Latest articles by James Stokes
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Interview: Nolan Regent, owner of Toulouse Lautrec jazz club
Nolan Regent is the founder and owner of Kennington's Toulouse Lautrec jazz club and restaurant, a great venue featured in…
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Interview: Sol Chase of Big Love Car Wash
Ahead of their first European tour, we put our questions to Big Love Car Wash's mandolin-playing Sol Chase
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Interview: illustrator Monika Beisner
Monika Beisner is a German illustrator who first came to London fifty years ago; we sat down to hear her story and get her…
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Interview: Kathak Dancer & Choreographer Urja Desai Thakore
Urja is an acclaimed kathak dancer and founder and Artistic Director of Pagrav Dance Company, which last year celebrated 20…
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Interview: Beth Rettig of ‘Where We Sleep’
We caught up with independent musician Beth Rettig before a gig to talk about her current project 'Where We Sleep', her…
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The Lowdown on Upstairs at Ronnie’s
It's been a long time in the works; Ronnie Scott's has now reopened with its impressively refurbished upstairs club! We got…
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Interview: Sammy Trotman - mad activist, theatre maker & writer/performer of ‘THAT’S NOT MY NAME’
Sammy Trotman started writing 'THAT'S NOT MY NAME' from a psychiatric hospital; here she talks to us about the show,…
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Interview: Charlotte Mooney, Storyteller and Co-Artistic Director of Circus Company ‘Ockham’s Razor ’
We dropped in on rehearsals for 'Collaborator'; Charlotte told us about Ockham's Razor, the circus scene and their latest…
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Interview: Alex Knott & James Demaine, of Bag of Beard Theatre
Actors Alex Knott and James Demaine make up two thirds of enterprising theatre company Bag of Beard. They talk to us here…
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Interview: Christopher Burn
We put our questions to the 'grandpa influencer' teaching the TikTok generation that Poetry Changes Lives...
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Interview: artist Ben Edge
Ben Edge is a British artist working in London, whose work draws inspiration from regional folklore traditions. His…
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Interview: Velenzia Spearpoint, Co-Director of the Lambeth Fringe Festival
The Lambeth Fringe Festival is underway, so we spoke to Velenzia Spearpoint - the festival's Co-Director and Artistic…
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Mental health and the arts: Our interview with the Alexa Knight at the Mental Health Foundation
This Mental Health Awareness Week we spoke Alexa Knight, Director of England at the Mental Health Foundation, about what the…
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Blood Wedding
Blood Wedding by Barney Norris receives its London Premiere at Clapham’s Omnibus Theatre presented by Two’s Company and…
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The OFFIEs 2025 - the winners
Congratulations to the winners of last night's OFFIE Awards!
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Brighton Festival
Brighton Festival is the largest and most established annual curated multi-arts festival in England.
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The Lost Hour
The go-to in Greenwich for a low-key, casual vibe that gets lively around the sporting fixtures
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Peckham Levels
A multi-storey car park in Peckham transformed into a huge multi-purpose space for working, socialising and enjoying the arts, with eateries and bars, a theatre, a food hall and working spaces for…
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The Corner Shop
A sports bar in Shoreditch that's got that East London edge - if you think the place kinda looks like a club, that's because they bring they party!
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Bat and Ball
Stratford's buzzing social hub; a huge space to eat, drink, socialise and play games while watching the latest sport fixtures on a whopping 22 big screens