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Times
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
Where to watch Wimbledon in London this summer
All eyes are on SW19 as Wimbledon prepares to get under way for another summer. The world's oldest and most prestigious tennis tournament has kicked off in the leafy southwest London postcode, bringing with it more Pimm's, socialites, and strawberries and cream than you can shake a stick at. If you didn't manage to snag a courtside ticket never fear, because London is brimming with big screens in spots where you can soak up the atmosphere. From open-air bars to BYOB screenings, here's where to catch all the grass-court action. Gallons of strawberries and endless flutes of fizz are being prepped at Duke of York Square in Chelsea, which is hosting one of the city's biggest free outdoor screenings of the men's semi-finals, women's final and men's final. Tennis enthusiasts can either throw down a picnic blanket on the manicured green opposite the Saatchi Gallery or rent a VIP deckchair for the day. On Saturday, July 12, a fine-foods market will be selling all kinds of delicious pre-game nibbles, and there will also be mini tennis coaching sessions for children who want to perfect their serve. • Your guide to life in London: what's new in culture, food and property If you're craving the buzz of a crowd, you'd be hard pushed to find an area of London more thronged with weekend visitors than Covent Garden Piazza. During Wimbledon the shopping district will be swapping street performers and buskers for grand-slam action broadcast from its own open-air screen, as well as deck chairs and even a Aperol bar. Grab yourself a glass of the Italian aperitivo and pray the rain holds off. The big screen on Regent's Canal is easily one of London's most idyllic free cinemas. If lounging on these iconic grassy steps is an experience you've yet to tick off your summer bucket list, Wimbledon is the perfect excuse to slather on the factor 50 and settle down with a pint or two. The Everyman-sponsored screen will show games every day until the two-week tournament wraps up on July 13. Bluebird Chelsea will serve grand slam parfaits and courtside spritzes Don't fancy fighting tooth and nail to secure a spot at a free screening? The King's Road institution Bluebird will be hosting a more intimate airing of the men's final on July 13. Tickets cost £90 to manage numbers, but that can be put against your bar tab on the day. Alongside the match, the glitzy brunch spot will be serving a limited-edition menu of grand slam parfaits and courtside spritzes. And it wouldn't be Wimbledon without the obligatory dessert of strawberries and cream. East Londoners don't have to shlep across town on the torturously hot Central Line to catch the action this summer, thankfully, because the outdoor venue Hackney Bridge is showing all the live tennis on its huge glare-free screen. The gigantic canal-side beer garden in Hackney Wick has tons of picnic tables, plus a gourmet food market with street favourites, including Puglian pizzas, Mex Club tacos and tasty Sri Lankan curries. Come for the tennis, stay for the sunset. • Wimbledon 2025 queue tips and secrets: how to get tickets Boxpark became known as one of the best places to watch live sport after scenes of pint-hurling fans celebrating England goals went viral during last summer's Euros. The tennis might be a touch less raucous, but the atmosphere at the Wembley outpost will be buzzing nonetheless, with much of the tournament shown on the big screen. Expect roaring surround sound, beer-hall style tables, and street food favourites served all day — from jerk chicken at Twerk & Jerk to gravy-dipped burgers at Nanny Bill's and bao buns from Inamo Sukoshi.
