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Sophie Monks Kaufman

Sophie Monks Kaufman has written 72 posts for The London Word
SMK was born on and bred on the streets of London. Well ok, not the streets, a nice three storey Victorian house in Hackney, but it was in HACKNEY so she is still totally hardcore. She hated London and spent all her time griping about unfriendliness and public transport until she went north to university. On her return after three years she was surprised to find everything touched by magical fairy dust. London is cool whether it's music, theatre, art, food, bars or people from every country under the sun, the spicy variety is a joy and the inconveniences separate the men from the boys. Writing is in Sophie’s blood. She studied creative writing at university and wrote theatre reviews for the student paper. Since graduating she has torn up the script and is hoping, just hoping, that someone will decide to give her large wads of money in return for word usage.

When You’re Strange

The Doors were not part of the modern phenomenon of bands as comfortable on a photo shoot as they are on stage

Romeo and Juliet Outside

Iris Theatre recently breathed new life into the story of love so strong that death is preferable to separation

Storytelling at The Royal Exchange

David Carter, the Peter Pan of the entertainment world, has taken his innovative, story-telling show on the road

Risotto Making at Carluccio’s

As I headed to deepest Ealing for a risotto-making demonstration I readied myself for an attitude born anew

The Four Ages of Adrian Gibb

‘Marianne Faithfull fell off the stage twice. She recorded in a nun outfit which David Bowie designed for her with no arms’

Danza Contemporánea De Cuba

‘We must provide a dancer with the intellectual means to turn this technique into the language of dance’

Old Queen’s Head Turns Four

Edwin Congreave from math-rock sensation Foals was playing remixes of everything from classics like Daft Punk

The Blitz Party

A Forties-themed event encouraging wartime glamour: Allied uniform for him, tea dress for her, blast from the past for all

Green & Blue in East Dulwich

Everything was joyfully right from the food to the wine to the ambience to the staff

The Lishi Arts

The Lishi Arts are a combination of tai chi, kung fu, yoga and dance based on a Daoist philosophy