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James Forrester

A resident of the city of London. James has enjoyed a love affair with the capital from a young age. Frequenting a variety of the events and festivals that flow by beside the river, here he wishes to share his affection for the city and reveal it for the magical and eccentric place that we sometimes forget it is. For reviews, stories and off-beat thoughts please follow him here.

James Forrester has written 13 articles for GBC Mag.

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The Rain Room

by James Forrester on November 14, 2012 in Art
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The curved corridor is dark, almost black, but twilight emanates from around the corner and casts distorted shadows up ahead of giants taking uncertain steps. The further I walk along the corridor the more clearly …

Beardyman Making Noise at KOKO

by James Forrester on October 10, 2012 in Events
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Beardyman has been making noise, both literally and figuratively, in the music industry since 2006, developing somewhat of a cult following with help from social media sites such as Myspace and YouTube. Racking up countless accolades …

Circo Loco Brings Ibiza To Rural Kent

by James Forrester on September 12, 2012 in Events
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  It’s already September, and as we draw closer to the colder seasons, don’t reach for your woollies just yet! Circo Loco gives us one last chance to say farewell to summer in style. Originally …

A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Out in the Open

by James Forrester on August 22, 2012 in Culture
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“Highly Original” – The Times “It wont be what the tourists were expecting but they’ll be glad they came.” – Evening Standard “That was the best show I’ve ever seen… but I haven’t seen that …

Beardyman is coming to Camden.

by James Forrester on July 26, 2012 in Events
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On the 22nd September the two time UK beatbox champion Beardyman comes to Camden’s KOKO Beardyman has been building his cult following since 2006 when he won the title of UK beatbox champ, and then …

Yoko Ono: To The Light

by James Forrester on July 13, 2012 in Art
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Yoko Ono may be better known as John Lennon’s missus and the girl who “broke up The Beatles” but it’s easy to forget that she is an artist and has been since long before she …

Lovebox 2012!

by James Forrester on June 27, 2012 in Festivals

As Lana Del Rey stood before thousands of chanting fans in Hackney’s Lovebox festival on Sunday, she summed up the aura of it all by simply stating “There are no words are there?” Probably not, …

Lochness Hosts A Monster Of A Rockness 2012

by James Forrester on June 14, 2012 in Festivals
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The wet weekend did little to dampen the spirits of festival goers in Inverness this weekend as thousands of music lovers headed to Rockness 2012 to witness the monster line up. The event was made …

SW4 2012 Release Thrilling Lineup!!

by James Forrester on May 28, 2012 in Festivals
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Take a look out of your window. If this article is put out in time then the sun should still be shining and that can only mean one thing in the South East of England. …

Damien Hirst Arrives at the Tate Modern

by James Forrester on May 24, 2012 in Art
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Severed heads, animal corpses in jars of formaldehyde, wild black butterflies, and psychedelic spinning colours. You could easily mistake it all for some large scale science experiment from a horror movie. Stumble upon this collection …

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