King’s Cross
The Big Chill House, King’s Cross
The Big Chill has everything we’ve come to expect from a great bar: good drinks, a roof terrace and cephalopods with breasts
‘Justice Tonight’ With Mick Jones
Expectations were high for the show at the Scala. Not least because London is the hometown of former Clash member Jones
The Pipettes at The Lexington
Launching their new single, ‘Call Me’, The Pipettes enthusiastically entertained the crowd with their Welsh-tinged stage chat
Sherry at Bar Pepito
Modelled on an Andalusian ‘bodega’, it can comfortably house 20 customers in a lavishly decorated single room
Hot Hot Heat at Scala
Canadian group Hot Hot Heat played the Scala as the final part of their latest European tour
Betjeman Arms St Pancras Station
You have to admit, there ain’t a right lot around the King’s Cross/St Pancras area. So we can all be immensely thankful that the new St Pancras International (alright, it’s not that new, but still) is packed with shops, cafés, restaurants, bars; you name it, St Pancras has it.
Elle Style Awards After Party
Whatever you think of celebrity culture it is hard to deny the brief vodka shot of exultation that accompanies a famous face in your mist. These people are the focus of millions of column inches and untold hours of airtime and to be amongst them is like seeing a lion in the wild after all [...]
Dining at The Guardian Canteen
A hack from a national newspaper recently lured me to lunch at his brand new HQ. All was not well within its wavy, gleaming glass walls. Apparently the canteen was in critical condition. An imported catering company ‘barely able to cope with the numbers’ was making meals a misery. I dutifully cancelled Claridges and made [...]
Get Your Oyster Fix at St Pancras Grand
Call me a lush, (and, given the current climate you’ve got every right to) but I can’t think of a better way to spend a tenner than on half a dozen fresh oysters. And I think I’ve found my new favourite place to do it.
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