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Best of British at Bluebird
To coincide with the launch of London Fashion Week last Friday, the ‘Best Of British’ issue of O: by Tank (in Sunday’s Observer) celebrates the rise and rise of London’s fashion scene over the past 50 years, in a series of photographs. From Mary Quant’s first store bazaar...
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To a Tee: Bob Carlos Clarke
Remember when fair trade tee-shirt brand Collective teamed up with renowned British photographer Terry O’Neill to produce a range of unisex tee-shirts featuring some of his most iconic artwork? Of course you do. Well, now comes their next unique collaboration, this time paying homage to the work of...
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The Woman in Black: Book Giveaway
Wait! What was that? Bloody hell, it’s a ghost…no, hold on, it’s just the butler trying to unlock the drinks cabinet with his tie pin. I’ve told him a dozen times, you need a ladies hair pin for that job, the buffoon! So, you might have seen Steve Thompson’s recent review of the delightfully...
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Filmic Bristol: A Film and Music Festival
Two of Bristol’s finest arts and ents venues are just a skip and hop apart – or rather, a hike, huff and puff up Park Street, the daunting incline that joins the harbourside to the University buildings and Georgian elegance of Clifton. I speak of this street from experience, having lived...
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A Ray of Sunshine: Umoja
Umoja couldn’t have opened at a better time. Against the grey, cold, miserable backdrop of dreary February pessimism, the sounds, sights and joy of South African culture are a welcome ray of light. If, like me, your spirits need a good hoist in a skyward direction however and whenever possible this...
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How to Date a Goddess
So, you have just snagged yourself a first date with a beautiful, mysterious, curvaceous bundle of trouble. You hang up the telephone in a daze, after somehow arranging a Friday night rendezvous with this adorable creature who… 1. Inhabits your ‘daydreams’ at work, in which she sits on your...
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Vegetarian Fashion
Stella McCartney, famous not just for her fashion collections and being Macca’s daughter, but for her commitment to animal rights, has spoken out in a new video for PETA. The designer, who will showcase a one-off collection during London Fashion Week, is urging the fash pack to shed not only their...
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The Paper Cinema’s Odyssey
“There are two books I think everyone in the West should be familiar with – The Bible and The Odyssey.” So said to me the classicist turned kindly village vicar many years ago on a chill winter’s afternoon. I confess I haven’t quite yet managed to get through the former but, prompted by his...
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