Times
30-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
No ticket, no problem: where to watch Wimbledon this summer
All eyes are on SW19 as Wimbledon prepares to get under way for another summer. The world's oldest and most prestigious tennis tournament kicks off today in the leafy southwest London postcode, bringing with it more Pimm's, socialites, and strawberries and cream than you can shake a stick at. If you didn't manage to snag a courtside ticket never fear, because London is brimming with big screens in spots where you can soak up the atmosphere. From open-air bars to BYOB screenings, here's where to catch all the grass-court action. Gallons of strawberries and endless flutes of fizz are being prepped at Duke of York Square in Chelsea, which is hosting one of the city's biggest free outdoor screenings of the men's semi-finals, women's final and men's final. Tennis enthusiasts can either throw down a picnic blanket on the manicured green opposite the Saatchi Gallery or rent a VIP deckchair for the day. On Saturday, July 12, a fine-foods market will be selling all kinds of delicious pre-game nibbles, and there will also be mini tennis coaching sessions for children who want to perfect their serve. • Your guide to life in London: what's new in culture, food and property If you're craving the buzz of a crowd, you'd be hard pushed to find an area of London more thronged with weekend visitors than Covent Garden Piazza. During Wimbledon the shopping district will be swapping street performers and buskers for grand-slam action broadcast from its own open-air screen, as well as deck chairs and even a Aperol bar. Grab yourself a glass of the Italian aperitivo and pray the rain holds The big screen on Regent's Canal is easily one of London's most idyllic free cinemas. If lounging on these iconic grassy steps is an experience you've yet to tick off your summer bucket list, Wimbledon is the perfect excuse to slather on the factor 50 and settle down with a pint or two. The Everyman-sponsored screen will show games every day until the two-week tournament wraps up on July 13. Don't fancy fighting tooth and nail to secure a spot at a free screening? The King's Road institution Bluebird will be hosting a more intimate airing of the men's final on July 13. Tickets cost £90 to manage numbers, but that can be put against your bar tab on the day. Alongside the match, the glitzy brunch spot will be serving a limited-edition menu of grand slam parfaits and courtside spritzes. And it wouldn't be Wimbledon without the obligatory dessert of strawberries and East Londoners don't have to shlep across town on the torturously hot Central Line to catch the action this summer, thankfully, because the outdoor venue Hackney Bridge is showing all the live tennis on its huge glare-free screen. The gigantic canal-side beer garden in Hackney Wick has tons of picnic tables, plus a gourmet food market with street favourites, including Puglian pizzas, Mex Club tacos and tasty Sri Lankan curries. Come for the tennis, stay for the • Wimbledon 2025 queue tips and secrets: how to get tickets Boxpark became known as one of the best places to watch live sport after scenes of pint-hurling fans celebrating England goals went viral during last summer's Euros. The tennis might be a touch less raucous, but the atmosphere at the Wembley outpost will be buzzing nonetheless, with much of the tournament shown on the big screen. Expect roaring surround sound, beer-hall style tables, and street food favourites served all day — from jerk chicken at Twerk & Jerk to gravy-dipped burgers at Nanny Bill's and bao buns from Inamo
Hypebeast
28-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Hypebeast
Beauty Bleeds Through Jenny Saville's 'Anatomy of Painting'
Summary There's a hunger that pulses throughJenny Saville's work — an almost primal curiosity about the body and its strange, fleshy beauty. Swathed in bruise tones and vibrant accents, her portraits border dream and our own reality, peeling back the surface of skin to unpack who, or what, lies beneath it. Staged at theNational Portrait Galleryin London,Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Paintingmarks the most extensive UK museum solo dedicated to the artist, tracing her decades-long investigation of the human form in a showcase of 45 works. As its title suggests, the exhibition lays bare her enduring fascination with flesh and the medical gaze. Central to her practice are moments of close observation – bodies of the classical sculptural canon and those on the operating table – exploring the myriad of ways a body can be reconstructed, transformed and endlessly reimagined. 'Witnessing a surgeon makes you see how layered flesh is,' she noted. 'I started to think about not just the anatomy of the body, but about the anatomy of painting: the layering, the pace and tempo of the painted surface, the viscosity of the paint.' Rising to prominence in the 1990s after her breakout at Glasgow School of Art and her inclusion in the Saatchi Gallery's Young British Artists III just a few years after, Saville has helped revitalize figurative painting for a new era, staying true to its historical traditions while bringing forth a new tactile, intimacy of skin and gesture. In addition to the paintings on view, exhibition presents Saville's more tender explorations of pregnancy and motherhood through works on paper — charcoal, pastel and pencil — offering a full view of her artistic brilliance across all registers. As curator Sarah Howgate puts it: 'Walking a tightrope between figuration and abstraction, the exhibition celebrates and delights in the nature of paint itself.' The exhibition is now on on view in London through September 7. To book tickets, head to the National Portrait Gallery'swebsite. National Portrait GallerySt. Martin's Pl,London WC2H 0HE, UK
Forbes
10-05-2025
- Automotive
- Forbes
Could Your Electric Vehicle Be Powered By Plants In The Future?
