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One of my favourite things about London in the summer is all the festivals that spring up. Come rain or shine, Londoners love nothing more than getting outside to hear some great music and eat some delicious food whether we’re in our wellies or flip flops. So one of the…
For the past five weeks, steak-lovers in East have formed a somewhat orderly queue to pile into an upstairs room at The Owl & Pussycat on Redchurch Street and get a load of “the flat iron” – a unique cut of slow reared, tender beef that packs a serious punch…
Samba dancing, extravagant outfits, pulsating Latin beats and millions of ecstatic revellers. Yes, we’re talking about Rio de Janeiro’s famous ‘Carnaval’ – the infamously spectacular celebration of Brazilian culture that draws partygoers to Rio annually from across the globe. But perhaps you couldn’t afford the plane ticket this time round.…
What do Labrinth, Professor Green and dance crew Diversity all have in common? Aside for their obvious affinity to hip-hop, they were once unknown names that first earned their stripes at The Jump Off – one of the capital’s most energetic arenas for burgeoning talent where, since 2003, the battles…
The summer weather that has finally come to the UK (a month before the beginning of autumn) has been a blessing not just for sports fans who can go to Greenwich Park and enjoy the thrills that the Olympic Equestrian competitions will undoubtedly provide but also for all those film…
If you think that poetry belongs in the days of Wordsworth, then prepare for a re-education. The Roundhouse‘s event returns to air the UK’s hottest contemporary talent in spoken word. There is a cash prize up for grabs, as well as the accolade of being crowned poetry slam champion –…