Archive for December, 2008
Searcys at the Barbican
Back in 2003 the Barbican was awarded with the unenviable title of London’s Ugliest Building, and as the concrete monstrosity looms out of the darkness on a teeth-chatteringly cold December evening, it’s not hard to see why (The Queen, however, does not share this view. Apparently she pronounced it ‘one of the wonders of the [...]
Don’t Wait for Godot in London
Living in London you sometimes feel like a kid in a sweetshop: big-eyed and spoiled for choice. Especially when it comes to the theatre.
Ganapati: South Indian South of the River
When you think of India you think of the Taj Mahal, colourful saris, beautiful elephants and decent curry. It was my boyfriend’s birthday this week, so a group of us ventured to Ganapati in Peckham: a humble and generally blank-canvassed, (in terms of décor) south Indian restaurant.
Alison Tang’s Littleclouds
I don’t know what I expect, shivering in the winter chill outside the Covent Garden tube station. Part of me is scanning the crowd for Mike Judge in a skirt. Then I get a text: ‘I will be the one wearing a silly white hat with a purple jumper and I’m Chinese!’ She turns up, [...]
Wandsworth Car Towing Thieves
We’re all used to complicated parking regulations in London, with the evil, vulture-like councils seizing every opportunity to issue us with fines (a topic I believe has already been extensively ranted about on the site).
London’s Festive Phantoms
The power of the ghost story has long served us well, but a Christmas ghost story, read by the glow of a crackling fire, can never be bettered. Combining at once a cosyness with eerie quality, generations have huddled inside, sheltered from the wintry moans, to hear the whispers roll off the tongue of the [...]
Helping the Homeless This Christmas
A generation of atheists may associate Christmas with nothing more than splurging money on unsuitable gifts, but the homeless charity Crisis’s Christmas centres show a more human vision of the season of generosity.
The Phoenix Chelsea: Quality Pub Fare
The Phoenix is a very nice pub, down a very nice street in Chelsea. On the night we visit, it seems like it’s doing very well, as various festive gatherings crack open the fizz and start bar tabs. There’s a lot of good cheer in the cosy, softly lit bar area, and a lot of [...]
Sunset Boulevard at The Comedy Theatre
‘Darlings I’m ready for my close-up’ cries the personification of glamour as the audience of the Comedy Theatre are treated to a voyeuristic glance into the opulent excesses and corruption of ’50s Hollywood that is paramount to Sunset Boulevard.
The Mighty Boosh Rock O2 Arena This Week
The Mighty Boosh finally have their name up in lights – the lights of the O2 Arena, and not before time. For ten years Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt have slowly built up a cult following for their BBC3 show. But in the last year, their rise to comedy stardom has been nothing less than [...]
Recent Comments