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Lesser-known events and happenings
Last night, in the heart of Bermondsey, Magazzino hosted the opening of Taming Wolf, a striking exhibition by Wenjie Fan, presented by The Street Gallery The evening unfolded as an intimate and engaging encounter between artist, artwork and audience. Rather than a formal gallery setting, the space encouraged proximity — people moved freely, observed closely,…
Every year, the Art Fund Museum of the Year shortlist acts as a quiet seismograph of the cultural sector. It doesn’t just celebrate institutions; it reveals where museums are heading, what they are questioning, and how they are reshaping their role in public life. The 2026 finalists confirm a shift that has been building for…
As the Telegraph Hill Festival kicks off this week, the contrast couldn’t be sharper. On one hand, we have the beautiful, grassroots energy of a community coming together through traditional, almost analogue communication. On the other, we see the wider world gripped by a strange “digital schism.” There is a palpable anxiety surrounding the rise…
A moment on Rye Lane A few days ago, walking through Peckham, I turned a corner and found two artists suspended on a lift, painting a new Gorillaz mural. The colours were sharp, the lines unmistakable, and the atmosphere had that particular tension London produces when something is arriving before it has a name. It…
London Fashion Week is not a single event — it is a rhythm. A pulse that returns three times a year, shaping the creative calendar of the city and reminding the world why London remains one of the most influential capitals of contemporary fashion. Officially, LFW takes place in February, June and September, marking the…
London Fashion Week doesn’t happen once a year — it arrives in three distinct waves: February, June and September. Each edition brings a different energy, a different urgency, and a different generation of designers ready to step into the light. And yet, beneath the glamour and the choreography of the schedule, London Fashion Week remains…
London Fashion Week has always been more than a calendar event. It is a living organism — a crossroads where art, identity, and ambition collide. This year, more than ever, the runways and off‑runway spaces revealed a truth that London understands better than any other city: fashion is not just aesthetics. Fashion is communication. Fashion…
An intimate conversation with Angelo Calvi (aka Misterflip)By Blend London On the eve of a London Fashion Week set in Shoreditch, we sat down with Angelo Calvi — also known as Misterflip — to talk about something rarely discussed in club culture: vulnerability. Not the curated kind, but the quiet, physical tension that lives in…
In the cyclical world of fashion, “heritage” is often used as a crutch. But for Gap, a brand that once defined the very fabric of the 1990s, looking back was the only way to move forward. After a decade of fading into the background of shopping malls, 2025 marks the year the San Francisco giant…
Words by Blend London Editorial This autumn, Somerset House marks its 25th anniversary with a landmark exhibition that pulses with basslines, street style, and generational memory. Rhythm & Roots is the first major solo show by Jennie Baptiste—a London-born photographer whose work has, for over three decades, captured the soul of Black British youth culture….
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