SWNS Residents living on ‘Britain’s roughest street’ say it’s full of kids being stabbed and drug addicts everywhere Residents say they fear the ‘roughest street in Britain’ full of £5 prostitutes, teenagers being stabbed and drug addicts ‘everywhere’. Slade Road in Stockland Green, Birmingham, is said to be a hotbed of violence and drugs which … Read more
The profile of bare feet pushing the world across the dark theater. Four women lead across the stage, eyes bright and defiant, their limbs and hips whirling as if they were made of liquid adrenaline. With every absurd gesture, every primal pulse, the women suspend in the air the dream of freedom – a vision … Read more
(14.-Marco-Goecke-and-Gustav-photo-Franco-Jennewein.jpg) No one likes to be criticized. Even if it is constructive, most people’s egos react badly to it. Usually this comes out as a grimaced smile and reluctantly eked “no worries”. But for Marco Goecke, head of the Hanover State Opera ballet company, he chose a rather large measure. Because of one damning review … Read more
Details of Rita and Hubert, 1954 by Alice Neel (Estate of Alice Neel) Among the arresting, unforgettable moments in this amazing survey are two portraits of artists in a state of decommitment. In one, the first painting we see, Alice Neel paints herself, 80 years old, naked, sitting on a striped chair that we see … Read more
Banksy’s new wall painting in Kent, which appears to have a theme of domestic abuse, has been taken down just hours after the unsuspecting artist claimed it as his work . The street artist confirmed they were behind the artwork, which was found on the side of a wall in Margate, by sharing a series … Read more
S Club 7 will open their 11-date reunion tour in Liverpool on October 13, before continuing to cities including Dublin, Glasgow, Newcastle and Manchester (PA Archive) Nineties fever has hit after the seven members of British pop group S Club 7 have confirmed that they will be reuniting for a UK and Irish arena tour … Read more
