Kensington
The Cult of Beauty at the V&A Museum
The exhibition illustrates a particular era of the romantics, when ‘art for art’s sake’ was the main objective
Get Fit for Summer at R-Fitness
This is my first ever session with a personal trainer, and I’m curious to know how Ricardo whips people into shape
Sexual Nature
The latest exhibition at the Natural History Museum grants us a rare insight into the boudoirs of the animal world
RumFest 2010
Testament to its popularity was last weekend’s 2010 RumFest, brimming with connoisseurs and curious amateurs alike
Enchanted Palace
Kensington Palace’s exhibition shows fashion as art without a single stiff, plastic-limbed, big-haired mannequin in sight
Tonic at the Troubadour
If you want to feel better about your life, pour this Tonic all over your hearts and dancing shoes
Into the Ark
A facial that targets your age, not your skin type: could this be a revolution?
The Prince Albert, Battersea
It is refreshing to see any kind of establishment that has made efforts to maintain its own identity
The Crescent Champagne Bar, Kensington
The Crescent could be forgiven for not being in the best location; coming out of the Tube station onto a fairly nothing sort of road you might wonder if you’re in the wrong place. But then you cross over and you see it, rising like a beacon of intriguing, black-fronted gorgeousness.
If You Fall: Darke’s Light Tale at Imperial College
There are some people who take my idea that man goes for the path of least resistance, climb with it to the top of a mountain and drop it off the top. Karen Darke, who was paralysed from the chest down in a climbing accident at the age of 21, is one such person. However, [...]
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