Image Credit: Lisa Baker, Hackney Art Week, Co-founder. Photographed by Tara Darby. Some people spend years plotting their route into the art world. For Lisa Baker, it began with a chance encounter in a coffee shop. Back in 2002, after…
Image Credit: Artwork for First Transmission, the debut live show on 18 June at Folklore, Hackney. Photographed by James Tye. Back in November 2025, when Run Riot first spoke to Beta Lucca aka WUNDER BETA, she was unveiling her debut…
Image Credit: Photograph of Rosie Wilby performing at Brighton Pride. Award-winning comedian, author, broadcaster and self-described “recovering comedian” Rosie Wilby has spent much of her creative life exploring the fragile, funny and often deeply complicated ways humans connect with one…
Image Credit: Justine Simons OBE. Photographed by Shaun James Cox, British Fashion Council. shaunjamescox.com Justine Simons OBE is London’s Deputy Mayor for Culture and the Creative Industries and has played a major role transforming the capital’s cultural landscape. She was…
Image Credit: Teniqua Crawford, 2024 Fragment Horizon, “We are born through pleasure and desire realised, in this moment of connection, life is created.” – Teniqua Crawford. teniquacrawford.com Suhair Khan is a cultural thinker, design strategist, and entrepreneur working at the…
Image credit: #Londonmaxxing – the term coined by London entrepreneur Charlie Ward londonmaxxing.com Sarah Drinkwater has spent the past two decades moving between journalism, technology, startups and culture – building communities long before “community” became a buzzword. Before joining Google,…
Image Credit: Nandita Shankardass photographed by Pierre Tappon. @tappon.photography Born in London to parents of Indian descent, Nandita Shankardass discovered movement early through ballet classes in North London. Her expression and love for the arts expanded through music, painting, poetry…
Image Credit: Photo of Adem Holness, Head of Music, SXSW London Adem Holness’ journey into music starts where the best ones often do – not in boardrooms, but in everyday moments of connection. From weekend drives soundtracked by pirate radio…
Image Credit: Bishi, photographed by Fiona Garden. fionagarden.com Let’s just say: if Run Riot was an artists’ collective, we’d definitely want Bishi to be leading the way. This is her fifth interview with us since 2013 (we know, we know),…
Image Credit: Photo of Bart Seng Wen Long. Growing up between myth, cinema and moments of quiet rupture, London based artist, filmmaker and creative producer Bart Seng Wen Long learned early that identity isn’t fixed – it’s shaped in fragments.…