Jonathan Brown
Hedonistic January
January is dismal, unexciting and where hope goes to die. Why compound this time of unhappiness with a denial of all things fun?
Brixton’s Newest Fan
Brixton was the last place I would have ever considered living but I was down on my luck and couldn’t afford to be fussy
Swimming on the Spot
I decided that swimming would be my sport of choice for this year’s half-arsed attempt to get fit
I Have London Tourette’s
Ordinarily I am mild mannered to a fault; barely able to say ‘pssst’ to a budgie let alone ‘boo’ to a goose
London’s Gay Scene: Minority Divided
The experience of being amongst ‘my people‘ does nothing but undermine my sense of self and exasperate self-loathing.
London: Give Me Some Room
Holidays only really succeed in highlighting the tedium of my regular existence.
London: Like it Or Leave it
What gets me is the people who move to London and live an existence you could live on a trading estate in Devon. Why move to London, rent a mouldy room and suffer relentless damp if you aren’t going to embrace its social(ising) superiority?
Terminal 5 Introduces Brasserie Roux
Like a modern Alice in Wonderland, getting to Brasserie Roux restaurant requires quite a journey: past a sanitised reception area – where one would assume ambience and character go to die - and through an expansive, marble, rabbit warren that is the Sofitel Hotel.
London Life: A Superficial Existence?
Some people choose to substantiate their existence with capital gain, social standing and a career descent that gives us mere 9-5er‘s severe social vertigo.
Credit What? Coping With the Big Crunch
So, this, what is it called again? The ‘Credit Crunch’ is it? Remind me because it’s hardly been mentioned at work, at home, on the Tube, in the shower, at the vets, during sex, at dinner or anywhere else. Why the newspaper is choosing to ignore the looming recession and focus solely on BBC re-runs of [...]
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