United Kingdom
Singing their hearts out
Who could ask for anything more at the third Cardiff International Festival of Musical Theatre? That’s the question 300 local…
Black History Month
Great Britain has a unique, dynamic culture that gets its life from the rich mix of people who live here.…
You Can Wake Me Up Now
Green Day’s album American Idiot will be remembered as one of the great post-millennial testaments of resistance. It captures the…
Fun, frocks and serious experience
Being a thespian is almost synonymous with being English. In fact the people of the UK are so consistently wild…
Your Gallery at The Saatchi Gallery
A new virtual gallery set up by British mega-art-patron and artist king-maker Charles Saatchi is opening doors for emerging talent…
Smorgasbord for the senses
As the place where the spinning jenny and the computer were invented, Manchester is often touted as the world’s first…
A 'Design Tsar' for London?
Britain’s urban design has been a hot topic since architect Lord Rogers chaired a report in 1999 that concluded British…
Cause for alarmism?
Do powerful new measures introduced into British law with the Terrorism Act 2006, ostensibly to help the police and law…
e-fac 1.0?
Whenever pondering e-books, I feel like a nanna with a wonky walking frame. In the clash between the ambivalent and…
Making art in Nicosia - Richard Wentworth
When British sculptor Richard Wentworth received an invitation to spend several months making art in the divided city of Nicosia,…