london Archives

I rocked up late today at the London Film And Comic Con at Kensington Olympia to be faced by this magnificent monstrosity of a booth at the show in the Comic Zone Blimey. Two tables and a cosplay backwall, which will no doubt come in very useful this weekend Expect to see a lot of this. This[...]

I went to see Guys And Dolls at the Bridge Theatre in London last week for a ridiculously low price An amazing immersive version of the Broadway classic, the cast is full of amazing turns and tricks, and I found myself elevated on stage for five seconds while the Dolls admired my cologne It was[...]

The new edition of Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for July 2024 includes the London Film And Comic Con (I'll be there!), the opening of the Jam bookshop in Notting Hill, the Alice Oseman popup, Gosh Comics signings, Cartoon Museum events, and so much more… Thursday, 4th of July Troopers, Soho, from 7pm[...]

I went to the opening night of Slave Play last night, the London West End debut of Jeremy O.Harris' play, with a number of members of the US cast but now also starring Kit Harington alongside an ensemble cast of Fisayo Akinade, James Cusati-Moyer, Aaron Heffernan, Chalia La Tour, Annie McNamara, Irene Sofia Lucio and Olivia[...]

At London's Wembley Stadium, it was global phenomenon Taylor Swift At London Stadium, it was rock gods Foo Fighters In New York City, it was us – feeling very bitter that we weren't in England to check out Swift and Foo Fighters And then some stuff hit social media that knocks us back to our[...]

You want more of the global phenomenon? We're going to give you more of the global phenomenon – like how Swift got the "royal treatment" (you're welcome) across the pond as she kicked off the first London night of her "Eras" tour in Wembley Stadium – not exactly a small venue Of course, how can[...]

So what did we get this time? Your intrepid reporter and gumshoe and Bleeding Cool founder, Rich Johnston, hit the streets of London on Friday to secure himself a ticket a month ago, with the Vue cinema in Fulham Broadway being the chosen location on the basis that a) it was pretty close to home and[...]

Harper Fire has recently reissued Alice's entire backlist collection with new covers illustrated by Alice alongside additional, exclusive content to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Solitaire. Alice Oseman Pop-Up: Enter the Osemanverse  opens in 133 Bethnal Green Road, Shoreditch, London E2 7DG at the old Newspeak House residential college, from on Friday the 5th of July[...]

I live in London, which gives me great access to some of the world's greatest theatre And I go to a lot of it But while the West End is significantly cheaper than Broadway, it is still outside most people's pockets to attend on a regular basis So how do I do it? I mean[...]

Heading into June, fans of FXX's Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Kaitlin Olson & Danny DeVito-starring It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia were given the heads-up that a new chapter in the multi-season drama between McElhenney's Mac and Philadelphia Phillies All-Star Second Baseman Chase Utley (more on that below) would play out overseas this weekend during Major[...]

The new edition of Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for June 2024 is a little bit late, but includes Gosh Comics signings, Cartoon Museum events, the London Mart and the Comica Social Club attached to it, the Barnes Children's Literature Festival, and more. Thursday, 6th of June Troopers, Soho, from 7pm Those who[...]

Running from the 5th of October to the 20th of December, Jodie Whittaker is to star in a revival of The Duchess at the Trafalgar Theatre in London's West End, and I will probably cycle past it twice a week wondering how I can grab cheap seats Adapted and directed by Zinnie Harris from John[...]

Steve Morris of Rebellion Publishing, of 2000AD and Judge Dredd fame, took to the stage this weekend at the Diamond Retailer Day event at MCM London Comic Con 2024 to talk through the publisher's upcoming plans Including a still-secret crossover between 2000AD and Judge Dredd Megazine in September. With the Rogue Trooper movie starring Aneurin Barnard[...]

Yesterday was the final day of the MCM London Comic Con May 2024 show at the London ExCel Centre The sun stayed strong through the day, only breaking late in the evening, great for cosplay There were Donald Trumps and Boris Johnsons, but no one did a drowned Rishi Sunak Permission was sought from all[...]

The new edition of Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for May 2024 is a little bit late, but we have everything from Free Comic Book Day to MCM to Comica to comic marts. Wednesday, 1st of May My Hair is as Long as a River Launch Party With Charlie Castle and Emma Farrarons,[...]

