Category: culture

Editorial: All Hail Hard Copies of Music News

Originally posted on music sa:
? “…In this respect, street press has significant, positive cultural value. …” ? ? As we speak, I am in the Music SA office anxiously awaiting the arrival of a courier*… He/she will be delivering the highly prized 1st ever printed edition of “B-Side Magazine“, which makes its debut today.…

Bakewell bake off

Bakewell, the “ancient capital of the Peak District” in the north of England, is home to two pastries- the Bakewell tart and the lesser known Bakewell Pudding. Said to be the result of an incompetent cook’s error, using savoury rather than sweet pastry to make a jam pie for her mistress, the pudding caught on

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Fashion ambush

Visiting London’s Somerset House for an exhibition of photos about Aussie artist Nick Cave, I unexpectedly found myself in the midst of London Fashion Week, rubbing shoulders with fashionistas and photographers, dressers and designers, buyers and bloggers, the famous and the flamboyant. Everyone was young and beautiful, I couldn’t tell the models from the masses.

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