Is London doing what it can to empower refugees: East LDN meets Nemi to find out
One brand set to change the status quo is Nemi. By employing refugees and paying above the London Living Wage, they are providing financial empowerment. Anuj Dhanak, the Sales Director,…
Putting the Flat in Flat White.
Is giving money to homeless people the right way to help them? It’s a controversial issue. Avoiding the uncertainty, London’s coffee scene is providing an alternative solution. Second Shot is…
The Digital Sublime: Hyper-technology Video Games mash ups of Dutch landscapes.
Chris Hawtin’s paintings effortlessly seep into your unconscious. I myself dreamt of wrestling Laocoon-serpent-bolts of plasma electricity after reading up on him late one night. Floating ‘alien’ space structures dominate…
Bora at Newington Greens
Before you enter Muharrem Bora’s vegetable shop, Newington Greens, on the corner of the square after which it is named, you are greeted by a cornucopia of fruit, vegetables and…
Eliza and the Bear: Lead vocalist James Kellegher reveals the realities behind becoming a signed band
Giving into the unwarranted yearning for melancholy mood draining music can be all too easy. Hard day at work? Morrissey gets it. Housemate still hasn’t cleaned that bowl? Nothing Lana…
Everything is going to be fucking amazing: Lauren Baker
“I didn’t really know what I was looking for, but I knew that I wanted to be in nature and out of the craziness of London and just explore and…
Avocartels
The middle classes have always been the trouble makers. From the very dawn of their existence, when social instability in the industrial revolution mutated into a working class elite, we’ve…
La Grande Bouffe
We, Londoners, are fortunate to be surrounded by such marvellous diversity and culture daily. You can move here from any distant place and feel as ordinary (in a good way)…
All Work and No Pay
If I were being formal, the subtitle for this article would run as follows: The Surprising Benefits of Unpaid Manual Labour. I’m sure it’s fair to say that most of…
Lunch Crime
The working week. We all love to complain about these 5 days, usually with the help of dreary comments such as “god, I really don’t want to go to work…