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National Poetry Day: Michael Pedersen
Poet Michael Pedersen is currently curating the monthly Neu Reekie! arts event he co-founded in Edinburgh – an “avant-garde circus-cabaret of animation, spoken word and music” – running the record-lab… more →
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National Poetry Day: Michael Pedersen
wrote 8 months ago: Poet Michael Pedersen is currently curating the monthly Neu Reekie! arts event he co-founded in Edin … more →
Luke joins the dark side over a single malt
wrote 11 months ago: If you’re wrestling with the idea of joining the dark side on a Thursday afternoon, you can do worse … more →
Divine dining in Camberwell
wrote 1 year ago: It can be a rare thing for an evening out to meet high expectations, rarer still to exceed them. For … more →
Don't go to this restaurant
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wrote 1 year ago: I like a curry, me. Hot, sweet, aromatic spices infusing in a rich, oozing gravy which has simmered … more →
In defence of reading on the tube
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wrote 1 year ago: Yesterday morning I stood on the concourse of Victoria Station in a throng of commuters, all blocked … more →
A festive trip to the Scotch Malt Whisky Society in London
wrote 1 year ago: A couple of nights ago I satisfied a long-held urge and spent the evening in a private gentlemen’s c … more →
The Nutcracker at the London Coliseum
wrote 1 year ago: Last week I dusted off my polka-dot bowtie and went to my first ever ballet. It was, given the time … more →
The Damnation of Faust, Terry Gilliam and me
wrote 2 years ago: Promotional poster for Gilliam's take on The Damnation of Faust Visually arresting, dark, comic … more →
Wahaca
wrote 2 years ago: Delightful food is being served in a basement in Covent Garden and a lot of people know about it. Th … more →
Food for money: Lucky 7 Canteen, The Long Way Home, The Goat and Grill & Where the Monkey Sleeps
wrote 2 years ago: Haricot beans in confit of hand pressed tomato served on a bed of grilled granary:£8.95 What a diffe … more →
Lazy Susan @ Notes Newtown
wrote 2 years ago: What a blast from the past! A lot of my youth was misspent at the bars in and around Sydney Universi … more →
Cabaret. So Hot Right Now.
wrote 2 years ago: Everything old is new again. Thanks to a performer friend in London, I was introduced to its cabaret … more →
Eating Japanese
wrote 3 years ago: Behind the pine-panelled exterior of Nanakusa lies a surprising combination of elegance and informal … more →
A Night at the Opera
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wrote 3 years ago: La Bohème Theatre Royal, Glasgow March 2010 Two weeks ago the closest I had ever come to a night at … more →
Rabbit-in-a-hat trick
wrote 3 years ago: Central Glasgow is being invaded by Dutch bunny rabbits. I’m talking, of course, about Konijnt … more →
ohmygod WALLY OLLINS issohotrightnow
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wrote 6 years ago: YO and welcome to the third in a regular slot where we report from a high brow and civilised Evening … more →
wrote 6 years ago: Bump into you in Shunt … more →
Flash your wedge
wrote 6 years ago: Okay, we’re a little (ahem) late with this one seeing as it was launched before chrimbo and all, but … more →
Fair's fair
wrote 6 years ago: Go on, get a lovely glow going in your guardian-reading heart and get down to the fairtrade fair in … more →
