There is such a thing as a place that would not be improved by the addition of shops or cafés, and the radically free, world-famous graffiti tunnel is such a place.
May the Fourth comes to the Leake St graffiti tunnel
Street artists pay tribute to Star Wars in the licensed graffiti tunnel under London’s Waterloo station
Graffiti Tunnel International Women’s Day takeover – 20 pics
A set of 20 images taken in the licensed graffiti area in Leake Street by Waterloo station during a feminist takeover on International Women’s Day in March 2014.
Happy Christmas from the Leake St graffiti tunnel
Not Television’s top 10 posts of 2014
A round-up of 10 favourite blog posts from Not Television’s first year, 2014, on subjects including Mat Fraser, Alternative Miss World, Leake St graffiti tunnel and the threat of luxury redevelopment
Review: Sing For Your Life, the roadkill taxidermy cabaret musical
Roadkill taxidermy cabaret musical Sing For Your Life is uncanny, grotesque and sometimes charming – a rousing howl of injustice that still has its problems, including shortchanging the cabaret form
Why Not Television?
When I started covering the cabaret scene, there was a line I heard from several performers. It was used when they were telling a punter to stop a private conversation, or inviting them on stage, or just reminding them that, yes, performers can see and hear audience members sitting metres away from them. What they […]
Secrets of the Living Dolls unmasked
So Channel 4’s Secrets of the Living Dolls looks like a whole other thing. Screening tonight, it’s a one-off documentary about female masking, a subculture in which mostly straight men “transform themselves into [female] dolls by squeezing into a second skin” by means of rubber body suits and masks. The doc’s subjects include a 70-year-old […]
