Alex Sims

London

Writer and Editor at Freelance

Freelance editor and writer | Prev Digi Commissioning Ed @StylistMagazine | Words @TimeOutLondon @ELLEUK @Refinery29UK @Independent | [email protected]

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Five of the best free things to do in London this weekend

1 month ago | timeout.com | Alex Sims |Rosie Hewitson

NewsFree club nights, arty markets and a last chance exhibition you won’t want to missEdited by Rosie HewitsonWritten by: Alex SimsFriday 21 March 2025FacebookTwitterPinterestEmailWhatsAppPhotograph: Millie TurnerAdvertisingSpring has officially sprung this week, but for many Londoners the first weekend of a brighter, warmer new season comes just before pay day. Counting down the days your bank balance is no longer in the red?
Things to do in London

Jan 30, 2025 | timeout.com | Alex Sims

Photograph: The Bombardment of Algiers | | Things to do, ExhibitionsNational Maritime Museum, Greenwich29 Mar 20254 Jan 2026Friday 31 January 2025FacebookTwitterPinterestEmailWhatsAppAdvertisingTime Out saysHead to St Nicholas Church, tucked down a quiet sidestreet in Deptford, and you’ll see a pair of huge stone skulls above crossed bones on its gateposts. It’s thought that these ghoulish sculptures were the inspiration behind the famous Jolly Roger skull-and-cross-bones pirate flag.
Textiles: The Art of Mankind

Jan 26, 2025 | timeout.com | Alex Sims

Photograph: Door hanging, peacock motif. Ben Chiang weaver, 1997 - Copyright ©Museums, Fashion and costumeFashion and Textile Museum, Bermondsey28 Mar6 Sept 2025Monday 27 January 2025FacebookTwitterPinterestEmailWhatsAppAdvertisingTime Out saysMultifarious and ubiquitous, textiles are the global artform – every culture uses them, and since ancient times humans have used them to tell stories, express their individuality and celebrate our relationship with the natural world.
Splash! A Century of Swimming and Style

Jan 26, 2025 | timeout.com | Alex Sims

Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo/Design Museum Museums, Art and designDesign Museum, Kensington28 Mar17 Aug 2025Monday 27 January 2025FacebookTwitterPinterestEmailWhatsAppAdvertisingTime Out saysFrom Pamela Anderson’s Ferrari red bathing suit on Baywatch to 1980s Speedos, the world of swimwear has given us some eye-catching moments over the years.
11 Best Marseille Airbnbs To Book Now | Amazing Places to Stay in Marseille

Dec 12, 2024 | timeout.com | Alex Sims |Jennifer Banful

From cosy city centre apartments to strikingly modern beach villas, these are the best Airbnbs in Marseille
Is London’s Tipping Culture Out Of Control?

Nov 19, 2024 | timeout.com | Alex Sims

Image: Shutterstock / Jamie Inglis for Time Out Image: Shutterstock / Jamie Inglis for Time Out From the ‘service-included’ movement to a pushback on American standards, the capital is confused. How much should you really be tipping your hospitality staff – if at all? Tuesday 19 November 2024FacebookTwitterPinterestEmailWhatsAppAdvertisingThe biggest tip 33-year-old restaurant manager Oliver* has ever received was from Taylor Swift. ‘Two bodyguards staked the place out before she arrived,’ he says.
Kate Winslet is great as the iconic photojournalist in a plodding wartime biopic

Sep 4, 2024 | timeout.com | Alex Sims

Photograph: Kimberley FrenchFilmRecommendedReview3 out of 5 starsKate Winslet is a bright spark as photojournalist Lee Miller in this well-intentioned but lacklustre dramaThursday 5 September 2024FacebookTwitterPinterestEmailWhatsAppAdvertisingTime Out saysOn April 30 1945, photojournalist Lee Miller made one of the Second World War’s most staggering photographs. The now iconic image shows Miller in Hitler’s abandoned flat in Munich, bathing topless in his bathtub.
DNC 2024 • The TRiiBE

Aug 18, 2024 | thetriibe.com | Tonia Hill |Alex Sims |Corli Jay |Denise Hill

August 18 2024, 9:45 am Former First Lady Michelle Obama will speak at the DNC on Tuesday night. The theme for that evening’s convention is “A Bold Vision for America’s Future.” [via Axios] August 18 2024, 9:00 am One of the first DNC protests kicks off on Sunday afternoon, “Bodies Outside of Unjust Laws.” According to a press release, the new feminist / pro-queer / pro-Palestine coalition won its permit just over a week before today.
PERSPECTIVE: The complex journey of Black women in the Democratic Party, Chicago and beyond

Aug 14, 2024 | thetriibe.com | Tiffany Walden |Alex Sims

When you are a Black woman, specifically a Black woman in Chicago, you live in an existential dichotomy of visibility and representation vs. marginalization and violence. That recognition seeps into my consciousness when I cross the intersection of Ida B. Wells Drive and Michigan Avenue and recall the courageous reporting by Ms. Wells to force the world to see the grievous lynchings throughout the country.
Designed to fail: a short history of planned obsolescence

Jul 14, 2024 | newsroom.co.nz | Alex Sims

Comment: Most of us know that things don’t last for as long as they used to. People will tell you about using household appliances previously owned by their parents and even grandparents. Last year I bought a third-hand vintage Husqvarna Viking sewing machine, manufactured in the 1960s, which still works well. Newer household appliances will last for only 10 years, if you’re lucky.