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Blackfoot Butchers Brings Home the Bacon
Having already been a massive fan of The Salt Yard and Dehesa I was very excited to see the opening of Blackfoot Butchers, a foray into retail by the team behind, quite possibly, the best two tapas restaurants in London.
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So there it was, the long awaited, latest offering from the illusive Scott Walker. Although not performing, he was present, and the whole concept was essentially his brainchild: an evening of music and dance, which saw a number of excellent singers perform some of his most recent, and to be honest, less accessible works.
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- "Cities have sexes: London is a man, Paris a woman, and New York a well-adjusted transsexual." Angela Carter
- "You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford." Samuel Johnson
- "In London, love and scandal are considered the best sweeteners of tea." John Osborne
- "I love London society! I think it has immensely improved. It is entirely composed now of beautiful idiots and brilliant lunatics. Just what Society should be." Oscar Wilde
- "A hundred cabinet-makers in London can work a table or a chair equally well; but no one poet can write verses with such spirit and elegance as Mr. Pope." David Hume
What's On in London This Week...
The London Jazz Festival kicked off on Friday and runs until November 23rd at various venues throughout the capital. For further details go to: www.londonjazzfestival.org.uk…
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