Henry is 25 and desperately backpeddling, to no avail. He is a lucky man, free enough to do things and poor enough to enjoy them. But as he’s dragged, kicking and screaming from one of life’s pleasures to another, he remains slave to the stupid memory that says yesterday was better than today. Perhaps he’s a squirrel, saving treats for later? If nothing else, he’s old enough to know that things have never been so good – tomorrow will tell him so.
11
May
2009
Earls Court’s Real Food Festival
The Real Food Festival hopes good food is here to stay, but seems caught somewhere between business and ethos
2
May
2009
Take a Gentlemen’s Tonic in Mayfair
Gentlemen's Tonic, in their revival of the barbershop, is embracing the more feminine aspects of making men less hairy
1
May
2009
Wine Tasting at South Bank’s Vinopolis
We tried a few nice, a few ok, and a couple of horrid wines, before following our tokens to the gin bar for a cocktail
10
Apr
2009
Demarquette: The Chocolatier of Chelsea
Success stories are hard to resist. So is chocolate. On this basis, the rise of fine chocolatier Marc Demarquette is easy to understand
8
Apr
2009
Freshen Up to an Unlikely Poetic Experience
All around London this Easter weekend, the city's finest criers will be making us gentlemen's visits to the toilet that little bit more entertaining
31
Mar
2009
Rise Above it With a Helicopter Flight Over London
Everything looks so foolishly small, from toy yachts on little duck ponds to Hornby railways and matchstick model cathedrals
27
Mar
2009
Cooking Class at Leiths in Hammersmith
The idea of spending a morning picking up some culinary expertise at Leiths was a very attractive one. In reality, however, the experience fell far short of my expectations
21
Mar
2009
Floris Perfumes in Westminster
Set in the prestigious confines of Jermyn Street, Floris has held royal warrants since the reign of George IV
17
Mar
2009
Camping it up at La Cage Aux Folles
It is a truly fantastic spectacle, animated by intelligent sets, catchy songs, superb choreography and a fearsomely athletic troupe of show 'girls'
12
Mar
2009
Night London: Theatre Adventures in a Splintered City
This spontaneous drama is more than beautiful enough to make up for its strange proportions and terrible title
