Art in Hoxton – MUSE magazine story – college assignment

Situated in the shadows of Shoreditch, The Queen of Hoxton boasts the best interior designs, from the UK’s most talented artists. Outside the venue a spray-painted sign reads on the door: ‘Welcome to the Queen of Hoxton, a youth club for adults’. Pink graffiti-style drawings adorn the sides of the building, and you can tell [...]

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Chew Lips: ‘UK bands are too cool to clap’ FAKE DIY review

Heading up Topman CTRL online for the month of April, Chew Lip’s  James Watkins and Tigs sit down with DIY to talk success, SXSW and a fondness for bum smacking. Hi guys, thank you for joining us. How is everything in the world of Chew Lips? Tigs and James: We’re jetlagged, we just arrived back [...]

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All hail the South-East London art scene

Peckham has long been associated as an area of high crime rates and crumbling Victorian architecture. But, beneath this shoddy exterior lies a bubbling art community that is rapidly declaring its takeover of East-London’s hedonistic art scene. A chatty crowd assembles outside the doors of Auto Italia. It seems that punctuality is a necessity for [...]

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