Clerkenwell
Clerkenwell’s White Swan
We began patriotically with truffled ricotta in pastry with sparkling wine good enough to compete with the best champagne
Mad Hatter Cocktail Party
Katherine produced an array of material, ribbon, netting and jewels and showed us how to make our own fascinators
The Night Chauffeur
Beautiful femme fatale-types line the wall talking to sinister men in suits to the sound of gently hissing snare drums
Palm Reading with Amber Garnet
She picked up on flaws, past experiences and fears that people who have known me for years would struggle to identify
The Ambassador Exmouth Market
The Ambassador is like a favourite uncle: you defer to its better judgement, impeccable taste and ambivalent charm
Miles of the Caravan
‘Post night out recovery would be brunch at The Tapa Room then a day bed in the sun at Shoreditch house’
Dans Le Noir in the Dark
I hold my hand up in front of my face. I can see nothing. There is a base note of panic in the air
Food at 52′s Spanish Lessons
Londoners are cosmopolitan when they go out to eat but they are quite conservative in terms of what they’ll make for themselves
The Ghost Club in Farringdon
Let’s face it: no one wants to go out in Kensington anymore. This is possibly why another Ghost, a new sister club to its Kensington counterpart, has been opened in a spacious Farringdon basement. The jury’s still out, however, on whether this place quite works.
Pivot Points: Turkey and London
A new exhibition opens this week in Clerkenwell by Irish photographer Helen Sheehan whose work illustrates her deep commitment to human rights and to issues of exile and belonging.
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