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Richard Charkin: On the Long Walk to Audiobooks
Logging more than 12 miles per day on London’s walkways, Richard Charkin’s pavement-pounding peripatetics have him exploring ‘the importance of audio and audiobooks.’
On London’s Oxford Street, February 25. Image – iStockphoto: VV Shots
By Richard Charkin | @RCharkin
‘I Started by Listening to Music’
I suffer from a pre-COVID-19 form of mild obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD. Actually, it’s even more acute during the pandemic. It’s called walking. I walk roughly 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) every day.
Richard Charkin
I walk for health, physical and mental. But 20 kilometers a day, which takes approximately four hours, can be boring, particularly when one is obliged not to venture too far from home because of lockdown restrictions. To counter the
Small Axe Helmer Steve McQueen Receives Creative Impact in Directing Award
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British filmmaker Steve McQueen is known for tackling heavy hot-button issues in film, from political strife in Northern Ireland (“Hunger”) to sexual addiction (“Shame”) and slavery in America in “12 Years a Slave,” which netted three Oscars, including for best picture and supporting actress. Among the film’s nine total noms, McQueen received one for directing.
McQueen’s latest project, BBC’s “Small Axe,” carries equal dramatic heft. The Golden Globe-nominated five-part anthology series, which chronicles London’s West Indian community between 1968 and 1982, is a deeply personal one for the filmmaker, this year’s recipient of Variety’s Creative Impact in Directing award.
Kwame Kwei-Armah, Actor, Director and Playwright, Signs With CAA and Redefine Entertainment (EXCLUSIVE)
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The British playwright, director and actor Kwame Kwei-Armah has signed with CAA and Redefine Entertainment.
He currently serves as the artistic director for the Young Vic in London and was previously artistic director of Baltimore Center Stage. Kwei-Armah most recently wrote “All Rise,” a musical about how Viagra came to market inside Pfizer, with “The Trial of the Chicago 7’s” Matt Jackson set to produce and Spike Lee on board to direct.
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As a writer and director, his original musical adaptation of “Twelfth Night,” written with Shaina Taub, opened at the Delacorte Theater in New York City to critical raves and was named one of Time Magazine’s 10 best plays and musicals of 2018.
Gucci releases Ken Scott-Inspired Capsule Collection
Gucci releases Ken Scott-Inspired Capsule Collection
Gucci releases Ken Scott-Inspired Capsule Collection
The Italian fashion house draws inspiration from archived floral designs of American fashion designer, Ken Scott, for a modern collection with retro flair.
The Italian fashion house draws inspiration from archived floral designs of American fashion designer, Ken Scott, for a modern collection with retro flair.
February 22, 2021
Peonies, sunflowers, roses, oh my! The much anticipated Gucci Ken Scott Collection has just dropped and it’s giving vintage gardenia vibes.
Inspired by the work of American fashion designer, Ken Scott, the line is a floral affair with original fabric designs from Scott’s abundant archive of flowery prints. Nicknamed “the gardener of fashion”, Scott featured larger than life flowers in his works and didn’t shy away from color in his vibrant, eye-catching patterns.