Author Archives: Hatty Copeman

About Hatty Copeman

Hatty is a freelance cultural journalist from London. Hatty covers a diversity of content from travel features to music festival reviews and news from London's art scene. Hatty writes a weekly column at Disorder Magazine on music and art and freelances for various print and online publications such as the Independent, Flight Rhythm, A Hedonist's Guide Magazine and Arts London News. Hatty has a BA (hons) in Media and Cultural Studies and a Masters of Arts in Journalism (Print and Online) from the University of the Arts London.

Press Release: Flight Rhythm Presents… Horizon Festival Launch Party with ROMULUS SCHWARZ

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Flight Rhythm Hatty CopemanDate: 1st March 2013

Flight Rhythm (http://flightrhythm.wordpress.com) is a deep house collective founded in London and brought together by a shared faith in the transcendental power of rhythm. Bringing you the deeper shades of House and Techno the Flight Rhythm collective aim for you to find solace in the sound of the profound. The focus of Flight Rhythm will always be solely on the music. We’ll be bringing you artists of incredible talent and showcasing them in an intimate atmosphere before they explode onto the “scene”. Continue reading →

Post-Piste Sips: Courchevel’s Best Apres Ski

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Post-Piste Sips: Courchevel’s Best Apres SkiPublished in A Hedonist’s Guide Magazine

Arguably the best ski resort in the world, Courchevel 1850 offers a whirlwind of glamorous adventures to keep all the glitterati happy, from its Michelin-starred restaurants, to buzzing bars, wild nightclubs and fantastic shopping. Beyond its astounding après ski scene, Courchevel also offers superb skiing for every level, owed to its 3 Valleys ski range, pristine slopes and fantastic facilities. These include 63 ski lifts, 117 downhill ski runs and an abundance of off-piste escapades to explore. Continue reading →

The Hedonist: Wining and dining in Essaouira

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Published in the Independent

In my dazed and confused state, it feels like I’ve landed in something out of Aladdin. In fact, I’ve just arrived in Essaouira, Morocco’s laid-back, bohemian coastal city. After the cab grinds to halt by the Bab Marrakech gate in the medina, I make my way over to Hôtel Heure Bleue Palais (00 212 524 78 34 34; heure-bleue.com) at 2 rue Ibn Batouta. The former palace’s design is an archetypal Moroccan riad; the decor and ambience a heady combination of Moorish and Portuguese influences. The attentive staff usher me in with mint tea and basbousa, a  syrupy semolina cake, before whisking me up to my bedroom: courtyard views and opulent  Moroccan decor. Continue reading →

Down and Dirty Jazz Bars of Greenwich Village | Hg2 PICKS

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Smalls Jazz Club: Down and Dirty Jazz Bars of Greenwich Village by Hatty CopemanPublished in A Hedonist’s Guide Magazine

Greenwich Village has been home to artistic evolution since the Bohemian beatnik heyday and the best old-fashioned jazz clubs in New York have remained loyal residents since. Hatty Copeman gets down and dirty in the best jazz bars in Greenwich Village. Continue reading →

Manhattan Bound: Great Books About New York

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Manhattan Bound: Great Books About New York by Hatty CopemanPublished in A Hedonist’s Guide Magazine

Sometimes you need to get under the skin of a place, and the best way to do that is through the words of the writers that have immortalised it. Hatty Copeman offers her review of five books about New York that offer a glimpse into the history and culture of this great city. Continue reading →

6 Delicacies to Eat in Barcelona | Hg2 INSIDER

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Published in A Hedonist’s Guide Magazine

Nestled between the Collserola mountain range and the Mediterranean, Barcelona’s cuisine is diverse and enjoys excellent seafood, fish, meat, poultry and vegetables. These staples are traditionally eaten with a sauce, such as romesco, which is made from olive oil, garlic, almonds, tomatoes and vinegar. Most of the sauces are a combination of nuts, vegetables, olive oil and garlic. It’s also typical in Barcelona to mix meat and seafood, which is locally referred to as mar i muntanya, meaning ‘sea and mountain’: a fitting reference to the city’s location. Continue reading →

Els Encants Vells, Barcelona’s flea market

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Published in The Travel Blog

Els Encants Vells is Barcelona’s biggest and most popular flea market selling everything from denim Levi jackets to power tools. The Catalan name of the market Mercat dels Encants Vells literally translates as Market of Old Charms, which is very appropriate as Encants is awash with hidden wonders. The market has a jumble sale vibe about it due to its chaotic nature and eclectic mixture of goods being sold right next to each other. Antiques, cosmetics, clothing, furniture, hardware, records, sculptures, toys and technical knickknacks are amongst the commodities. If you’re a magpie in terms of spotting shiny gems, then setting aside a morning on your city break to Barcelona to stroll around comes highly recommended. Continue reading →

Must see art in Barcelona

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Published in About My Generation

A guide to this culturally unique Spanish city

Barcelona has produced some of the most prominent artists to have ever existed including Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali and Joan Miro. It’s therefore no surprise that art is a big thing in Barcelona, which can be seen in the never-ending list of museums and galleries. If you’re visiting on a weekend break or are staying for a longer holiday to Barcelona then work through this round up of the must see art in the Catalan Capital. Continue reading →

Preview: The Raveonettes

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Published in Barcelona Metropolitan.

