Legendary London crazy golf bar launches new attraction August 14, 2024 Bowls, darts, paddle, and crazy golf: Londoners long ago decided that pints weren’t enough and that they wanted to be doing something sporty at the same time, and Swingers — one of the leading crazy golf spots — has now launched new attractions. It’s perfect if you’ve exhausted their crazy golf offerings on your past [...]
Best beer gardens in London from Lock Tavern to The Captain Kidd August 13, 2024 It's almost beer garden season but with the risk of a downpour, it better be a really good one: here are the best London has to offer
18 new London rooftop bars in London to enjoy in the sun August 13, 2024 11 new London rooftop bars for summer, from Shoreditch to the Square Mile and further afield, here's where to raise a glass
Inside the music festival where Kate Middleton partied with underground DJs August 13, 2024 Houghton Festival on the grounds of Houghton Hall returns in August 2025. Adam Bloodworth went to its 2024 edition to follow in the footsteps of unlikely dance music fan, Kate Middleton Alongside ‘Alec Baldwin shoots cinematographer’ and ‘Will Smith punches Chris Rock,’ ‘Kate Middleton goes to underground electronic music festival’ lives high on the list [...]
You can celebrate Team GB Olympics success with actual Olympians. Here’s how August 13, 2024 Clean Bandit, Jess Glynne, Pete Tong and Rag’n’Bone Man are some of the musicians playing a celebratory show this weekend to welcome Team GB Olympics winners and participants back home. The show will take place on Saturday 17 August at the AO Arena in Manchester and will be an opportunity to see the Olympians up [...]
Can the poshest wellness retreat in Thailand cure me? August 10, 2024 Thailand has kind people and a vast history of traditional wellness. But can it cure a tired Millennial? Adam Bloodworth finds out A textbook Bangkok afternoon: the sun is doing its darnedest to incinerate anyone who dares go outside, but luckily I’m indoors, laying in a bath with a towel covering my modesty. Chernkwan, a [...]
‘Utter madness!’: 7 of the best Edinburgh Fringe shows to book now August 9, 2024 “Spectacular and unhinged” are two words rarely seen together in theatre reviews, except for at the Edinburgh Fringe, where the most brilliantly eccentric ideas get space to breathe. Here are the best shows to catch at the Edinburgh Fringe, and helpfully, we’ve only reviewed performances with London transfers so if you aren’t going to Scotland [...]
7 amazing things to do in London this weekend, from Olympic fanzones to Fortnum & Mason summer ice cream August 1, 2024 Things to do in London this weekend, whether you’re glued to the Games or looking for a beach… in a car park in Walthamstow It’s the first weekend of August, schools have broken up and the sun’s out, so expect the capital to be at boiling point this weekend — in more ways than one. [...]
Fresh hope for Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club as talks with union progress August 1, 2024 There is fresh hope that The Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club may remain open as a performing arts venue. Owners had said they were selling the building, effectively ending the arts programming that has platformed some of the capital’s most experimental drag and cabaret shows over the past 20 years. But after a petition to [...]
7 reasons why the amazing Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club must be saved July 30, 2024 The Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club is one of London’s best venues. It must be saved, by Adam Bloodworth One of London’s most iconic venues is facing closure. The Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club in east London has for 20 years been home to some of the best nightlife in the capital. But the final [...]