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F ashion-conscious Londoners are being asked to go through their wardrobes for a new exhibition celebrating the Jewish designers who dressed everyone from Bowie to Bond.A swinging Sixties Carnaby Street boutique will be recreated for the show alongside a more humble workshop from the height of the rag trade in east London.

Should singers be able to sing?- Laura Turner, Parmiter's School (Image: https://pixabay.com/)On the 28th October, two of my brothers were in attendance for Bob Dylan's concert in Nottingham.Dylan's voice is a hot topic within my family, and this performance allowed the debate to resurface again, prompting me to wonder why it is that his voice is so detested.

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Who Am I? We all have two faces, indeed.But few polarise these two sides like Lou Reed: rugged like a rock immune to erosion or lovable until fainting.Sitting uncomfortably, during a brief interview with Spanish public television - a few hours before his 2003 Bilbao concert - he is giving his most petrified expression to the camera.

Beau, the addled midlife wreck played by Joaquin Phoenix in Beau Is Afraid, isn't just afraid, he is terrorized: harassed, beaten, stabbed and even kidnapped in a surreal black comedy that often feels less like a conventional film than a three-hour panic attack.(In the hands of high-anxiety auteur Ari Aster, of Hereditary and Midsommar fame, consider that a compliment.)

To those readers who prize "relatability," Catherine Lacey's latest novel may as well come wrapped in a barbed wire book jacket.There is almost nothing about Biography of X, as this novel is called, that welcomes a reader in least of all, its enigmatic central character, a fierce female artist who died in 1996 and who called herself "X," as well as a slew of other names.

30,000 people, more than 80 artists, four stages of music, 50+ food traders and two unforgettable days make Reggae Land the most complete and authentic reggae experience in the UK.This year's bumper weekender takes place on August 5th and 6th 2023 at all new supersized venue The National Bowl in Milton Keynes.

As cars loudly race up Laurel Canyon Boulevard on their way from Hollywood to the Valley, the Canyon Country Store sits quietly in the middle of the street.Walking into the quaint, unassuming grocery store is like stepping into a time capsule, one filled with a legendary musical past.The store is like a shrine to the neighborhood's famous residents.

When a toast is raised at a wedding, it is invariably to the bride.Not so when artist and author Sally Muir married the journalist Geoffrey Wheatcroft back in 1990.That honour went to Fanny, Sally Muir's big-haired, lawless 80s mongrel with whom she had fallen in love at first sighting in Battersea Dogs Home when she was 24 years old.

Michel Haddi is exhibiting photographs he took of Kate Moss and Cameron Diaz in London.Haddi has photographed a host of celebrities, including Jennifer Lopez, Clint Eastwood, David Bowie, Tupac Shakur and Sir Sean Connery, and will showcase his images of other stars such as Uma Thurman and Linda Evangelista at international photography fair Photo London this month.

Celebrated for her novels, her art installations and her musical collaborations with David Bowie, Tom Waits and Tony Visconti, the artist known as X was, until her death in 1996, one of the more enigmatic cultural figures of the 20th century.She always refused to confirm her place or date of birth, and after she took the pseudonym X in 1982, it was never clear which if any of her previous identities Dorothy Eagle, Clyde Hill, Caroline Walker, Bee Converse corresponded to her actual name.

The team behind longstanding Brickell pizzeria Stanzione 87 and its sister outpost inside the Citadel food hall, Ash! Pizza, has debuted its latest pizza concept: ThoroughBread Pizza.Located across the street from the Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus in Downtown Miami, it offers pizzas for those on the go in a counter-service environment.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails From Major Tom to Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane, the many faces and inspirations of David Bowie are getting a permanent home in London.Britain's Victoria & Albert Museum announced Thursday that it has acquired Bowie's archive of more than 80,000 items as a gift from the late musician's estate.

Happy New Year, everyone!We made it to a new year, and that's cause for celebration.Say cheers to 2023 at Phillips After 5, or start off your new year's resolutions at an exercise and wellness class.If you are still game for more holiday fun, stroll through DC Holiday Lights before the festivities end this week.

The actor Gary Oldman knows a few things about playing spies.He picked up the first of his three Oscar nominations for his portrayal of George Smiley, the agent at the heart of the 2011 movie Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, which was adapted from John le Carre's thriller by the same name.(He won in 2018, for The Darkest Hour.)

P hotographer Denis O'Regan's pictures of some of the world's biggest rock stars will be on display as part of a group show of artists celebrating 20 years of one of the capital's leading galleries.O'Regan, who has photographed everyone from the Rolling Stones to David Bowie, Queen and The Who, will be showing his work at West Contemporary's XX show.

Suzy McKee Charnas, an award-winning feminist science fiction writer who in a four-novel series created a post-holocaust, male-dominated society called the Holdfast that is liberated by an army of women, died on Jan. 2 at her home in Albuquerque.She was 83.David Szanton, a cousin, said the cause was a heart attack.

The derelict site of the old Exhibition Centre is finally getting a serious glow-up
With space in London at such a premium, it's pretty astonishing that a massive 40-acre patch of Earl's Court real estate has been left untouched since 2017.That's the year when the famous Earls Court Exhibition Centre was demolished, with English Heritage granting special dispensation allowing the historic buildings to be knocked down.

David Bowie fans will get an unprecedented look into his life, work and legacy after the V&A museum acquired the star's extensive archive.The collection includes more than 80,000 letters, lyrics, photos, stage designs, music awards and costumes.It also features several instruments owned by the musician, including the Stylophone he played on his breakout 1969 single Space Oddity.

Over a 55-year career, David Bowie redefined the essence of cool by embracing an outsider status.Now, Ziggy Stardust and all of the musician's other personas will have a permanent home.The Victoria and Albert Museum in London will house more than 80,000 items from Bowie's career at a new David Bowie Center for the Study of Performing Arts, the museum announced on Thursday.

The LP, which famously featured the singer posing with a lightning flash on his face for the cover art, was Bowie's sixth album and included hits such as The Jean Genie and Drive-In Saturday.Aladdin Sane: 50 Years will feature a two-month long exhibition, opening on April 6, exploring the artwork including the original portrait of Bowie by renowned photographer Brian Duffy as well as a concert featuring acts from Anna Calvi to Scissor Sisters Jake Shears playing the 1973 record in full.

When conversations arise about the greatest hard rock debut albums, the usual selections immediately come to mind for many - offerings by Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, and Guns N' Roses, to name a few.But one debut that seems to get overlooked quite often is the 1974 self-titled album from KISS.At the time, glam rock was beginning to be phased out - David Bowie would soon stop shaving his eyebrows and drop the makeup for his streamlined "Thin White Duke" persona; Alice Cooper was about to go solo and embrace ballads; and the New York Dolls were on the cusp of imploding.

This article was originally published in 2016, days prior to David Bowie's death.It has since been updated in celebration of what would have been his 76th birthday on January 8th, 2023.Ever felt overwhelmed by an artist's extensive back catalog?Been meaning to check out a band, but you just don't know where to begin?

Author and playwright Hanif Kureishi has said he is in hospital in Rome following a fall on Boxing Day, and is unable to move his arms or legs.The 68-year-old British playwright, novelist and filmmaker best known for his works The Buddha Of Suburbia, Intimacy and Mother shared a message on Twitter in which he said he was being treated at Gemelli University Hospital in the Italian capital.