My aim is to produce a weekly update highlighting cultural events happening across London that we can attend individually or as small groups. Over time, I’d like this to grow into a regular in-person trend research circle — where we explore what’s shaping culture right now, and who’s behind the ideas influencing today’s creative movements.
If you’ve been feeling the disconnect, like the city’s moving fast but no one’s talking, you’re not alone.
Let’s build something real — not just around trends, but around friendship, conversation, and a shared joy in showing up for culture together.
Independent Publishing - A Portrait of Cricket – Photobook by Tom Shaw
I’m passionate about working-class culture and how sport can bring diverse communities together. A Portrait of Cricket is a photobook that explores grassroots cricket across the country. The cricketing landscape has been shaped over the years by diaspora communities from cricket-playing nations around the world, each bringing their own passions, styles, and traditions to the game. Tom Shaw’s photography aims to shift the narrative away from the romanticised rural village green and instead meet the players, spectators, and volunteers who make the game what it is today.
Movie of the Week - The Salt Path
The Salt Path is also showing across the city, and I’d recommend catching it at the Peckhamplex, where all screenings are just £5.99 — perfect if you're on a tight budget. I’m a big fan of the Peckhamplex anyway. They’ve got a solid mix of blockbusters, indie films, and documentaries, and the vibe is more down-to-earth than some of the overpriced cinemas around town.
The Salt Path is based on the memoir by Raynor Winn and stars Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs. It tells the true story of a couple who, after losing everything, decide to walk 630 miles along the Cornish, Devon, and Dorset coastline. It's not an easy watch, but it's an important one. The performances are strong, and the film captures both the physical journey and emotional weight of displacement and survival.
What stayed with me most was how it shows nature as a place of healing. It reminded me that when life feels overwhelming, it helps to step away — even if just for a short walk, ideally somewhere green and quiet. The Salt Path isn’t flashy or fast-paced, but it’s a film that really stays with you if you let it.
Album of the Week - Durand Jones & The Indications – Flowers
My dad’s a soul boy, and the British love affair with American soul music continues with the fourth studio album from Durand Jones & The Indications, titled Flowers. The neo-soul group never rushes the mood — the whole record flows with a slow, summer groove. Their smooth, sun-soaked soul is perfect listening for long July afternoons.
Artist of the Week
Gabriel Moses: SELAH (28 March – 27 July 2025, 180 Studios) This is the largest exhibition to date from renowned self-taught photographer and filmmaker Gabriel Moses. SELAH showcases over 70 photographs and 10 films that span his work across fashion, music, and sport — including the premiere of new pieces. Moses draws deeply from his South London roots and Nigerian heritage, and this influence can be seen in his portraits of Slawn, Skepta, Alek Wek, Jude Bellingham and others, as well as in film and music video projects like Fein by Travis Scott and Playboi Carti, and Lost Times by Schoolboy Q.
Audiobook - The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
As summer begins to unfold, it feels like the perfect time to settle into a great story. For those on the move, I’d recommend the audiobook of Margaret Atwood’s The Blind Assassin — part of a new series of recordings made with Canadian actors, including other titles like Alias Grace, Cat’s Eye, The Robber Bride, and the Oryx and Crake trilogy.
The Blind Assassin features three narrators: Emma Love reads the novel-within-a-novel; David Attar voices the newspaper clippings; and Jennifer Higgin portrays the complex and elusive Iris, who tells us, “You want the truth, of course. You want me to put two and two together. But two and two doesn’t necessarily get you the truth.”
Available via Little, Brown Audio.
This isn’t just about watching, it’s about belonging. If that sounds like something you’ve been missing too — come with us. We’re starting now.
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