Boating for the Lazy
As the American cartoonist Berk Breathed said, “I like boats. They’re healthier than Valium. Cost more, though.” Boats and the idle lifestyle though, don’t, at first sight, seem to go together. Think of Ellen Macarthur, […]
February 2012
Moshi Moshi Presents – gig review
One Saturday morning last September, I logged into Twitter only to find out that Slow Club were playing a gig. Fresh from their brilliant gig at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire that week, coupled with the […]
Zooey Deschanel as quirky, awkward girl (again).
I was first introduced to New Girl, by my cousin, whose main selling point was “the main character reminds me exactly of us.” I was curious to know exactly what she meant, so we both […]
Paris Welcomes Hirst with Enthusiastic Shrug
Within comfortable tourist distance of the Champs-Elysees rests the Gagosian Gallery of Paris, currently hosting Damien Hirst’s ground- breaking The Complete Spot Paintings. What does an art neophyte expect from such an event? Spots like […]