in South Korea climbing up a steep indoor wall, reaching from one hold to another, her long dark hair held back in a ponytail. This is Elnaz Rekabi, a rock climber from the Islamic Republic of Iran, and her simple act of […]
Spirit of Ecstasy Challenge
Launched this year, The Spirit of Ecstasy Challenge is a new biennial initiative from Rolls-Royce’s Muse programme. It invites emerging artists to design artwork inspired by the Spirit of Ecstasy – the sculptural figurine that adorns the bonnet of every Rolls-Royce motor car. This first edition focused on the medium of textile, challenging participants to […]
