With over 2.27 million objects, the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington is recognised as a world leader in collections of applied and decorative arts and design, but did you know it also has the world’s first museum restaurant? Its three opulently decorated Victorian ‘Refreshment Rooms’ were built in the 1850s and 60s, timed to […]
NEW year, NEW decade and the rush of resolutions have a NEW urgency as we usher in the 2020s. The list of resolutions ditched by the first week of February also pile ever higher. Here’s a list of the top ten. Get Fit The average gym looks like a WrestleMania battleground on Jan 1st with […]
Lots of gin and very little tea but hardly anyone was complaining. An immersive cocktail experience with a surreal and wacky Alice in Wonderland theme and the hosts delivering a five-star knees-up that mixed theatre with a cocktail party. The Cheshire Cat bar isn’t hard to locate in Notting Hill, minutes from Westbourne Park tube […]
Shoreditch’s showy Queen of Hoxton bar was never likely to go for a modest festive makeover so their garish Wizard of Oz-themed rooftop bar was no surprise despite the stairway to the rooftop painted the cheery colour of the yellow brick road from the movie and the rest of the bar decked out in bright […]
After an election day of massive swings, we look at what Boris’ victory means for London and the rest of the UK. MPs returned to Westminster today after a historic election which saw massive Conservative gains in Labour heartlands. There are now 109 new Tory MPs, 55 of which won in traditional Labour seats. It […]
North London-based artist Denise Wyllie approached her forthcoming exhibition in Petrozavodsk, Karelia, Russia in a quintessentially English way to mark her return to the former Soviet state she first visited just after the fall of communism. The show will feature her rose prints inspired by visits to the David Austin Rose Gardens, Shropshire and be […]
Nigerian poet-playwright Inua Ellams reimagines Chekhov’s Three Sisters in an Igbo household during the 1960s Biafran War and delivers a poetic and powerful message about sibling bonds tied to these ethnic and nationalist uprisings. The wonderful set designed by Katrina Lindsay charms with a special kind of shimmering provincial village energy. The audience will also […]
It’s 1979, the UK is hit by soaring inflation, economic problems and civil unrest that threatens to spill over into full-scale rioting. Jim Callaghan’s Labour government are hanging on to power by a thread while opposition leader Margaret Thatcher threatens to call a no-confidence vote. But all is not lost. YOU have been appointed special […]
Now in the last few weeks of autumn and with the festive season rearing it’s antlered head and the distant sound of sleigh bells ringing, you might be in danger of forgetting there’s an important season in between summer and winter that you just might have missed. Check out our London in Autumn feature. Poems […]
Is it poetry, theatre, or a booze-up in a bar? Well Oi Barman! is sort of all three, with spoken word artist Joshua Idehen sharing ancedotes from his ten years experience as a bartender and the overheard conversations in London’s cocktail bars and the antics of its diverse barflies. Just to get you into the […]
Hillary Clinton Graffiti/Painting Shoreditch By Street Artist Pegasus
