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Mike Christensen

Mike Christensen has written 3 posts for The London Word
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Mike read English literature at Exeter University and got a 2;1. He has co-written a children’s book called Wondonium and was a finalist in the Vogue talent contest in 2007. Mike has also had articles published in the Telegraph, GQ and the Evening Standard.

Men’s Afternoon Tea at the Mandeville

By Mike Christensen ⋅ December 9, 2008 ⋅ 3 comments

Many of London’s men make the loose assumption that tea is for the likes of Boris Johnson and is only served within an arms length of where the Queen and Prince ‘flatulent’ Phillip reside – The Ritz, Fortune and Mason, Harrods…

Piaf: Sex, Drugs and Little Sparrow

By Mike Christensen ⋅ September 30, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Pour moi, the Donmar Warehouse has done to London theatre what Louis XVI did to the French in 1789 – sparked a revolution. Messieurs Adelphi, Lyceum, and Dominion, bless them, have taken one look at London’s booming tourism industry and seen £££s. And from a business perspective, your Joseph’s and We Will Rock You’s, are [...]

Credit Crunch London - What a Week!

By Mike Christensen ⋅ September 19, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

If Carlsberg did credit crunches, the markets would be based on units of alcohol consumed by Londoners, Lehman Brothers would be an action thriller starring Bruce Willis and Mel Gibson, and liquid (the city’s new buzz word) would be served chilled in a pint glass.