Nostalgic dark-hearted indie Danes The Raveonettes have been riding mediocre pop success for a while now. Since emerging onto the music scene with their eight-track EP Whip It On back in 2002, they’ve had a loyal following that has perhaps now dwindled slightly but never deserted the duo: Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo.Their most recent and fifth album: Raven in the Grave takes them back to their roots, with a dazed out-of-focus sound laden with subtle messages disguised by confusing twists. Continue reading →

Preview: Black Lips

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Published in Barcelona Metropolitan.
Atlantan, psych-rock garage dudes Black Lips are the ultimate boy band gone bad. Their gigs are infamous for being a raucous spew of noise in squalid, low-ceilinged sweatboxes. The crazy, energetic shows have frequently included vomiting, urination, nudity, fireworks, flaming guitars and, incredibly, a chicken. The band were even chased out of India after exposing their penises on stage; frontman Cole Alexander likes to play his guitar solos hands free, if you know what I mean. Continue reading →

Profile: Thomas Tait

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Published in Arts London News.
It’s only his third collection, but the weight of expectation is heavy on Thomas Tait’s thin shoulders. The Canadian designer has the distinction of being the youngest ever CSM MA graduate. Shortly after debuting his collection last season in London, he beat out major talents like Mary Katrantzou and Louise Goldin to win the Dorchester Collection Fashion Prize and he is now designing his own line for ASOS. Continue reading →

Artist profile: Fran Copeman

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Published in Arts London News.

CSM alumna Fran Copeman, 25, is a London-based conceptual artist who has exhibited locally and internationally. She is now preparing for Nord Art, the international annual exhibition of visual arts that takes place from June-October, in Hamburg, Germany. Continue reading →

Cut-price course competition

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Published in Arts London News.

Students banking on applying to university late in order to get a discounted degree will be in competition with the surge of students also trying to get cut-price fees.

In demand

David Willetts, Minister of State for Universities and Science, said universities would be permitted to reduce rates or to offer other enticements just weeks before lectures commence, in order to fill courses during the clearing process.

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Brixton Market

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Published at Suite101.com

Brixton Market has a wonderful choice of world produce at reasonable prices. The market sells a wide range of foods and goods but is best known for its African and Caribbean produce, which reflect the diverse community of Brixton and surrounding areas of Lambeth. Continue reading →

Brixton Village Market’s New Lease of Life

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Brixton Village was slowly becoming an empty, disintegrated part of Brixton Market until 20 unused units were given to local businesses and artists in the UK’s largest empty shop project.

One year on from the project’s initiation every unit in the market is now occupied for the first time since 1979 and the Space Makers Agency’s overhaul is responsible for this. Continue reading →

So I am Just Supposed to Accept it Am I?

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Fran Copeman is the latest bright, young, talented thing to arrive on the London art scene and her exhibition open to the public begins December 14, 2010

London’s newest emerging artist Fran Copeman, 24, is getting ready for her upcoming solo exhibition So I am Just Supposed to Accept it Am I? at The Bunker in Hackney, east London, which will be showing from December 14, 2010 until December 21, 2010. Continue reading →

The Next Generation of YBA’s

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2010’s British Art Show Showcases UK’s Contemporary Talent. The British Art Show 7 will open at Nottingham Contemporary on October 23, 2010, before moving to the Hayward Gallery, in London, on February 14, 2011. It will be at Glasgow Centre for Contemporary Art between May and August 2011, and at Plymouth Arts Centre from September until December. The show is expected to have more than 300,000 visitors attending. British Art Show 7 will tour Glasgow, Nottingham, London and Plymouth. Continue reading →

Young British Artists: Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst and Others

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British art entered a new era in the late 1980s which was quickly recognised as new and excitingly distinctive and became known as the Young British Artists.

Most of the YBAs studied at Goldsmiths College, in London, under the influence of Michael Craig Martin, who is one of the college’s most significant teachers, who had been for some years fostering new forms of creativity through its courses, including ideas such as eliminating the traditional separation of the media of art. Continue reading →

Where’s Banksy?

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Some might call his works graffiti but others consider his vandalism rare collectibles, which are now worth an enormous amount of money.

The secretive and highly-sought-after British graffiti artist Banksy recently left his mark on some buildings in Los Angeles, which has nearly doubled their value. The elusive artist left his mark on two downtown Los Angeles buildings over the weekend. Continue reading →

Tamara Mellon: The Ultimate Shoe Fetishis

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Mellon turned a little known London cobbler’s into a global empire. No wonder she’s almost as lusted after as the Jimmy Choos that made her fortune.

Tamara Mellon is Jimmy Choo, the global shoe brand’s, founder. In 1996 Mellon invested £150,000, borrowed from her father, into a label that at the time few had heard of; the company is now valued at around £200m and is a global phenomenon. Continue reading →