Pirate Brickhill: 'An African in London'
Tomas Brickhill journeys through London's Afro scene.
Run Riot is a listing of cultural happenings in and around london.
Stay in the know! Subscribe to the run riot weekly email!
Tomas Brickhill journeys through London's Afro scene.
Engaging with the Chinese Cultural Power: Is the ‘Now’ motif rather than the ‘Then’ to matter? Giorgia Orlandi looks at the ‘China Now’ season taking place London wide, the largest festival on Chinese culture in the UK.
Photo by Fred Butler. 'Scottee backstage at the Brits'
No Time for hangovers! Scottee performs at the Brit Awards
In the words of wize Liza "you gotta ring them bells" - the quote has no relevance to my fun packed week but my itunes party shuffle has decided its what i should listen to while i tell you all about my exploits.
Photo by Gemma Whelan: 'Rod Lightning and the Bear Cupids'
Patrick Hussey attends a romantic flash mob (or rather a 'Stolen Moment') at the steps of Eros.
The Sonics & Le Beat Bespoke Festival
Report by Trixie Malicious ...
“Some people like water
Some people like wine
But I like the taste…
…Of straight Strychnine”
I adore the Sonics. As a professional go-go dancer, there are certain songs I keep folded up in the ventricles of my heart so that when I need them they are immediately on-hand to keep my energy up and keep me plugged in. The Witch is definitely one of those songs; it is an undeniable energy inducing, re-juicing song with a fervent pulse.
Rereading my previous missive made me realise that perhaps I had been rather unfair on my adopted home-town, the town in fact that more than any other I am pleased to consider my home.
Patrick Hussey meets Fabien Riggall from Future Shorts / Secret Cinema to talk rave culture, revolution and the ideal film
When you climb to the Future Shorts office, lodged at the very top of a ragged Soho stairwell, you are greeted by their red door and a curious sign.
‘This is the Future Shorts office. No prostitutes work here.’ It makes me wonder just what vetting process the staff go through and as a young woman opens the door I ask ‘Is that a joke?’ and point at the sign
Eleanor Ivory Weber meets Ant Hampton and Silvia Mercuriali from performance art company Rotozaza
Mind the gap. Because, according to Rotozaza, there is one. It’s the gap between the representational world and the real world, and this is what our lives are defined by.
Agent Lynch confesses about her first flirt as a muse