Distortion

Annabelle Byrne is a Walthamstow based artist who spends half her time behind the bar and every waking moment building Shiver: the online art gallery with the aim to champion young emerging artists and strip the art world of its elitist rules.

Shiver: the online gallery making art available to all - DISTORTION Introducing Shiver. The online art gallery with the aim to champion young emerging artists and strip the art world of its elitist rules.

After a month of eating and drinking at your favourite places, the Eat Out To Help Out scheme has come to and end for a lot of independent places that can’t afford to keep giving weekday discounts. Of course we still have the obvious ways of supporting independent business by visiting them regardless of half priced meals, leaving a tip and avoiding chains, but not all of us have the means to do so. How about writing reviews about your favourite places on their pages or sharing the love on your own socials? Show us your favourite places in London and tag them with and , and we will help spread the word.

[independent business shout out] Renegade Urban Winery
“Independent urban winery, shop and wine bar in the heart of East London. Since 2016, Warwick and the team are running an awesome little wine gem in the middle of the East End.” - Gabs Bertucci of What's In The Glass?

After months of drinking solo in your bedroom while doing pub quizzes on Zoom, socially distant drinks in your front garden and overflowing parks, it’s finally time to set foot in our favourite pubs again. But to make sure you feel comfortable going to your local, the people on the other side of the bar have carefully considered how to keep you safe. Turning the Tide is a new documentary series by What's In The Glass? focusing on how the ‘new normal’ has shaped 2020’s experience of something that seemed so simple in the past: getting a drink.

The dreaded words ‘new normal’: how London’s pubs are Turning the Tide Turning the Tide is a new documentary, focusing on how the ‘new normal’ has shaped 2020’s experience of going to the pub after lockdown forced closure.

Hi, how are you? It’s a simple question that could spark a million answers. After a long period of isolation, we’re all returning to some version of life, and part of it is up to us to decide what that looks like.

Did four months of reflection make you rethink your life? The things you love or hate? The things you care about? Did it spark your sense of purpose or drive you into a deep existential crisis? How are you making sure you’re not falling back into the same patterns?

Distortion is a creative community for those trying to figure out what they want from life. A non-pretentious, no filter and brutally honest collection of Londoners trying to figure out where they belong. Because you’re not alone.