LADY UNCHAINED: “You’ve got to run, the police are coming!”

Brenda Birungi, AKA Lady Unchained, has used her experience of the criminal justice system to bring hope to young offenders in Kent through poetry, writes Marijke Hall

Culture, Art and DesignJoe BillJanuary 1, 2022Latest Feature, #keepitkent, Kent, #19, Feature, Features, Lady Unchained, Prison, Poetry

INTERVIEW: The Room Next Door begins

Comedian Michael Spicer is bringing his viral comedy hit The Room Next Door to the stage at Ashford’s Revelation

Culture, Art and DesignJoe BillNovember 23, 2021Latest Feature, #keepitkent, Kent, Michael Spicer, Room next door, Live, Ashford, Revelation

PEOPLE DEM COLLECTIVE: SPREADING THE WORD

People Dem Collective work with Cohesion Plus and North Kent Caribbean Network to deliver county-wide Black History Month activations

PICTURE PURRFECT - Have you seen this cat graffiti?

Graffiti artist CatNeil has been on a mission to make people pay attention and question everything!

Culture, Art and DesignJim LyonsOctober 29, 2021Latest Feature, #keepitkent, Kent, CatNeil, Cat, Graffiti, Art, Street Art, #18, Feature

Recover & Recast: The Rag And Bone Man

The Rag and Bone Man have become the pin-up for salvage chic and their unrelenting innovation as to what can be achieved with scrap metal means they continue to be sought out, writes Joe Bill

Culture, Art and DesignJoe BillOctober 29, 2021Latest Feature, #keepitkent, Kent, Feature, #18

PENCIL PUSHER

Artist Alex Frost, aka Shitpencil, is bringing his skate-inspired illustrations and personal ponderings to butt cheeks near you

Culture, Art and DesignJoe BillOctober 29, 2021#keepitkent, Kent, #18, Feature, Illustrator, Shitpencil, Skating, Skateboarding, Alex Frost, Features

Interview: Tunbridge Wells street artist behind Sean Lock mural

Street artist known as Humor sticks to realism with his spray paint pieces, writes Marijke Hall

Culture, Art and DesignJim LyonsOctober 20, 2021Latest Feature, #keepitkent, Kent, Graffiti, Artist, Interview, Humor, Tunbridge Wells

Look Mum No Computer - Furby Organs & Teletubby Tidal Waves

Look Mum No Computer - Furby Organs & Teletubby Tidal Waves, writes Marijke Hall

Culture, Art and DesignJim LyonsOctober 14, 2021Latest Feature, #keepitkent, Kent, Look Mum No Computer, Interview

Squid Ink - Squidoodle

Deal illustrator Steve ‘Squidoodle’ Turner on naturalist steampunk and filling up intestines with American football helmets...

Culture, Art and DesignJim LyonsSeptember 17, 2021#17, Squidoodle, Art, Illustrator, Kent, #keepitkent, Deal, Latest Feature

Interview: David Sefton - Master Plan

David Sefton, new director of culture at the University of Kent, brings his international experience and a hefty contacts book to boost its arts and music programme

Culture, Art and DesignJim LyonsAugust 26, 2021#17, Feature, Features, Boing, Gulbenkian, Canterbury, David Sefton

People Dem Collective: Who’s Your Icon?

People Dem Collective highlight a need for educational change with Margate mural project, writes Kelly Abbott

Culture, Art and DesignJoe BillAugust 26, 2021#17, People Dem Collective, Margate, Who's Your Icon, Kelly Abbott, Comment

Soul Artist is finding his sole

From custom trainers to beach huts - Ramsgate’s Soul Artist puts passion onto every canvas, writes Marijke Hall

Culture, Art and DesignJim LyonsJuly 8, 2021Graffiti, Artist, Soul Artist, #Keepitkent, Feature, Features

MR BINGO - SUPERBAD

Mr Bingo could never be considered faint of heart. Indeed, committing High Treason and photographing strangers naked is all in a day’s work...

Exclusive: TOM DREAM - DREAM CATCHER

Tom Dream plans to chase down the First Mosh Pit After Covid and all its release of energy

KENWA - WINNING FORMULA

Working alongside Margate’s People Dem Collective, local activist & wordsmith Kenwa continues foray into music

Culture, Music, Art and DesignJim LyonsJune 29, 2021Feature, Features, People Dem Collective, Kenwa, Wimnning, Margate, #keepitkent, Che Lingo, #16

EVERYDAY RACISM - CREATING CHANGE

Margate sisters on taking social media by storm and opening up the conversation on racism in the UK, writes Marijke Hall

Culture, Art and DesignJoe BillJune 21, 2021Feature, Features, Every Day Racism, Margate, Book, Ket, #keepitkent

WHERE ARE THE BEST INDEPENDENT CINEMAS IN KENT?

As cinemas begin to reopen after lockdown, we take a look at some of the independent venues around the county

Culture, Art and DesignJoe BillJune 9, 2021Feature, Features, Independent, Cinemas, #Keepitkent, Kent

THE BATTERED SAUSAGE SERIES

There aren’t many photographic muses that look good with a pickled egg, but Kent’s Oliver Emery has found inspiration in amongst his mushy peas...

TOZE ONE: STRIPING UP CONVERSATION

The work of Folkestone street artist Toze One has become recognisable because of its dazzling colour and addictive linear design

Culture, Art and DesignJim LyonsFebruary 1, 2021Online Exclusive, Feature, Toze One, Graffiti, Street Art, Folkestone, Payers Park, Linear

I AM THE EGGMAN : EGG, EGG 'n' EGGY - Graffiti

Have you seen the happy egg graffiti appearing all over the county? Well, we have and we managed to track down the artist behind them. In an anonymous conversation we asked what eggs-actly it was all about.

Culture, Art and DesignJim LyonsNovember 2, 2020Feature, Eggman, Eg, eg egg 'n' eggy, #15

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