Latest reviews for Arts & Culture in Shoreditch, London, United Kingdom

Rich Mix - Support your local! by Sami

Sami — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:35:05 +0000

Review by Sami

Rating: 5.00

Phone: 020 7613 7498

Website: http://www.richmix.org.uk

A super cozy, cute little theatre with great film listings, fair prices, a cafe with cheap food, and helpful staff - love it. My only complaint is that I don't live close enough to go there on a more regular basis.A super cozy, cute little theatre with great film listings, fair prices, a cafe with cheap food, and helpful staff - love it. My only complaint is that I don't live close enough to go there on a more regular basis.

Austin by ArtKandy - good coffee by Cocoh78

Cocoh78 — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:17:19 +0000

Review by Cocoh78

Rating: 5.00

Phone: 020 7613 0185

Tags: modern art, alternative, paintings

I am a coffee snob, after years of drinking it I know my stuff and Starbucks doesn't do it for me. This little friendly place does great coffee and it's cheap. Once I'd ordered my coffee I noticed the cool art on the wall, street I think, and also a gallery downstairs of amazing illustration. The guy who runs it tells me they have new exhibitions every two weeks. Its a lovely combination. Definately beats starbucksI am a coffee snob, after years of drinking it I know my stuff and Starbucks doesn't do it for me. This little friendly place does great coffee and it's cheap. Once I'd ordered my coffee I noticed the cool art on the wall, street I think, and also a gallery downstairs of amazing illustration. The guy who runs it tells me they have new exhibitions every two weeks. Its a lovely combination. Definately beats starbucks

NO:ID Gallery - No: IDea by Scandalism

Scandalism — Fri, 30 May 2008 18:22:11 +0000

Review by Scandalism

Rating: 1.00

Phone: 020 7729 7819

Website: http://noidgallery.net/

Tags: modern art, sculptures, paintings

The NO ID 'gallery' which might more rightly be christened NO IDea is a woefully lacking - rather than underground - space which operates under the aegis of promoting young artists.

Elvis Costello's aphorism "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture" aptly describes No IDea's artistic fare. Which, while ostensibly laden with political undertones, in fact smacks of amateurish phonyism and makes one question the veracity of the oft quoted fact that Shoreditch houses the most artists per square mile of anywhere in Europe.

One star for managing to find a place to squat on lovely Calvert Avenue though!The NO ID 'gallery' which might more rightly be christened NO IDea is a woefully lacking - rather than underground - space which operates under the aegis of promoting young artists.

Elvis Costello's aphorism "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture" aptly describes No IDea's artistic fare. Which, while ostensibly laden with political undertones, in fact smacks of amateurish phonyism and makes one question the veracity of the oft quoted fact that Shoreditch houses the most artists per square mile of anywhere in Europe.

One star for managing to find a place to squat on lovely Calvert Avenue though!

Women's Library - A lovely place and so important by karenquirk

karenquirk — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:33:59 +0000

Review by karenquirk

Rating: 4.00

Phone: 020 7320 2222

Website: http://www.thewomenslibrary.ac.uk

The Women's Library is a sweet place and more people should know about it. The exhibitions (about different women's issues) are really thoughtful and contrary to the review above you don't have to pay to read the books, just fill out a form.The Women's Library is a sweet place and more people should know about it. The exhibitions (about different women's issues) are really thoughtful and contrary to the review above you don't have to pay to read the books, just fill out a form.

Freedom Press & Bookshop - England's oldest anarchist publishers by rkn

rkn — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 22:56:36 +0000

Review by rkn

Rating: 5.00

Tags: cosy, friendly, bookshop

Freedom Press and Bookshop is down an alley off Whitechapel High Street next to KFC.

Past the mural of prominent anarchist figures from the last century or so, behind the painted door then up a narrow flight of stairs lies a cosy hive. To your left is a computer resource space, on the right the bookshop housing anarchist texts, newspapers and pamphlets from the world over.

Upstairs is a small meeting room and the offices of Freedom Newspaper (the oldest anarchist newspaper in the world) founded by several influential anarchists in 1886.

This place is well worth a visit, not only for the books it houses but because its a little bit of the historical East End of London.

Its own website can be found:
http://freedom.libcom.org.uk/Freedom Press and Bookshop is down an alley off Whitechapel High Street next to KFC.

Past the mural of prominent anarchist figures from the last century or so, behind the painted door then up a narrow flight of stairs lies a cosy hive. To your left is a computer resource space, on the right the bookshop housing anarchist texts, newspapers and pamphlets from the world over.

Upstairs is a small meeting room and the offices of Freedom Newspaper (the oldest anarchist newspaper in the world) founded by several influential anarchists in 1886.

This place is well worth a visit, not only for the books it houses but because its a little bit of the historical East End of London.

Its own website can be found:
http://freedom.libcom.org.uk/