Caught By The River

Music, literature, beer and nature, all in the city. Sounds kind of perfect? That’s what will be on offer at Caught By The River, a new two day festival to hit London this summer. Taking place over the 6th and 7th August at Fulham Palace, the creators of the event (fresh from curating and promoting

Some of the best tracks of 2014

Only some of them mind, because trying to shoehorn such a deliriously rich of year of music into one succint list is, frankly, impossible. Future islands – Seasons (Waiting For You) Thanks to Sam Herring’s bad dad dancing on the Letterman show this rousing, triumphant and exuberant tune made its way onto my playlist – and stayed

Book Slam, Bethnal Green

We are gathered in York Hall, Bethnal Green, to be ‘KO’d by the power of words’ as the booming voice of compere Doc Brown tells us, the echo resonating around the school gym style room. Filled with tables of chattering people, munching and drinking whilst they soak up the literary genius of performers, the night