Google is building its new UK headquarters in central London. The company this week purchased a 2.4-acre plot in the King’s Cross Central development, where it will begin construction on a new, 1 million-square-foot office. Google did not disclose an official price for the land, though a source close to the deal told Reuters that the company is [...]
Acid Jazz Records, London’s Hugely Influential Indie Label, Celebrates 25th Year
September 25, 2012 | Posted by
LONDON, England — Outside 108 Commercial Street, the scooters nose in like a shoal of robot fish. I make my way through the crowd. The sun has set and the towers around Liverpool Street loom over the roof of Spitalfields market. The guy on the door ticks my name off the list and I walk [...]
Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea to Headline London Jazz Festival
September 14, 2012 | Posted by
The London Jazz Festival recently announced the lineup for its 20th festival with over 250 shows at over 50 venues across the city. The festival, which runs from 9 to 18 November, will host some of jazz’s biggest stars, including Herbie Hancock playing his first ever UK solo show, the 82-year-old Sonny Rollins, Chick Corea [...]
Muhammad Ali Images on Display at London Gallery for Olympic Games
July 31, 2012 | Posted by
LONDON.- Since 1960, when he won gold in Rome, to 1996 when he managed with shaking hands to light the Olympic Cauldron in Atlanta, he has been a symbol of all that is inspirational and heroic about the event In 2012, to mark Ali’s 70th birthday, a major exhibition is being held at Forman’s Smokehouse [...]
KRS-One, ‘The Teacha’ Holds Master Class at London’s Jazz Cafe
July 29, 2012 | Posted by
On an unseasonably scorching summers day in London, KRS One aka The Blastmaster aka The Teacha, lecturer, author and Hip-Hop legend bounds onto the Jazz Café stage for the first of a two night stand [July 23-24], with all the enthusiasm of a kid running out of the school gates on a Friday afternoon. For [...]
Leeds is Coming Into Its Own as a Shopping, Cultural Haven
July 26, 2012 | Posted by
While London is jam-packed for the Olympics, those who want to get their shop on in an Olympian way should head to Leeds. Yorkshire’s top destination for pubbing, clubbing, dining and shopping, Leeds has cast off its industrial cocoon and emerged a shiny, new cultural haven. You’ll find cool music venues, arts spaces, delis and [...]
London’s ‘More Than XY’ Hip Hop Exhibition Salutes Fathers and Role Models
July 23, 2012 | Posted by
Hip Hop can be a powerful form of social communication that galvanizes, mobilizes or inspires. Many artists have underutilized or even completely forfeited this power, but thankfully there are also those who have not. An art exhibition in the U.K. celebrates hip hop’s power to influence by saluting fathers and role models. Terrence Adegbenle‘s collection [...]
London Olympics Give More Reasons Than Ever to Plan a Trip
July 21, 2012 | Posted by
With all eyes on the London Olympics this year, there’s more reason than ever to plan a trip to Britain. From all the highlights of the capital to the neon lights of Brighton pier and the vast moors of Dartmoor National Park, this 12-14 day itinerary will guide you around the south of England, taking [...]
While in London for Olympics, Visit East London for Arts, Culture, Music, Markets
July 18, 2012 | Posted by
Most Londoners would tell you that east is where it’s at for arts, culture, music and brilliant markets. With this summer’s Olympics, the once-forlorn boroughs of Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Newham have undergone considerable transformations. See From Zaha Hadid’s curvaceous Aquatics Centre and the gigantic VeloPark through to Anish Kapoor’s ArcelorMittal Orbit observation tower, the [...]
Rihanna’s Bodyguard Fights With Photographer In London
June 26, 2012 | Posted by
One of Rihanna’s bodyguards has been caught on camera punching a photographer in London after the snapper got a little too close to the pop star’s car. The incident took place on Sunday night (24Jun12) as the Umbrella hitmaker made her way out of the Whiskey Mist nightclub following her headlining performance at the city’s [...]
