Isla Campbell London blog

I Booked Frida At Tate Modern Three Weeks Ago And Still Nearly Didn’t Get In

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I Booked Frida At Tate Modern Three Weeks Ago And Still Nearly Didn’t Get In – A London diary entry on queuing for the most anticipated exhibition of the year, Fridamania as a genuine cultural phenomenon, and what it means to finally see the real garments up close

Notting Hill Carnival Turns Sixty This Year And I Finally Understood Why My Nan Never Missed It

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Notting Hill Carnival Turns Sixty This Year And I Finally Understood Why My Nan Never Missed It – A London diary entry on the Carnival’s sixtieth anniversary, three generations of family tradition, and finally getting what all the fuss was about after years of politely tagging along

I Went To See Tracey Emin Before It Closed And Left Emotionally Wrung Out In A Way I Wasn’t Prepared For

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I Went To See Tracey Emin Before It Closed And Left Emotionally Wrung Out In A Way I Wasn’t Prepared For – A London diary entry on catching a 40-year retrospective in its final days, sitting with someone else’s rawest work, and why I nearly didn’t go at all

Whitechapel Gallery Turns 125 And I Spent An Afternoon Learning What “East London Arts” Actually Meant Before It Was A Marketing Phrase

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Whitechapel Gallery Turns 125 And I Spent An Afternoon Learning What “East London Arts” Actually Meant Before It Was A Marketing Phrase – A London diary entry on the gallery’s anniversary festival, forty local partners, and rediscovering a part of the city I thought I already understood

I Sat In On The Booker Prize Longlist Announcement And Realised I’ve Read Precisely Zero Of Thirteen Books

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I Sat In On The Booker Prize Longlist Announcement And Realised I’ve Read Precisely Zero Of Thirteen Books – A London diary entry on the Booker Dozen, feeling like a fraud at a literary event, and the genuinely useful panic of a good reading list