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Art Fairs are popping up all over London, so it wouldn’t come as a surprise to ignore ones you haven’t heard of and stick with what you know. However when an art fair boasts such a large success in their inaugural launch, it makes heads turn in the industry.

100 Most Influential Fashion Icons

TIME Magazine has released their list of the 100 most influential fashion icons since 1923 (the birth of the magazine). TIME boasts the largest circulation for weekly news magazines, reaching approximately 25 million people.

Lichtfactor [Light Factor]

Lichtfactor is a 'collective of artists, performers and professionals who are constantly pioneering into new territories of expression'. Their art ranges from striking light painting to interactive media performances which collectively and individually create a lasting impression on the audience.

Fashion Fairytales

No-one can resist a good children’s story – princesses, castles, happy endings, what’s not to like? It appears that the general public are not the only ones indulging in a little fairytale nostalgia now and again.

Review: The Avengers

I have been waiting for this movie ever since I read my first Avengers comic almost ten years ago. The hype surrounding this movie could not be bigger with multiple movies leading up to this moment. The right man was chosen to direct this epic blockbuster, Joss Whedon did not disappoint.

New Music: Lulu James

The term less is more could not be more

appropriate for the richly, soulful tones of Lulu James, who so refreshingly refrains from relying on over embellishment and self indulgent trills throughout the tracks on her latest EP, released on 30th April.

New Music: Tall Ships

There’s something about support bands

that I’ve really come to enjoy, it’s that that while you don’t usually expect them to be as good as the main act, I can still be constantly surprised when I talk more about the support act than the band I actually paid to see after the gig.

Frozen in Time - The Time Capsule - Wimbledon Theatre

I’ve often wished I had access to a time machine that could bring items from the past into the present. Through objects we learn everything about the psyche and personality of the people that made and used them.

Gillian Wearing - Whitechapel

Having recently seen Gillian Wearing's thought provoking exhibition, it has left me in a thoughtful mood.

Most of her work practice has always centered around personal identity and the juxtaposition of our personality; what lies in the public domain and what is private or secret behaviour.

Made in Britain: Albam Clothing

Modern crafted clothing is what Albam stands for. Founded by James Shaw and Alastair Rae in 2006, the brand prides itself on its simple values of creating high quality product from beautiful fabrics, using British factories for the majority of its production.