'The Curse of the Black Gold: 50 years of oil in the Niger Delta' by Ed Kashi

on 09/03/10 with

For the first time famous photojournalist Ed Kashi's award winning 'Curse' exhibition comes to London. Fiona Halliday previews and considers the issues.

Oil could and should have made Nigeria one of the richest countries in Africa and yet the Niger delta suffers from what economists call ‘the resource curse’ where the abundance of natural resources that should generate wealth bring only corruption, exploitation and violence.

on 09/03/10 with

Stylist and RR blogger, Ameena Kara Callender gives us her low down on London Fashion Week’s Autumn/Winter collections 2010

Look who I bumped into at Somerset house, Its my mate Dee from Robots in Disguise!

Katie Antoniou on 09/03/10 with

Hot on the heels of Valentine's Day comes another commercialised cheese-fest; Mothers' Day. Rather than splurging on temporary pleasure like chocolates and flowers, why not spend some time with your mum instead?Switch your phone off for a couple of hours, catch up, have a natter, and enjoy some quality mother-daughter time. Here are my top recommendations.

Anthony Chalmers on 08/03/10 with

This is the new blog that tells you the sweetest London gigs for the next seven days. God don't like it, but we do. Here's the hippest thing to hit the music scene since Simon Cowell's trousers ...Anthony Chalmers

So after an utterly manic few weeks things are returning to some level on normality and I intend to chill out a bit! ACE day/night at Macbeth last night definitely doing another all dayer there :)

on 07/03/10 with

The Vienna Philharmonic roadshow dropped by the Barbican for 2 nights last week led by the irascible octogenarian, Lorin Maazel, conducting sans score. Fiona Halliday however is puzzled by all the girls on stage...

Anthony Chalmers on 01/03/10 with

This is the new blog that tells you the sweetest London gigs for the next seven days. God don't like it, but we do. Here's the biggest noise in the music biz since since the knob went to eleven...Anthony Chalmers

on 26/02/10 with

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Saving my car from the pound wasn't how I had envisioned my 4th day of the most glamourous week in London starting, and I was eager to escape back to the fabulous 'movie-like' world of fashion week. LFW is like escapism and also a pretty addictive drug - the more you have, the more you want!

on 23/02/10 with

OSMAN @ Somerset House

on 23/02/10 with

Day Three:
HARRIET'S MUSE @ Vauxhall Fashion Scout

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Last week we asked Climate Rush to interview David Williams, the director of the first climate change comedy 'Beyond The Pole'. In the race to save the world this was boys versus girls and we expected a fight! Unfortunately love broke out...read on...

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