Hidden on King’s Street in an old railway arch building, number ten to be exact, is the brilliance of the artistic troupe ‘This Is It’. Showcased as part of the Know The Not Known campaign, the 12 person creative troupe of people are an excellent representation of the creativity and innovation that runs wild in London. Vice and Tiger beer have showcasing these examples of hidden creativity just waiting to be discovered as they have turned their own random space and location into an area of creation and birth. The latest creation by ‘This Is It’ was the cult phenomenon ‘Bad Things That Could Happen’ which is a quasi animation/real life cartoon that passed a million views back in December and continues to grow in popularity.

The group is at work on their second project right now which will be similar to ‘Bad Things That Could Happen’ but of course completely different as well. The main focus of the young group of artists is to take the large blank space that they have in front of them in the studio and transform it into a completely new world that hopefully others will find engaging as well. Given the large space they have to work, throughout the interview the artists continually explain that their projects come out quite big as well.

This is all well and good however given the fact that that the 12 piece ‘This Is It’ prove that art in a large way is fighting to stay alive on the British streets and if the crowd that showed up to see them in their production of the show at the shoe store shown in the video is any indication, it seems to be thriving.

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On the trail of Sherlock in London

The trail of Sherlock in London, recent film has brought the detective back to life

In Victorian England, London was… a cesspool. Over-populated, without sewers, the capital of the British empire abounded in possibilities of investigations for its more famous detective, Sherlock Holmes. One century and of the wheelbarrows later, the Holmes myth is more long-lived than ever.: The recent release of the film by Guy Ritchie is the occasion to follow the footsteps of Holmes in his native London!

Sherlock Museum. Holmes lived with the 221b, Baker Street. A fictitious address at the time of the novels, become quite real, where a pretty now exists along with fancy property to rent in London. In a narrow Victorian residence the house of Holmes is reconstituted, on four floors. The dressed up personnel invites you to climb the staircase and the floor which cracks. On each floor, one finds various objects being able to have belonged to Holmes (shackles, syringe…) and with Watson (books, instruments of medicine), reconstruction of scenes, travel souvenirs…

If it is your first visit in London, some monuments are impossible to circumvent, especially as they were used as decoration within certain scenes of the film by Guy Ritchie. Among them, the iconic cathedral St Paul, which celebrates its 300th birthday this year. It is there that Charles married Diana, and also buried there Admiral Nelson and Churchill. Another architectural splendour, St Bartholomew the Great Church, one of the oldest churches of London (founded in 1123), where the scenes of the satanic worship in the crypt were made. Look forward to seeing the film next week and hopefully getting to London this summer and check out flats for rent. It’s a shame Berlin and London are not on par in terms of property. But glad the standard of property in London has changed since the days of Sherlock!