• Lifestyle

    Crossfit London

    Who’d have thought the day would come when I’d find myself surrounded by hot, sweaty people, sitting on a hockey ball, trying to get a knot out of my right butt cheek. Yet there I was, in a crossfit box one evening after work, pulling ugly faces, trying to finish…

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    Bootcamp Circuits London

    I’ve never been a great one for exercise for exercise’s sake, I have to be honest. I enjoy some sports – squash, skiing, tennis and that’s really it. Squash kept me reasonably fit for a while, until I stopped playing and/or wasn’t really being pushed. (That makes me sound like…

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    Literary Death Match

    Literary Death Match is an international series of events that gives new writers a platform to perform their work. Four writers read 7 minutes of their latest book and then the judges offered feedback and selected two finalists. I was delighted that comedian Mark Watson was one of the authors…

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    Artcube

    One thing East London is not short on is talented artists. That much was particularly clear at Second Home, a converted warehouse/art space, and for the evening playing host to the opening night of an exhibition of 30 young artists. The art ranged enormously from the conceptual to the more…