Your February in London sorted: All the art, theatre and culture February 2, 2023 Whether you want to watch a bear maul many men or see a play for the ages, this month London has the culture for you. Watch Bernie Sanders get angry Everyone’s favourite mitten-wearing Presidential candidate takes to the Southbank Centre stage this month to do a talk on the pitfalls of capitalism. The Southbank is [...]
Cafe Koko: New Camden Pizza restaurant review January 31, 2023 Arriving in the evening, you can see the warm orange glow of Koko before you see the building itself. Taking up an entire block, the recently renovated, 122-year-old music hall once again sits at the heart of Camden, having closed in 2020 following a fire. The £70m refurbishment includes an extensive private members’ area with [...]
Bret Easton Ellis at the Southbank Centre this week: How to get tickets January 30, 2023 Bret Easton Ellis has been getting cancelled since long before the phrase “cancel culture” existed. His third novel, American Psycho, was so controversial it was dropped at the eleventh hour by his publisher and was subsequently sold shrink-wrapped in some countries. Then, in 2019, he published White, a meandering series of essays targeting things like [...]
Where to celebrate Burns Night in London: Bars and restaurants serving haggis and drams January 13, 2023 Burns Night, the birthday of the great Scottish bard Robert Burns is one of the highlights of the London restaurant scene, with venues across the capital laying on special spreads and keeping the city’s bagpipe community in work. Expect a lots of readings of the tongue-twisting Address to a Haggis as well as the consumption [...]
Pancake Day recipes: How to make the perfect pancake on Shrove Tuesday January 13, 2023 Pancake day may be a month away, falling on 21 February, but it’s never too eaerly to start gathering ideas for one of the best days in the culinary calendar. We asked some top chefs for ideas for comething a little extra this Shrove Tuesday. Chocolate and banana pancake Cyril Lignac, head chef at Bar [...]
John Javier, chef at The Tent (at the end of the universe) on his favourite London restaurants January 11, 2023 John Javier is the mastermind behind The Tent (at the end of the universe), an invite-only “members club and restaurant” at 17 Little Portland Street in Fitzrovia. We asked him his favourite places to eat on his day off in London. Old Street Chinese Restaurant Hands down my favourite Chinese restaurant in London. You gotta [...]
Golden Globes audience shocked by Tom Cruise Scientology joke January 11, 2023 The Golden Globes took place last night in Los Angeles, the second biggest awards show night in Hollywood, and in many ways the annual pre-cursor to the Oscars. Ricky Gervais is no longer on hosting duties, but he may as well have been given how shocking things got. At one point, host Jerrod Carmichael did [...]
Sober IS fun: alcohol free events in London this Dry January, from comedy nights to booze-free bars January 11, 2023 Whether you’re swerving the sauce completely or scaling back the drinking and going for a Damp January like this lot, here are the low and no alcohol events this month that don’t skimp on fun. Party, laugh out loud and experiment with new flavours with these alcohol free events for Dry January. A new bar [...]
Where to watch Super Bowl LVII 2023. Bars in London staying open all night January 10, 2023 Ah yes, the Super Bowl, that giant American sporting event Brits don’t really understand but use as an excuse to do something they do understand: staying up all night and getting drunk. For those in London, the Super Bowl rolls around this Feb 12 and begins at 11.30pm UK time, running through to almost sunrise if [...]
The M3gan dance – what is it and does it live up to the hype? January 10, 2023 New horror-comedy M3gan is out this week, and while it’s an excellent cautionary tale in its own right about the dangers of technology, the thing that has driven the internet into meltdown is a five second dance routine by the film’s robotic psychopath M3gan. The titular robot is an AI housed in the body of [...]