If you were fashion conscious in the 70s, 80s and 90s and had an interest in football, Diadora would have most likely been your Italian love, meeting you in the afternoon on Channel 4 for ‘Football Italia’ adorning the feet of your favourite goalscorers. As one of Europe’s oldest sportswear brands, Diadora is reminiscent of… Continue reading Diadora: the shoes you’re most definitely sleeping on
“You’ll soon find out that some fashion is better than others Potter” – Draco Malfoy “Avada Balenciaga”, “Wingardium Balenciaga” and “Expecto Balenciagum” prove to be seductive spells conjured by three AI generated videos entitled ‘Harry Potter by Balenciaga’, spanning over 16 million views. Created by Youtube user ‘demonflyingfox’ this is the Harry Potter universe we… Continue reading Harry Potter by Balenciaga
Where does Simon Garden live? The prosaic answer is Bristol, but the more accurate response might be that, most of the time, he lives in his creative imagination You don’t get many vast fan shaped trees or conical wooded hills around that city. But you do get them on the canvases in Simon Garden’s new… Continue reading Simon Garden at the Catto gallery
Belinda Eaton’s magical realist paintings and portraits, done in acrylic or oil on canvas, are on show at the Catto Gallery after winning the Society of Women Artists prize. “My paintings are my world, my fascination for people, plants, animals and colour. They are how I perceive things with all their energy” said Eaton. Schooled… Continue reading Belinda Eaton at the Catto gallery
Skin colour should be no more socially relevant than webbed feet or earwax production Over a third of people who are not white have experienced racial assault and 77% of black people have been racially abused in the UK. Every single human descends from ancestors with black coloured skin. Skin colour is just one of… Continue reading Skin colour is as arbitrary as melanin production
Worldwide, air pollution is second only to tobacco as the leading cause of lung cancer. Delhi customarily sits atop lists of the world’s most polluted capitals, made worse by pollution season commencing earlier than usual this year on account of lower rainfall. The problem worsens in winter, when farmers living in neighbouring states burn crop… Continue reading Pollution is causing smokers’ lungs in Delhi
The London neighbourhoods of Belgravia, Knightsbridge, Mayfair, Chelsea and Kensington have become so exclusive that owners have become visitors London is known to be one of the wealthiest cities in the world, however, amidst its wealth and abundance, there is a curious phenomenon – the abundance of empty houses in wealthy places. Over the last… Continue reading The empty homes of sw1
‘The longest period for which anyone has gone without solid food is 382 days in the case of Angus Barbieri of Tayport, Fife, who lived on tea, coffee, water, soda water and vitamins from June 1965 to July 1966’ Angus Barbieri consumed no food for 382 days to no ill-effect. In 1965 the 27-year-old from… Continue reading Angus Barbieri holds the record for the longest fast: 382 days
The Grenfell Memorial Quilt Community Fabric art project was initiated by Artist & ‘artivist’ Tuesday Greenidge, whose daughter escaped from the tower fire in June 2017. Since commencing locally at North Kensington Library in West London, Greenidge has been assisted by an army of sewists from across the world, the aim being to grow the… Continue reading Sewing for Justice: Sewing a quilted wall hanging the height of Grenfell Tower
Globally, one-third of food is wasted, estimated to cost £2.9 trillion a year. That’s enough food to feed every hungry person in the world twice over The most infuriating contradiction of our time is also the easiest to solve. The contradiction of surplus food and surplus hunger attributed to food waste is a disgrace imposed… Continue reading As 10% of humans are affected by hunger 1/3 of all food is wasted
