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Lily Allen's West End Girl is on repeat (Photo: Dave Benett/Getty Images for Perfect Magazine)
Lily Allen's West End Girl is on repeat (Photo: Dave Benett/Getty Images for Perfect Magazine)

Film, food, fashion, music - it's all culture... Popular Instagram account No Filler cuts through the internet noise, with weekly lists from curator Anthony Remedy and guest creatives based at home and abroad. Anthony brings you his latest list below...

Grace Wales Bonner
Congrats to Grace Wales Bonner, the first woman of colour ever to be hired as creative director of a major fashion house, never mind men's wear at Hermes. What an an achievement for her, delighted! I've been following her career for years, and she designs such beautiful refined clothes - and her Adidas collabs were very fun too! Whether you are a fashionista or not, this is still terrific news.

Lily Allen's West End Girl
The original internet star (I once told her we were friends on MySpace), returns for her first album in 7 years. I don't have the space to really dig deep into this fascinating and brutally honest (from her point of view, anyway) divorce album, she recently split from her husband of 4 years David Harbour, there are many smart critics out there dissecting every line, but i will say its one of those albums that you listen to from start to finish, always a good sign, and anyone who actually LISTENS will find it memorable, very relatable and sadly gripping. When is the last time you heard an album being described as gripping lyrically? Beyonce’s Lemonade? Billie’s Hit Me Hard And Soft? Quietly predicting this album will be the album of the year. Beautiful artwork too. I’ve always been very fond of Lily. I still am.

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Peter Doig's House of Music, at the Serpentine, London

Take in Peter Doig's paintings whilst listening to music from his personal vinyl and cassette collection on the most mind-blowing sound system. Honestly, it's a breathtaking sound installation. The speakers were produced in the 1930s and then salvaged from derelict cinemas by Laurence Passera. This exhibition is also supported by Phoebe Philo, no less. Many of the paintings were created when he was living in Trinidad, and you can see (and hear) how the culture of speaker stacks and sound systems greatly affected him. It's running until next February.

Bugonia

In a way, the trio of Eddington, One Battle After Another, and the new Yorgos Lanthimos film Bugonia are all tackling similar topics, albeit in very different ways—truths, lies, hope, despair and violence in the internet age. High flyer Emma Stone is kidnapped by Jesse Plemons and Aidan Delbis, who just might be influenced by what they read online... It may be Yorgos' most accessible film, it's still out there, it's great. Out now at the Lighthouse, Dublin, everywhere else from October 31st.

Spotify track IDs

Discover the tracks DJs are playing, as opposed to producing… via Spotify track ID lists. Just search track IDs, and viola, you are in. From Miss Kittin to Marky, Barry Cant Swim to Seth Troxler. Regularly updated too. Hours and hours of quality dancefloor music to vibe to. Check out Dixon's latest list - what brilliant electronic house music he selects, I will always be a fan.

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Talk Art comes to Dublin

On Saturday, November 8th, as part of Dublin Gallery Weekend (which runs November 6th – 9th), Russell Tovey and Robert Diament, hosts of the excellent podcast Talk Art, are coming to the National Gallery to interview Irish artist Isobel Nolan. And it's free too! Book via the National Gallery here.

Mike Figgis' Megalopolis diaries

Filmmaker Mike Figgis's podcast to accompany his new documentary Megadoc, a behind the scenes look at the making of Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis. Firstly, I found Megalopolis to be a thrilling experience, and I am excited at the prospect of seeing this BTS documentary. The accompanying podcast is full of stories to geek out to; it's an insight into Coppola's mind that is light-years away from a press tour.

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Talking fashion, craft, and radical collaboration at IDW

For Irish Design Week on November 18th at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, Irish designer Sinead O'Dwyer will join writer and cultural commentator Anastasiia Federova. Federova, who has written for the likes of i-D, SHOWstudio and Vogue, exploring body politics, sexuality and identity through the lens of fashion and art. Also appearing at the event are fashion critic and founder of ASVOFF (A Shaded View on Fashion Film) Diane Pernet and art director and designer Eibhlin Alert Doran, who has worked with the likes of Miu Miu, Loewe and Alexander McQueen. An extraordinary lineup, right? And only a fiver in! This event is a collaboration with NCAD and The Design + Crafts Council of Ireland - find out more here.

StyleZeitgeist

Fashion critic Eugene Rabkin pulls no punches with informed takes on fashion via his podcast and Substack. He is neither cheerleading nor dissing, just offering his very candid views - so refreshing in a world of TikTokers doing everything they can to go viral.

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Mr. Scorsese on Apple TV

Rebecca Miller directs a five-part documentary detailing the great man's career from growing up in New York's Little Italy, to his most recent epic, Killers Of The Flower Moon. These days, the world adores Marty Scorsese, but this wasn't always the case, and Miller makes this point throughout. For most of his career Marty was viewed as an outsider, someone Hollywood tried to cast off after various provocative films failed at the box office despite critical acclaim. As-deep-as-you-are-gonna-get dives into Raging Bull, The Last Temptation of Christ, Goodfellas, Gangs of New York, Taxi Driver and more. My only complaint is that it should have been at least 10 hours - 5 simply isn't enough, as it races through everything post-Wolf Of Wall Street and most of the Leo era. Still, though, essential viewing.

@CollectorWalls on Instagram

Ever wondered what it's like to see a Rothko or a Bacon in the wild, in someone's actual house or apartment? Lucas Oliver Mill's Insta @CollectorsWalls posts interiors, some gallery shots, the odd interview and some great archive snaps. See paintings and art from today and yesterday, hung above a couch or a bed, or in a hall, like it's something they picked from Etsy. It's one of my fav Insta accounts.

Nobody Wants This

Created by Erin Foster, season 2 of this very smart rom-com just landed on Netflix. Kristin Bell plays sex and dating podcaster Joanne, who meets Rabbi Noah, played by 2000s MySpace boyfriend Adam Brody. Loosely based on Foster's own relationship, the show isn't exactly When Harry Met Sally, but it's a massive step up from your average Netflix fodder. Also, I love a good LA show.

Lunch deals in Dublin City Centre

Everyone who likes to eat out knows lunch > dinner. Whilst it's obviously a sign of the times, let's not look a gift horse in the mouth. Some exceptional lunch deals are happening at many excellent establishments in Dublin City Centre. Check out Seafood Cafe, Floritz or Coppinger Row.

Liberté, égalité, fraternité!

This photo of Erol Alkan, Pedro Winter (AKA Ed Banger) and Daft Punk's Thomas Bangalter at the closing party of the Centre Pompidou certainly gives any fan of 1990’s electronic music all the feels - they're joined by DJ-of-the-moment Fred Again, who's coming to Dublin this weekend. The occasion marked Thomas's first time playing without the helmet for 24 years - it must have been liberating for him. Bravo gents!

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