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West London is a funny old place. This always occurs to me when I enter the borough of Kensington and Chelsea, a far cry from my humble Hackney home. It’s fancy beyond belief. Mansions line the streets, great yoga centres are filled with bendy housewives, Michelin restaurants are standard fare…
If you have been paying attention – and of course, we know you do – then you will have noticed a buzz arising around the Peruvian cuisine. In the last year three new Peruvian restaurants have graced the London restaurant scene, bringing this fascinating and ancient cuisine to the fore…
In these difficult economic times, when conservative governments across Europe are withdrawing public funding from cultural events and institutions, London continues to produce finely programmed film festivals of international standing. After record attendance figures at the BFI’s London Film Festival, audiences can reconvene for Film Africa 2012, the UK’s largest…
In a time of financial crisis, people really need more of a reason to spend the time and money in art galleries – but one of those reasons is definitely the National Gallery’s new exhibition Seduced By Art. Offering a ‘provocative look at how photographers use fine art traditions’, the…
For many, a Friday night spent at the theatre isn’t the first choice. Or second, or third. At one end of the spectrum, it’s seen as elitist and expensive – something for only the upper echelons of polite society. At the other, its remit belongs to the realm of cheesy…
It is fair to say that it all went downhill for Ben Affleck’s career from the moment he started losing touch with simplicity. Starring in Michael Bay’s blockbusters and dating JLo -who despite what she proclaimed, was certainly not the same Jenny from the Block anymore- was miles away from…