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Still Lives, adapted from a 1930’s play by Noel Coward and later inspiring the film Brief Encounter, is intertwined with another of Coward’s

★★★★★ Scottish-born Charles Jeffrey presents ten magical years of the fashion label LOVERBOY in the exhibition The Lore of...

We were somewhere around Piccadilly, on Jermyn Street, when the sun began to shine. It had been one of those early springtime mornings...

As technology continues to become increasingly sophisticated and ever-present in all areas of life, the familiar boundaries of digital space are slowly starting to change. For many enthusiasts, gaming is largely considered as a bridge between reality and fictional, fantastical worlds. ‘Now Play This’ is an exhibition that explores the playful nature of gaming against the tangibility of physical spaces and hardware. Photo courtesy of Somerset House Presenting audiences with a

Photo Courtesy of The National Association of Jewellers Alex Monroe is a British jewellery designer and maker. His designs are beautiful expressions of nature that he found in both Suffolk and London. After attending the School of Art, Architecture and Design in London, he started creating his own jewellery and had his first collection by 1987. His business has continually grown, from being in London and Paris fashion week to being worn by famous actresses. He now has shops b

Image licensed under public domain In a speech before the UN General Assembly in 2021, young Palestinian poet Mohammed El-Kurd bluntly summarised the trajectory of the Israel-Palestine conflict since the Nakba, or initial ‘catastrophe’ of Palestinian displacement and dispossession: ‘The appetite for Palestinian lands – without Palestinians – has not abated for over seven decades’. Indeed, since 1948, Palestinian lives and cultures have never been free of the threat of symboli

On the evening of 21st March, I entered Somerset House’s Lancaster Rooms to find an assortment of chairs arranged in a circle. All were...

Coffee chain Pret A Manger is making a massive change to prevent customers from sharing their subscription benefits with friends and family. The high street giant boasts a monthly subscription service—now known as ‘Club Pret’—that allows customers five free barista-made drinks per day and 20% off of all food and bottled beverages. When it was launched in 2020 as a post-lockdown strategy to tempt customers back into stores, it cost £20 a month (with the first month free). Back

"Photo by mikemacmarketing (licensed under CC BY 2.0)" On the evening of March 14th, I attended my first Imperial Late. I went with no...

"Photo by Pixabay (Licensed under CC0)" London really is a tale of two cities, marked by a noticeable separation between the northern and...