Author Archives

  • St Patrick Day’s Celebration 2016
    Posted in: Events & Festivals, Highlights, Videos

    Eddie Saint-Jean captures the sights, sounds and moods during St Patrick’s Day celebrations that took place at London’s Trafalgar square on Sunday. While this year St Patrick’s Day falls on March 17, the festival is usually held over the preceding weekend. Thousands thronged to participate in the revelry celebrating the Irish patron saint with  splashes […]

  • Levi Roots Smokehouse
    Levi Roots Caribbean Smokehouse (Restaurant)
    Posted in: Food & Dining, Reviews

    I arrived at Levi Roots Smokehouse at lunchtime but barely a few steps inside the door those appetite-tingling Caribbean aromas convinced me that I was in the mood for more than just lunch. Famous for winning BBC2 entrepreneur pitching show Dragon’s Den with his Reggae Reggae Sauce and wooing the judges with his guitar playing, […]

  • Shadows in the Wall (Derek Bates)
    Shadows in the Wall (Book)
    Posted in: Books, Reviews

    The second novel by self-confessed political revolutionary and materials scientist Derek Bates sets an intriguing platform for uncensored discussion about church, state and economics. The main protagonist Jake Dearsey is a journalist with a political conscience whose humanity-focused take on capitalism and government causes him to lock horns with his editor (perhaps a thread of […]

  • Women Unlimited
    London Exhibitions on International Women’s Day
    Posted in: Highlights, Shows & Exhibitions

    International Women’s Day, March 8th,was celebrated with a number of exhibitions all over London and with many more expected over this coming month also dedicated to women. Here are two that caught our eye. 1.Women Unlimited Exhibition – Brick Lane Oxfam’s Women Unlimited exhibition shows how women in the developing world are emerging from poverty […]

  • 50 Races to Run Before You Die
    50 Races to Run Before You Die
    Posted in: Books, Highlights

    50 Races To Run Before You Die is an illustrated book of extreme endurance runs by Telegraph columnist and adventure athlete Tobias Mews. Journalist and adventure athlete Tobias Mews launched his illustrated book 50 Races To Run Before You Die at The Running Works specialist jogging store in Aldgate yesterday evening. Priced at £14.99 the […]

  • London Asian Film Festival 2016
    The London Asian Film Festival 2016
    Posted in: Events & Festivals, Highlights, Movies & TV Shows

    US/Indian feature-length comedy For Here Or To Go? played to a packed house at the Indian High Commission’s Nehru Centre in Green Park on March 8th. It was the film’s UK premiere a year after its sellout world premiere at Cinequest, San Jose, California. Written and produced by Rishi Bhilawadikar and directed by Rucha Humnabadkar, […]

  • Novel London
    Novel London
    Posted in: Books, Events & Festivals, Highlights

    Are you an aspiring author or simply looking for some literary inspiration? An organisation called Novel London runs a gathering of emerging novelists the 1st Friday in every month, the latest one held at the convenient venue of Waterstones in Covent Garden. Now there’s some inspiration for you! The event has been going since August […]

  • Wow Women Festival 2016
    Celebrating Wow! Women
    Posted in: Events & Festivals, Highlights

    To honour the unsung sacrifices of women all over the world as well as their great achievements the South Bank Centre will be hosting the Women of the World Festival (WOW) from International Women’s Day on 8th March through to the 13th. Launched on the centenary of International Women’s Day and now in its sixth […]

  • Cahoots Soho Mother's Day
    In Cahoots with Mum
    Posted in: Bars & Clubs, Food & Dining, Highlights

    With Mother’s Day rapidly approaching and the last-minute rush for gifts causing many a card shop swing door to rattle, one inspired treat she might appreciate would be a Squiffy Picnic at vintage themed Cahoots. In fact even your mother’s mother would go for this quirky Soho bar which is modelled on a 1940s London […]

  • Charlotte Bronte
    Celebrating Charlotte Bronte: 1816 – 1855
    Posted in: Features, People, Shows & Exhibitions

    Born two hundred years ago and destined to leave an indelible mark on English literature, Charlotte Bronte’s birth and legacy is celebrated with a fascinating new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. It includes the few paintings she actually sat for in her lifetime and also personal items such as letters and signatures. Few would […]