I just found myself on Shaftesbury Avenue at the Apollo Theatre, in London's West End to get up close and personal with John Cleese As in, I am in the second-to-front row, the stage is before me, and it looks like the familiar set of the TV sitcom Fawlty Towers, recorded fifty years ago, except[...]

The London Cartoon Museum has opened a new exhibition, Heroes: The British Invasion Of American Comics, running until October And looking at how British artists and writers worked in the American comic book industry, and going a lot further back than some might have thought First, how the likes of Buster Brown, Miss Fury and[...]

The new edition of Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for April 2024 is a little bit late, but we have everything from Bryan Hitch to the return of Comica to Easter events in schools and the Cartoon Museum. Tuesday, 2nd of April Islington Comic Forum April 2024, North Library, Manor Gardens, Islington 6.30-7.30pm. Meet[...]

Last year, London's Century Club on Shaftesbury Avenue hosted the long-awaited return of Paul Gravett's Comica, The London Comics Festival with everyone from Armando Iannucci to Posy Simmonds, from Brian Bolland to Iain Sinclair, Dave McKean to Dave Gibbons, from Lizzie Stewart to Lucie Arnoux and Lucy Sullivan[...]

It's the final day of London Book Fair, and I have been wandering around picking up all manner of stuff, meeting all sorts of people as well as bumping into the likes of Mike Holman from Diamond, Dirk Wood from Image Comics, Alan Payne from Dynamite Entertainment, Jamie Elby from Rebellion, Joel Meadows from Tripwire,[...]

I bumped into lots of people at today's London Book Fair 2024 Including John Maher of Publisher's Weekly, who opened his own precis of the show, quoting me. "You know they're spending money when there's carpet," Rich Johnston, the founder of the British comics news site Bleeding Cool, says, gesturing at the rich royal blue carpeting lining[...]

London Comic Con (Spring) was a very Doctor Who affair The big lines on Saturday were for Billie Piper and Anita Dobson – though Anita probably had the edge This was Anita Dobson's first comic con, and her fame from her years on Eastenders has now been dwarfed, within the chilly walls of London Olympia,[...]

But in London, Showmasters kicked things off with a small but perfectly formed convention in London's Olympia Hall with the London Comic Con (Spring) 2024, well, one of them at least Full of cosplay, comics and autograph hunters. There was also higher ratio of comics guests this year, a smaller show still saw Tony Lee, David[...]

The new edition of Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for March 2024 begins tomorrow with London Comic Con Spring over at Olympia in Hammersmith/Earls Court way. Saturday, 2nd of March London Comic Con Spring, Olympia 9am-6pm Your first comic con fix of the year starts with the return of London Comic Con Spring, at[...]

The London Comic Con (Spring) run by Showmasters is on this weekend Naturally I'll be in attendance, as it's the only comic convention I can (and do) cycle to Held at London Olympia just two weeks before London Book Fair in the same location Some attendees might do well to just not bother packing up[...]

There was also the routine when he told a joke on Conan O'Brien about wanting his body to be fed to the lions at London Zoo on his death and how a Sun journalist got a response from the zoo as if it were a serious proposal So he got to have a go at[...]

I just went to a screening of the new film Wicked Little Letters in London's Leicester Square at the Odeon De Luxe West End, just after seeing Ricky Gervais' new show – more on that later But before the press got a screening of the film we got an impromptu unplanned introduction from three of[...]

The new edition of Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for February 2024 It's half term week coming so lots of stuff for the kiddies, there's a comic mart, an anime con, the International Black Speculative Writing Festival, a 2000AD Walking Tour held at the exact time as a Gosh 2000AD signing[...]

Welcome to… from One Side Of The Show To The Other for the London Toy Fair 2024 It's Press Day today, so it's a bit easier on the feet And you get the choice of whether to watch it on YouTube or a truncated version on TikTok A walk around the show, taking place today,[...]

They are represented by Bandai in the UK, and they did indeed have their shelves at Toy Fair 2024 in London But, as ever, getting a press appointment with Bandai's PR folk proved impossible again, and they were fully booked every time I popped by To add insult to injury, they had blinds over the[...]