Peugeot used Nova Innova's plant-based power to light this night photoshoot. One of the more unusual news announcements in the last week was that the first photoshoot has taken place powered by plants, and it was of a Peugeot electric vehicle. In collaboration with innovative Dutch product design studio Nova Innova, Peugeot used a technology called a microbial fuel cell to power the lights for a photography session. The results are destined for an art exhibition in the Saatchi Gallery, London. I talked to founder Ermi van Oers how this technology works, and whether one day it could be charging the EVs themselves, not just a photoshoot's lights. 'I started Nova Innova seven years ago with the mission to combine nature, science and design,' says van Oers. 'We can collaborate with the intelligence of nature and instead of the industrial metal metabolism we design now, create a natural metabolism fulfilling our daily needs. I came across microbial fuel cell technology. This has existed for some time, but it always remained in small experiments and laboratories. I wondered how we could integrate that into our daily lives, because these microbes are not just living in water, but also in our organic waste in the soil of our plants. They live everywhere there is organic matter. I imagined a future where all these sources are connected to our homes. You don't check your fuse box anymore; you check how your plants are doing in your garden or if the lake is still healthy.' Everyday earth has the bacteria required for a microbial fuel cell. Microbial fuel cells harness a biproduct of a certain type of bacteria. 'As they break down organic matter these microbes produce electrons as a waste product,' says van Oers. 'When we eat food, we also produce energy, but we keep it ourselves to move and to have energy. But these electrogenic bacteria want to give their electrons away so they search for things to give them to. The microbial fuel cell provides that. It looks like a battery. It has an anode and a cathode. In between the anode and cathode is a membrane. The electrons go through the wires through our electronics, through our lights.' However, the power output from this system isn't huge. 'It produces just a little bit of electricity,' says van Oers. Each cell produces 100-300mW only. 'This needs to be matched to small power applications. We are harvesting milliwatts but if we develop the technology it can become more. You can compare it with a solar panel of 30 years ago which was very new, unknown and pricey. People asked why they should invest in solar because it's only a little energy, and you see where it is now. A microbial fuel cell doesn't work like a coal power station that can deliver the highest energy possible. It must always work in balance with nature. If not, the whole process stops. The first applications we make are with lights or other low power applications. What is impressive with this technology is that it is a CO2 negative energy source and very scalable because these microbes are everywhere around us. You can almost imagine that we will plant more forests or keep our lakes clean and healthy because it can become like a power plant.' The Peugeot photoshoot used 30 microbial fuel cells to generate electricity, with ten powered by organic waste from 11 plants, ten using a combination of 188 litres of mud and 94 litres of water, and ten by 60 litres of mud and two litres of used coffee grounds. This wasn't enough to power the lights directly. Instead, the power was used to charge batteries to run the lights. However, unlike solar or wind power, microbial fuel cells never stop generating electricity. 'The microbes are producing energy 24/7 because they don't sleep,' says van Oers. 'You don't have to add microbes or any nutrition. It's just a microbial fuel cell you place into the environment. Soil is full of organic matter, from the dead leaves or the insects living there. The whole ecosystem feeds itself and that makes it very robust. You only need water.' Nova Innova's first plant-powered system was an indoor light. Nova Innova's first product powered by a microbial fuel cell was home illumination called the Living Light Lamp. 'It's an indoor light powered by one plant,' says van Oers. After the Living Light Lamp won awards, she wondered whether this could scale up outdoors in public spaces. 'I thought, if it's possible with one plant, how would our city parks look with many plants? I started designing how this technology could be integrated and scaled, and how it could be affordable with sustainable materials, locally made and spread in our cities while also keeping the magic of the technology.' This led to a collaboration with the city of Rotterdam. 'We made the first version in 2019, then recently, we made the second version, Living Light Park 2.0,' says van Oers. Located in the Reyeroord district of Rotterdam-Zuid, Living Light Park 2.0 consists of a path through two beds filled with LED-lit 'flowers' that come alive in the dark and are triggered by pressure as people walk along the path. The microbial fuel cells sit in a nearby waterway, amongst aquatic grass, delivering the power. But van Oers sees a more ubiquitous future for microbial fuel cells. 'In the future, the plants in front of your window could be helping to power your home,' she says. They probably won't be sufficient to charge your electric car but they could be part of the mix. 'We need to change our mind that the energy transition is all about focusing on a couple of sources that have the highest kilowatt output. We must think about an ecosystem that works with many different sources, so it's resilient.' The Living Light Park 2.0 translates Nova Innova's plant power technology to a public space. 