How to Mix: The Ned’s Breakfast at Emily’s cocktail is the wake up call you deserve September 24, 2018 It’s fine to drink a cocktail at breakfast. Every culture does it. We Brits love a Bloody Mary, while the Italians prefer a Bellini and the Spanish sip a Mimosa. But over at The Library Bar, the newest watering hole to open at City-based behemoth The Ned, they’re creating their own brunch beverages. The cosy [...]
Focus On Stoke Newington: The affluent London village is a charming spot to find a family house in Hackney September 24, 2018 As quintessential London villages go, Stoke Newington is probably the coolest. Set in the trendy confines of the London Borough of Hackney, it escaped the decline of surrounding areas during the 1930s and still attracts an upmarket, arty clientele today. “Stoke Newington was built for London’s increasingly class conscious white collar worker,” says [...]
Property of the Week: The former ruin that’s now adored by the fashion world on sale for £2m September 24, 2018 A micro-hotel, a period masterpiece, a world-famous fashion shoot location… this extraordinary house in east London is all of these things and more. Mile End Road, Stepney Green, £2m This four-storey, four bedroom Queen Anne terrace within the Stepney Green Conservation area was one of many built by John Ireland in the 18th century [...]
New homes: Our pick of the new homes going on sale in London this weekend September 21, 2018 New developments on the market this week Sovereign Court, Hammersmith From £699,950 Two three bedroom penthouses are on sale from tomorrow in this well-connected part of west London. The latest collection of homes to go on the market as part of this scheme are in Hendley and Matcham House, a 10 storey building that also [...]
New homes: Our pick of the new homes going on sale in London this weekend September 21, 2018 New developments on the market this week Sovereign Court, Hammersmith From £699,950 Two three bedroom penthouses are on sale from tomorrow in this well-connected part of west London. The latest collection of homes to go on the market as part of this scheme are in Hendley and Matcham House, a 10 storey building that also [...]
The Little Stranger review: A spooky drama that has more interesting things to say about poverty than poltergeists September 21, 2018 The opening shot of The Little Stranger is an absolute nail-biter: Dr Faraday, played by a stiff-lipped Domhnall Gleeson, is shaving in thrilling close up. Will he cut himself? He’s in a big gloomy room in front of an antique mirror, so he probably should cut himself, if only to blend in with the spooky [...]
The Little Stranger review: A spooky drama that has more interesting things to say about poverty than poltergeists September 21, 2018 The opening shot of The Little Stranger is an absolute nail-biter: Dr Faraday, played by a stiff-lipped Domhnall Gleeson, is shaving in thrilling close up. Will he cut himself? He’s in a big gloomy room in front of an antique mirror, so he probably should cut himself, if only to blend in with the spooky [...]
Misty review: Arinzé Kene is a firebrand in this abstract show about what constitutes a ‘black play’ September 20, 2018 “Not all writers get to write what they want,” says Arinzé Kene, the writer, director and star of this mainly one man show. Only two musicians accompany him, sitting either end of the stage, and occasionally a younger actor makes an appearance as his little sister. But this is Kene’s show, a gifted performer who [...]
Misty review: Arinzé Kene is a firebrand in this abstract show about what constitutes a ‘black play’ September 20, 2018 “Not all writers get to write what they want,” says Arinzé Kene, the writer, director and star of this mainly one man show. Only two musicians accompany him, sitting either end of the stage, and occasionally a younger actor makes an appearance as his little sister. But this is Kene’s show, a gifted performer who [...]
Two Point Hospital review: It’s 21 years since Theme Hospital came out, but is the hospital management game as enjoyably daft as it used to be? September 20, 2018 It’s 21 years since gamers fell for the cutesy animation and irreverent humour of bizarro business sim Theme Hospital. Now its designers have returned with a ‘spiritual sequel’, Two Point Hospital, “Where 52 per cent of patients believe they leave healthier than they enter”. And while it retains the nostalgic charm of the original, it’s [...]