One of Varun Grover’s cats is called Chhenapoda, which translates to “Roasted Cheese” in English and is a beloved dessert from Odisha in eastern India. The writer and comic, who likes to name his favourite felines after confectionary, is perhaps best known instead for his biting satire […]
Interview | Kevork Mourad: Seeing Through Babel
A new exhibition by the Syrian-Armenian artist Kevork Mourad is being staged at The Ismaili Centre, in partnership with the…
Interview | Alan Trotter
Alan Trotter is a writer based in Edinburgh. Muscle, his debut novel, was awarded the inaugural Sceptre Prize for a…
Interview | Scott Eaton | Artist+AI
A truly ground-breaking Artificial Intelligence art exhibition has recently been on display at Somerset House. Entitled Artist+AI: Figures & Form in…
Interview | Clayton Vomero | 3OHA
Kaleidoscopic is one of the words used to describe the work of Clayton Vomero, his narratives finding their flow not…
Interview | Donald Sultan
The acclaimed American figurative painter Donald Sultan currently has his first U.K retrospective at Huxley-Parlour Gallery, London. Sultan is 68…
Interview | Kate Mosse: Secrets of Storytelling
Kate Mosse is a multi-million, number one bestselling author who writes historical fiction combined with crime, adventure, mystery, conflict and…
Interview | Johnnie Cooper | throe on throe
A new exhibition at Saatchi Gallery sees a major survey by the acclaimed British artist Johnnie Cooper. Spanning two galleries, throe…
Interview | Ilana Manolson | Chance Encounters
Inspired by the fluidity and evolution of nature, the acclaimed Canadian American artist Ilana Manolson expresses both a personal and…
Interview | Curator Amanda Bradley | Counterpoint – Stanley Spencer and his Contemporaries
Known for his eccentricity and convention-defying style, Stanley Spencer’s majestic work is beyond definition. The upcoming exhibition, Counterpoint – Stanley…
News | Waltham Forest Borough of Culture 2019 — The People’s Forest + Interview
The People’s Forest — a literary strand to Waltham Forest’s programme as the first ever London Borough of Culture this…
Interview | Kevin Breathnach
I had intended my interview with Kevin Breathnach to go smoothly and at first it appeared to be doing so.…
Interview | Raymond Antrobus
Raymond Antrobus is a poet, educator, curator, editor and investigator of missing sounds, who is a founding member of Chill Pill as…
Interview | Andrew Kötting at St Leonards International Film Festival
St Leonard’s International Film Festival Blackmarket VIP, George St, Hastings 19-21th January HUBUBINTHEBAOBABS – 1987 33 minutes HOI POLLOI 1990 – 10 minutes SMART ALEK 1993 –…
Interview | David Keenan | For The Good Times
After a career as a music writer spanning more than 20 years, David Keenan released his first novel This Is…
Interview | GeorgII Uvs | Full Circle: The Beauty of Inevitability
Driven by scientific pursuit and artistic imagination, the acclaimed Russian artist GeorgII Uvs pioneered a new approach to abstract art…
Interview: Adriaan van Heerden — Unreal City
Adriaan van Heerden is an artist and photographer whose work has been exhibited in London, Barcelona, Kyoto and Singapore, and…
Interview | Amy Sackville
Back in March at the London Book Fair earlier this year, Vanessa Wheeler sat down with the author Amy Sackville…
Interview | Trate | Emotive Brutes
Canadian artist Trate is causing a stir in London’s art world, and this will intensify next year when he holds his…
The London Magazine Podcast | Episode 4 | A Discovery of Ancient Literature
We were recently contacted by Reverend Christian Mitchell of the church of Heathfield in rural Sussex, who had made a…
Spotlight II: Dostoyevsky Wannabe
The London Magazine has long been a champion of emerging writers and independent publishers, stretching back to the 1950s and…
Interview | Momtaza Mehri — Young People’s Laureate for London
Yesterday we spoke to artist and poet Momtaza Mehri, who has recently been announced as Young People’s Laureate for London, who will take over from poet and musician Caleb Femi in the role which was launched by Spread The Word Last Year.
Interview | Roubi L’Roubi | Saatchi Gallery | Forests and Spirits: Figurative art from the Khartoum School
An interview with Roubi L’Roubi, co-curator of Forests and Spirits: Figurative art from the Khartoum School, a new exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery.
The London Magazine Podcast | Episode 3 | Dr Matthew Green
Welcome to episode 3 of The London Magazine podcast! This month, we spoke to Dr Matthew Green, author of…
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