• Food

    Eating London

    What are the two most consumed dishes in Britain and indeed the two dishes most associated with Britain as a nation? The answer, in case you hadn’t guess is fish and chips and curry. Neither of them indigenous to England, nor indeed that old to our shores and yet nationally…

  • Events: Arts

    Electric Circus for Gaza Chapter 5! GONE TO THE DOGS!

    Electric Circus for Gaza Chapter 5! GONE TO THE DOGS! Friday 21st November The Islington Metal Works, 7 Torrens St, London EC1V 1NQ Tickets: £15 Advance Website So after a long snoozy hibernation the Electric Circus team are having a stretch and looking around. After chapter 4 the Lunatics really did…

  • Food

    The Lido Cafe Review

    Saturday and/or Sunday mornings really require one thing – brunch. Now, the secret to a good brunch is that it has to be within easy reach (no one likes to have to go far in those early hours of the weekend) and ideally serve a really good full English breakfast,…

  • Arts

    Viktor Wynd’s Cabinet of Curiosities

    Helen: Shall we go in? And we enter. It’s small, cramped and full of dapper gentlemen and elegant ladies. We bypass the bar wanting to get to the main attraction. This is when we notice the walls adorned with strange yet skillful art and unlit display cabinets revealing an array…

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    Slightly Fat Features: Variety Soup

    Slightly Fat Features: Variety Soup Dates: 15 December 2014 – 04 January 2015 Leicester Square Theatre, 6 Leicester Place WC2H 7BX Tickets: £20 Once considered the pinnacle of family entertainment, the Variety Show packed out theatres and had millions hooked to their television sets. But now, in this modern era of…