Bastille Review and Interview

Bastille Review and Interview

Walking into the Other Rooms in Newcastle you wouldn’t think it to be a fitting gig venue; however it proved to be an intimate setting for what was to be a great night for Bastille’s Sold out show. The Good Natured opened the show with their energetic electronic tunes. By jumping into...
London Fashion Week 2012

London Fashion Week 2012

Day 1 So it’s that time of year again. When journalists, photographers, bloggers, film crews and all those who are fashion forward gather at Somerset House in a frenzy of excitement and anticipation for our designer heroines new creations. After visiting briefly last season, we here at StArt are delighted...
Charlotte Rutherford

Charlotte Rutherford

If you’re a photographer that’s ever been through a bit of a Flickr period, trawling through the months of Explore photos, then you’ll probably have come across Charlotte’s photography; I discovered her work over 2 years ago and have been following ever since. She is one of an emerging breed...
Karl Axon

Karl Axon

Karl Axon is a 2nd year photographer studying at University of Central Lancashire in Preston and currently living in Liverpool. At only 21, Karl’s fashion and editorial photography is already industry-standard, and this was recently recognised by a feature in Vogue Italia. Interview by Jonathan Baker Words by Karl Axon...
David Vail

David Vail

  David Vail is a 2nd year Editorial and Advertising Photography student at Cheltenham University in Gloucestershire. David works between Cheltenham and London and predominantly shoots fashion photography. We caught up with him to ask him a few questions. The images provided are from one of David’s most recent projects...
Primary Colours

Primary Colours

Marianne McGurk is a fine art fashion photographer who uses 3-D design to create handmade objects, costumes and scenes referencing intrigue, surrealism and the fantastical.  Marianne’s work confronts the viewer with identities or in some cases the lack of, which brings intrigue, producing images which are fascinating and thought-provoking. Marianne...
Jack's Club

Jack’s Club

Jaq Fryers is only just starting her first-year of the Illustration degree at Blackpool and Fylde College, but already she has a broad and refined style to her name. Her background in fashion and portraiture is easily discernible from her style of illustration, and her work clearly stems from a...
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Sheila Rock's Punk+ Book

Sheila Rock’s Punk+ Book

On April 25th Sheila Rock, the legendary music photographer who so brilliantly captured the development of the punk scene, released her new book Punk+, available at www.firstthirdbooks.com. This unique book depicts the music, fashion and crowds of the punk scene from 1976-79, using photographs previously stored in a box in Rock’s garden shed. We are...
Waddington Air Show Bar Staff Wanted

Waddington Air Show Bar Staff Wanted

Light & Hoppy Bar Co. are a festival and event bar company specialising in real ale and cider bars for a variety of festivals and events around the UK.  This year Waddington International Airshow celebrates its 95th anniversary and we’ll be providing their first ever campsite bar ending a 95 year dry spell! We’re looking...
'Smell the Roses' - Josh Taerk single Review

‘Smell the Roses’ – Josh Taerk single Review

We wouldn’t judge you for not knowing about the 22-Year-Old Canadian Singer-Songwriter Josh Taerk, but he certainly has the credentials to be a big name in coming years. He released his single ‘Smell the Roses’ on May 6th on Misty Creek Records Inc. from the album entitled ‘Josh’, on the success of both US and UK tours...
Les Miserables’ Review

Les Miserables’ Review

Les Miserables’, the original stunning novel by Victor Hugo and the award winning musical adaption of the same name, raises it’s red flag and gladly makes a triumphant impact to screen.  Set over a time span of 17 Years, from 1815 to 1832, the highly waited screen musical depicts the story of Jean Valjean (Hugh...
Hicham Yezza and the current crisis in the Middle East

Hicham Yezza and the current crisis in the Middle East

In the early stages of Operation Cast Lead – Israel’s illegal and devastating assault on the Gaza Strip from December 27th 2008 to January 18th 2009 – white phosphorous shells were used by Israeli forces against known civilian targets. These incendiary airburst weapons are designed to incinerate wide target areas, and throughout the impoverished Strip...
Flux Pavilion - Manchester HMV Ritz Review

Flux Pavilion – Manchester HMV Ritz Review

After arriving in to Manchester we decided to go to a favourite haunt of ours called ‘The Thirsty Scholar’, just round the corner from the HMV Ritz, to muse over what we were expecting from Flux and the gig in general. With Flux Pavilion, aka Josh Steele, having numerous major hits in the last few...
Flux Pavilion - UK Tour

Flux Pavilion – UK Tour

Josh Steele, aka Flux Pavilion, kicked off his 13-date headline “Standing On A Hill” tour in Cardiff last night. Check out a bit of background on the man and pick up tickets from Ticketmaster or Livenation to go to what should be a huge event.   He was one of the founding members of Circus...
Bowling For Soup - 'One Big Happy' Review

Bowling For Soup – ‘One Big Happy’ Review

Most people had a period in their lives where they listened to some Bowling for Soup, and when we received a promo of their new album ‘One Big Happy’ it renewed our interests and we had to do a review. It features BFS and the two up and coming bands ‘The Dollyrots’ and ‘Patent Pending’...
Bestival 2012

Bestival 2012

With this year’s festival season getting into full swing, September’s Bestival may seem like a long way off right now. But with Glastonbury sitting out 2012 due to its customary fallow year, the Isle of Wight bash has emerged to become the focal point of the UK circuit – and rightly so. Since 2004, curator...
Screentest Awards

Screentest Awards

 The Award Ceremony for Screentest: National Student Film Festival was held at Roxy: Bar and Screen, at great chill out venue where you can watch films and socialise, found on Borough High Street, London. It was packed when we arrived with nearly every director bringing crew, actors and guests. It was professional yet casual so...
Saturday at Screentest

Saturday at Screentest

The Saturday at Screentest continued to demonstrate the vast talent of the student film-makers through the inventive and unique films that we viewed. Unique was certainly the word to describe the experimental film screening which was our first stop. Experimental films are known to contain hidden meanings or strong imagery that can either engage the...
Screentest: National Student Film Festival

Screentest: National Student Film Festival

  When StArt Magazine got wind of a national, student volunteer run film festival that promotes aspiring British talent, we could not resist checking out such a like-minded event. So a couple of weekends ago we travelled to the capital for the three day festival, held at South Bank University, excited to find out what...