'We can use energy from microbes, plants, water, but also maybe our body heat, our movement, as well as from the wind and the sun,' says van Oers. 'There's an abundance of energy around. Your garden can be partly powering your home, a forest can power the village next door, or greenhouses can produce energy to grow their own plants inside and maybe have some energy left to provide to the village.' For Van Oers, the Peugeot photoshoot helps promote this vision of the future. 'With this collaboration with Peugeot, we can share this technology with a wider audience,' she says. 'It was a new development in this technology to charge bigger batteries for this project and share that this is possible. We forget about bacteria because we can't see them, but they're capable of this, making the invisible, visible.' The next step along the way will be floating microbial fuel cells used to monitor water quality. 'The Pond Project is all about giving water a voice,' says van Oers. 'We harvest energy from the microbes of the water, using the same technology as the Living Light Lamp but especially designed for water. We use this energy output to measure the water quality with different types of sensors every hour. We can send the data wirelessly to the water boards so they can react to climate disruptions. We also visualize that by floating lights that change color depending on the well-being of the water.' It might be a while before plants charge your EV entirely, but they could be part of your home ... More energy mix. 'A bonus effect of the microbial fuel cell technology is it reduces methane output, which is a 40% stronger greenhouse gas than CO2,' adds van Oers. 'But the primary role is to power sensors for assessing the water quality and visualizing it. We measure the pH, temperature, and oxygen. If we can add on machine learning, maybe we can predict blue algae is coming for example. We will put five new installations within the Netherlands of this system in the upcoming year and then develop these new technologies around it.' 'Next to that, we are also working to get this technology to more consumers and homes, so we're making indoor lights, which you can feed by organic matter,' says van Oers. 'With in-lite, an outdoor lighting company, we're designing lamps for gardens. Maybe you can use the waste of your kitchen to feed your light.' While it might be a while before there is enough energy output from this technology to charge your EV overnight, there's potential to contribute to our more modest domestic energy needs. 'I hope that after these first steps, the next generation will ask us why it wasn't normal in the past to harvest energy from plants.'
Scottish Sun
08-05-2025
- Automotive
- Scottish Sun
World's ‘first ever' photoshoot powered by NATURE using remarkable technique – and it could be used for home appliances next
POWER PLANT World's 'first ever' photoshoot powered by NATURE using remarkable technique – and it could be used for home appliances next THE first ever photoshoot 'powered by nature' has taken place - and this is the result. A new technology has been developed which turns energy produced by plants into electricity - effectively a process of harnessing photosynthetic energy. Advertisement 3 Experts harnessed photosynthetic energy to pull it off Credit: PEUGEOT / George Williams 3 Technique was used to photograph the all-electric new PEUGEOT E-5008 Credit: PEUGEOT / George Williams 3 Image will go on display in London's Saatchi Gallery Credit: PEUGEOT / George Williams To power the lighting of the night shoot for a new car, experts buried microbial fuel cells into soil which in turn were connected to batteries to charge them. When plants photosynthesise, they produce excess organic compounds as waste which are released into the soil or water. Geo-bacteria in the soil and water digest this organic waste and release electrons – and it was this energy which was collected using the buried microbial fuel cells. Taken by specialist photographer, George Williams, the images, which will go on display in London's Saatchi Gallery, feature the all-electric new PEUGEOT E-5008. Advertisement The car maker teamed up with Dutch research and design studio Nova Innova for the shoot and spokesperson for the studio, Ermi Van Oers said: 'This first-of-its-kind shoot was a great and unique way to demonstrate what is possible with our technology. 'We hope that this technology can be scaled to help power more aspects of our lives in the future including household appliances and elements of our vehicles. 'PEUGEOT is committed to finding innovative and sustainable solutions, making it the perfect partner for such a project, and it has been great to work with them to bring our technology to a wider audience.' As many as 30 microbial fuel cells were used for the shoot, with 10 powered by organic waste from 11 plants with a further 10 powered using a mix of 188 litres of mud and 94 litres of water. Advertisement While the rest were powered by a mix of 60 litres of mud and two litres of used coffee grounds. Spokesperson for the automobile manufacturer, Nicola Dobson said: 'The world's first photoshoot powered by plant energy with the new E-5008 showcases PEUGEOT's commitment to innovation and adoption of new technology.' The shoot follows a study by the car maker which found 58 per cent of motorists said commitment from manufacturers to invest in green technology is important to them when buying a car. While 70 per cent revealed sustainability is significant to them when buying products generally. Advertisement Further to this, the research carried out through OnePoll of 2,000 adults who drive also found 55 per cent are more likely to buy from a brand which prioritises sustainability over one which doesn't.
