Remember when “Ted Lasso” was announced a few years back? The American football coach who goes to England to coach soccer-character Jason Sudeikis played for NBC Sports commercials was going to … Read More
Book Review: Ghosts, by Dolly Alderton
Ghosts, by Dolly Alderton It can be tough to write a novel mainly dissecting the love and relationships that occur in your early 30s without making it sickly sweet or … Read More
Virtually Green Note
Green Note (at Home) One of the things we are all missing the most during this quarantine is getting out to see live music. So effortless. Get your hand stamped, … Read More
Theatre: Charity Performance of The Understudy
The Understudy Theatre across the world, from Broadway to small local spaces, is taking a massive hit due to Covid-19. Since the actors can’t get to the stage, and we … Read More
Book Review: One Two Three Four
Review: One Two Three Four So, what don’t we know about the Beatles? Craig Brown’s take on the band, is what. The satirist and author of unusual, funny and page-turning … Read More
Review: Jekyll and Hyde at VAULT Festival
Jekyll and Hyde Fire Hazard Games is back with another intereactive mobile game, this time channelling Victorian hysteria via Jekyll and Hyde. So how was it – did we end … Read More
Vault 2020 Goes Out With a Bang
Vault 2020 Eight weeks with over 600 innovative live performances championing early career artists, and now the VAULT Festival 2020 is now nearing the end. Last shows are on March … Read More
Nicolaes Maes at the National Gallery
Nicolaes Maes From illicit goings-on in servants’ quarters to portraits of high society, Nicolaes Maes captured life upstairs and downstairs in the Dutch Golden Age. This exhibition at the National … Read More
Theatre Review: Sky in the Pie
Sky in the Pie Children’s theatre can fail in two main ways – it can be saccharine sweet, or frantically stupid. We adults know it, but don’t fool yourself – … Read More
Theatre Review: CROOKS 1926
CROOKS 1926 Slip into the world of Peaky Blinders – CROOKS 1926, an immersive theatre game (it is game-ish), is on through March 29th, and is a great night out. … Read More
Vault Festival 2020
VAULT Festival 2020 VAULT Festival is back for its 8th year. Taking over venues throughout Waterloo, VAULT Festival 2020 will showcase over 500 shows with the best in new writing … Read More
What to do in London – January 2020
What to Do in London – January 2020 We might be winding down the twelve days of Christmas, but the London calendar is full of things to do. Whether it … Read More
Concert Review: FKA Twigs, Brixton Academy
FKA Twigs, Brixton Academy Annoyance first – FKA Twigs was very late for her show at Brixton Academy. Like, an hour. It was a good thing the crowd was feeling … Read More
Review: Comptoir Libanais is Chelsea’s Hidden Lebanese
Comptoir Libanaise London’s Chelsea neighbourhood has a lot of restaurants to choose from (I’m guessing so does New York’s area of the same name) but sometimes you want to go … Read More