Tag: London

Australian singer songwriter Pete Murray has announced two London shows at Bush Hall this November.

GO HARD OR GO HOME: According to Sky News, wild swimming is a new "craze" sweeping through Britain where people swim in natural waterways, like rivers and lakes. Come again?

In recent years, manliness has found itself under assault by make-up companies, diet gurus and even breweries. But there are a group of Aussie men who are bringing the fight to the UK. Men, manly men!

For most Australians, coming to live in London is certainly challenging and regularly frustrating, but altogether probably the most thrilling and rewarding experience of our lives. Occasionally though, the subtle British cultural quirks and London’s social idiosyncrasies wear down an Aussie’s typical cheer. The city gets the best of them; ...

REVIEW | We sat there staring into the storyteller’s shaded, deep set eyes as he spun uncomplicated yet incredibly moving yarns through his impressive song writing, all the while backing it up with a voice that is as solid, seemingly unchanging and Australian as Uluru.

INTERVIEW | “I think people are influenced by what’s gone before. When I learnt how to play songs, you fall in love with other people’s songs and you learn them and you start to write your own." Paul Kelly, September, 2011.

REVIEW: Despite being filled with some of Paul Kelly’s lesser known songs, the “dark, weird and difficult night three” as described by Kelly himself was not without highlights.

REVIEW: The letter ‘F’ was where we started the night with Paul accompanied by nephew Dan Kelly a famous musician in his own right.

GO HARD OR GO HOME | After receiving a little package of Aussie goodies from my folks, I thought I'd repay them the favour and send them some treats from the UK, including the dreaded Penguin.

REVIEW | Paul Kelly is a walking, talking manual for how to live. And, yep well I better come out and say it; 'an Australian bloke's way to live.

Multi-award winning Australian actor/writer/director Chris Lilley will be performing in the UK for the very first time on Wednesday 7 September, at the O2 Academy Islington, London.

Paul Kelly's been entertaining audiences for three decades and the ever popular Australian musician is still in huge demand around the world, as evidenced by his four sold-out shows in London this week.

GO HARD OR GO HOME: It’s that time of year when Antipodeans begin their mass evacuation from the UK and I am asking myself, ‘Should I stay or should I go?'

I’m starting to get goosebumps as the realisation comes to me that I’m about to go through this again.

GO HARD OR GO HOME | I refuse to give in to the taunts. I’ll continue to talk the Australian way, because calling White Out 'Tipp-Ex' is just not cricket.

I can’t help but love the British reaction to a 30 degree heat-wave. And from a place where the populace go out and 'buy' sunshine.

GO HARD OR GO HOME | Through the destruction, violence and despair caused by the recent riots in the UK, there was one thing that brought a smile to my face — seeing all the love being sent from Down Under.

Obscene pensions, climate change, war and increased tuition fees are all worth protesting, and I am proud to be part of a democratic society with the right to peaceful protest. However last week’s London riots were utterly mindless.

COUNTDOWN TO HOMELANZ: There’s just a week and a half to go until London’s Homelanz festival and we’re celebrating the fact with an awesome little interview with one of the stars, Kiwi hip hop sensation Ladi6.

If you don't know your pakoras from your poppadoms, head along to Intrepid Travel Islington's free Indian cooking lesson next Tuesday.

London has some of the best restaurants in the UK and their list of famous, top-Aussie eateries is just as impressive. So if you’re after Aussie ribs from Down Under or an Outback steak, look no further than here.

GO HARD OR GO HOME: A recent incident has crushed what little faith I had in the goodwill of my fellow Londoners.

I have a love/hate relationship with London and Londoners which is inversely proportional to my attachment to my nationality. If I let it go, I can adapt better to life here.

GO HARD OR GO HOME: There's a myth here in the UK that Australians and Kiwis don’t get along. I’d never heard of this so-called rivalry until I moved to the UK and, well, I really don’t like it.

GO HARD OR GO HOME: When it comes to festivals, everyone seems to have a different idea about what items are ‘essential’.

Why do Aussies make the tortuous slog to a place where warm beer, 4pm darkness and bitterly cold winters are staple? Well, there's a whole host of reasons. From travel to music and even careers, Aussies are finding it all in London.

GO HARD OR GO HOME: There's a well-known joke that Londoners love to queue. But forming an orderly line is so central to life in this part of the world, it's no laughing matter.

GO HARD OR GO HOME: Like most Aussies living in London, spending a couple of years abroad was something I had dreamt of doing since my teens. But maybe living abroad actually isn’t every young Australians’ cup of flat white.

Summer is always a busy time for Aussie music in London. And that means our resident music editor, Paul Judge, is kept even busier. He's seen some stunning Aussie acts recently from Tame Impala and Ash Grunwald. Check out his reviews.