World Oceans Day
This Friday (8th June) is World Oceans Day which brings people from around the planet together celebrate and honor the sea. I believe the sea is a fascinating place pivotal to maintaining a healthy planet, however sadly governments, individuals and companies around the world are ruthlessly exploiting it. For me the sea played integral part... Read More...
Blog: Welcome to Dave’s World
Ok, I get it we’re having the Olympics and Queen's Jubilee but enough is enough, something needs to be said. A straw has most definitely broken this camel’s back. Read More...
Society: Fracking Disaster
Follow @damienclarkson Loyal readers of this blog may remember that last July I warned of readers about a dangerous new type of gas extraction called Shale Gas better known as fracking. For new comers to this subject, last year, Sebastian Doggart summed up Fracking in an article for the Telegraph as, “Fracking, or hydraulic... Read More...
Style: McQ AW12
While the menswear at McQ AW12 was beautifully tailored, this collection was really all about the girls. Taking the label's dark romantic heritage as a starting point, Creative Director Sarah Burton invited us into her stunning winter fairy tale vision. Read More...
Style: New Fashion Interventions in Materials and Techniques
New Fashion: Interventions in Materials and Techniques is the newest exhibition at the Fashion Space galleries at the London College of Fashion. This is the first in a series of three exhibits; starting with fashion design, then moving on to illustration and finally photography. Read More...
Music: Arrows Of Love
Flannel shirts, Alice in Chains, Love Buzz – no this wasn’t one of my grunge wet dreams, this actually happened. Nirvana, Live Tonight was playing on the TV screen and post it notes with song requests adorned the wall. It seemed Soundgarden, Mudhoney and L7 were the flavour of the day. Touch Me I Am... Read More...
Society: Why The Occupy Movement Matters
Every morning in my pre-work slumber, I do what every twenty something surely does and I listen BBC 4’s the Today Show. I have to admit it had all become a rather depressing. Whether it was Nick Clegg, trying to convince us he isn’t a Tory or hearing how Greece needs to impose a unhealthy... Read More...
Arts & Culture: Figures & Fictions at the V&A
Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography highlights the introspective, the personal and the ambiguous works of 17 South African photographers, in a new exhibition at the V&A museum
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Society: ITV’s Strangeways
Strangeways prison, the icon of Victorian architecture and foreboding institution that gave its name to the Smiths album, has been the subject of a three-part documentary for ITV. Famed for the major prisoner riot of 1990 that led to the reform of UK's prison systems, it remains a place of dysfunction and healthcare failings. Read More...
Music: Bonjay
OhDearism meet Toronto-based duo Bonjay who mash up electro and dancehall with killer R&B hooks Read More...
Blog: Live Below The Line
Five pounds, five days: Rosie Cowling attempts to live 'on the poverty line', spending £1 a day on food, to raise money for St Mungos homeless shelter. Read More...
