Described by The Guardian as the founder of the social network, then just a drawer-full of address books for just about every major city in the world, Jim Haynes is perhaps the most famous person you’ve never heard of. That’s because he isn’t just a name to the people who have met him but a friend, an ambassador, a hero. His exploits in Edinburgh, London, Amsterdam and Paris have endeared him to many and left an indelible mark on each respective city, and even today, at 83, the informal Sunday dinners he regularly hosts continue to draw hundreds of strangers (soon to be fast friends) to his home — his address and telephone number being readily available online.
Ece Ger’s Meeting Jim was conceived at one such dinner, and filming duly ran from Sunday 31st July to Sunday 14th September, 2016 over the course of several sittings — taking in...
Ece Ger’s Meeting Jim was conceived at one such dinner, and filming duly ran from Sunday 31st July to Sunday 14th September, 2016 over the course of several sittings — taking in...
- 6/27/2018
- by Steven Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Opened six months before the Ica, the Arts Laboratory is more of a playground but just as culturally omnivorous
In the blaze of chic surrounding the new Ica headquarters, we mustn't overlook the dear old Arts Laboratory (182 Drury Lane), in many ways its prototype, which has been in operation for all of six months. More of a playground than the powerhouse in the Mall, it is just as culturally omnivorous. Like any good lab, it sometimes houses experiments that blow up in their investors' faces; but it's blessedly unsmart, and you get a happy sense of work-in-progress, of new departures that may blossom into new arrivals. The ambience is ramshackle, sweet-tempered and eclectic – three adjectives that could equally well apply to the personality of Jim Haynes, its founder and genius loci.
When I went there last week, the place was crowded with classless youth, buying avant-garde magazines at the bookstall,...
In the blaze of chic surrounding the new Ica headquarters, we mustn't overlook the dear old Arts Laboratory (182 Drury Lane), in many ways its prototype, which has been in operation for all of six months. More of a playground than the powerhouse in the Mall, it is just as culturally omnivorous. Like any good lab, it sometimes houses experiments that blow up in their investors' faces; but it's blessedly unsmart, and you get a happy sense of work-in-progress, of new departures that may blossom into new arrivals. The ambience is ramshackle, sweet-tempered and eclectic – three adjectives that could equally well apply to the personality of Jim Haynes, its founder and genius loci.
When I went there last week, the place was crowded with classless youth, buying avant-garde magazines at the bookstall,...
- 4/27/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
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