10 h. ago Artists turn London street into mini power station to tackle cost of living

A street in London's E17 is taking itself off the grid to beat spiralling winter energy bills

Politics

36 h. ago Triple Trouble: Fairey, Hirst, Invader review – the most revolting visual soup imaginable

Newport Street Gallery, London Shepard Fairey, Damien Hirst and Invader join forces to make an exhibition that’s so bad, it’s like walking in on a crime sceneYou’ve heard of the best of both worlds, well get ready for the worst of three. Down in Vauxhall in London, three artists have mashed themselves together to create the most revolting visual soup imaginable, an exhibition that isn’t so much the sum of its parts as a total negation of anything good any of them has ever done.Whatever qualities YBA kingpin Damien Hirst and street artists Shepard Fairey and Invader might have, none of them are on display in this staggeringly vast exhibition – it just goes on and on, huge room after huge room filled with aesthetic crap. Continue reading...

Events

37 h. ago The Freak: script of Charlie Chaplin’s unfinished final film to be published

Exclusive: Fantasy about ‘a beautiful creature with wings’ has been compiled from drafts, storyboards and sketchesHe rose from the slums of Victorian London to become arguably cinema’s first great comic artist, with The Great Dictator and Limelight among his masterpieces.Now the script of Charlie Chaplin’s unfinished final film is to be published, having been pieced together from drafts, storyboards and sketches, on which he had been working before his death in 1977, at the age of 88. Continue reading...

Politics

49 h. ago ‘I want to haunt people’: Palestinian artist's London exhibition interrogates myth, history and the erasure of heritage

‘I want to haunt people’: Palestinian artist's London exhibition interrogates myth, history and the erasure of heritage  The Art Newspaper

Culture

3 d. ago The Masterful Blend: Japan’s Singular Artistry And Harmony Through A London Lens

The Masterful Blend: Japan’s Singular Artistry And Harmony Through A London Lens  GQ

Politics

5 d. ago A836 crash: Major Scottish road on North Coast 500 route closed outside Dounreay power station after crash

Emergency services are at the scene.

Events

5 d. ago Battersea Power Station 'milestone moment': £21 million Tube station entrance opens onto new pedestrianised high street

Debate over station’s name continues as deputy mayor reveals: ‘I do like saying Battersea Power Station station’

Economics

6 d. ago Battersea Power Station 'milestone moment': £21million Tube station entrance opens onto new pedestrianised high street

Debate over station’s name continues as deputy mayor reveals: ‘I do like saying Battersea Power Station station’

Economics

6 d. ago Widow of rockstar tattoo artist who inked the Sex Pistols and Paula Yates wins inheritance battle against his 'secret' daughter over his £400,000 fortune

Dennis Cockell, who shot to fame as a rockstar ink artist in 1980s London before becoming an 'odd-job' man at Buckingham Palace, left behind a £413,000 estate when he died aged 74 in 2022.

Economics

6 d. ago ‘I want to hear harmonica in the strip club!’: the bold ideas and bleak visions of British musician Klein

Drone albums, vampire plays, Charlotte Church duets the Londoner has an inspiringly odd CV. She explains how the disrupted experience of Black daily life fills her workThe ever-viral hip-hop video platform On the Radar has hosted freestyles from some of the biggest artists in the world. Drake, Central Cee and Ice Spice have each graced the channel with their presence, yet throughout its seven-year history, few acts have gone in quite like Klein. This time last year, the south London artist spiralled through a procession of evocative flexes, rasped through Auto-Tune over a mind-expanding loop of pitch-shifted wailing, then slung a black guitar over her shoulder to shred through a lacerating noise solo with a joyous smile.“People were trying to beat me up!” she says, giggling as she reflects on her appearance. “I was just being myself! Some people liked it, some people didn’t, some people hated it so much they would send me emails. For someone to feel that so viscerally as to send me ...

Politics

6 d. ago Widow of rockstar tattoo artist wins inheritance battle against his 'secret' daughter over his £400,000 fortune

Dennis Cockell, who shot to fame as a rockstar ink artist in 1980s London before becoming an 'odd-job' man at Buckingham Palace, left behind a £413,000 estate when he died aged 74 in 2022.

Economics

6 d. ago Widow of rockstar tattoo artist wins inheritance battle against his 'secret' daughter over his £400K fortune

Dennis Cockell, who shot to fame as a rockstar ink artist in 1980s London before becoming an 'odd-job' man at Buckingham Palace, left behind a £413,000 estate when he died aged 74 in 2022.

Economics

1 week ago Australian PM rules out republic referendum after 'wonderful lunch' with King Charles

King Charles piled on the charm at a banquet to stop Australia axing the British monarchy as Oz government said it had much more worrying concerns to tackle including the cost-of-living crisis

Politics

1 week ago England’s Red Roses inspire new generation of fans with Rugby World Cup glory

The Red Roses took to Battersea Power Station to celebrate their victory at the Women’s Rugby World Cup final on Sunday (28 September).

Sport

1 week ago Rugby fans hail Red Roses as ‘cracking inspiration’ at rainy celebration

Jubilant scenes unfolded at London’s Battersea Power Station on a wet Sunday afternoon as the team raised the trophy to a crowd of hundreds.

Sport

2 w. ago England fans soak up celebrations as Red Roses mark Women’s Rugby World Cup triumph

Rain could not England marked their World Cup win with a celebration event at Battersea Power Station

Sport

2 w. ago Meet the London artist who won $100K at the 100 Kellogg Lane Art Comp

Meet the London artist who won $100K at the 100 Kellogg Lane Art Comp  CBC

Politics

2 w. ago Bluetti Apex 300 review: modular power station with huge 3,840W output

With huge capacity, modular expansion, solar support and low inverter drain, the Bluetti Apex 300 sets a new bar for home and off-grid power

Politics

2 w. ago ‘Banksy Limitless’ London Show To Display More Than 250 Of Street Artist’s Works

‘Banksy Limitless’ London Show To Display More Than 250 Of Street Artist’s Works  Deadline

Economics

2 w. ago Final Cardiff Capital Region bill for cost of botched Aberthaw Power Station demolition contract exceeds £6m

The Cardiff Capital Region said the legal and professional costs associated with the legal challenge from Mason and Brown was £910,000 on top of a £5.25m settlement

Economics