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Real foodies know that while certain dining hotspots might be more inclined to pull in the custom through tiresome gimmickry (celebrity chefs, bougie clientele, you name it…), sometimes it’s the more off-centre places that usually succeed in ticking the boxes of great food, ambience and customer service. Saying that, the…
I love a good toilet. Always have. So imagine my delight when I visited Sketch for the first time back in 2005 and spent a penny. I was blown away – they are up there with the best I have ever seen. To reach them, you ascend a clinically white,…
Here are some preconceptions I had about book clubs: 1) Book clubs are for geeks 2) Book clubs are for the Oxbridge set (or their bejeweled and botoxed wives) 3) Book clubs are for people who would rather spend an evening chopping it up over etymology and…
Mike Schreiber‘s a self-taught, hip-hop junkie from New York who’s shot some of the genre’s most notable figures and compiled the stunning results into a book and exhibition, which goes on show in London this Thursday (May 19th). Expect to see insightful portraits of Eminem, Mos Def, M.I.A, Wu-Tang Clan,…
New indie flick Win Win – written and directed by Tom McCarthy (The Station Agent) – asks a pertinent question. In these times of economic uncertainty just how far is a person of integrity willing to go in order to stay afloat? The goal of Win Win’s central character, lawyer…
There has been no shortage of CGI, PhotoRealistic RenderMan animations of late… the world’s awash with them. If you, like me, have a yearning for something more old school on occasions, then maybe this flick is for you; a beautifully hand drawn and painted animation from the directing partnership of…