London’s Best New Restaurant Openings – October 2016
With plenty of exciting restaurant openings constantly taking place across the Capital, here’s our pick of the best new restaurants arriving in London over the coming month. M RAW - Victoria Having launched his second branch of M in Victoria Street last year, ex-Gaucho MD Martin Williams is set to launch M RAW – London’s first 100 per-cent gluten-free fine dining establishment – under the venue’s same roof this month. Since opening, M Victoria Street has been shortlisted as ‘Best New Opening 2016’ in...
Theresa May tells UK economy it has six months to live
Theresa May called the UK economy into her surgery and told it that it only has six months to live. Reportedly May told the terminally ill economy, “By the end of March next year you will be dead, I’m sorry but we have decided that is the case.” The economy, in desperation asked for second opinion, but that was refused. May could only take the first answer, as if she was a contestant on The Chase. “No you will live...
The 24hr tube is ten years too late for London…and for me
Last night I was at a dinner party in Stoke Newington, at a friend’s plush house I could only dream of ever owning. It was a lovely evening, and dare I say it…very middle class. I was the most common attendee by far, which I clung onto as we drank £40 bottles of wine. But I guess you don’t have to fight the power every day and sometimes it is nice to spend time with people much richer and successful...
21rpm Festival – Set Times At Today’s Unique Soho Electronica Showcase
@BenGelblum Tickets still available (if you're quick) for 21rpm - today's spectacular all-dayer of electronica with AV shows, live acts and a rare London DJ-ing appearance from Touched IDM curator Martin Boulton who we spoke to last year. Following the success of last year's 20rpm all day festival hosted by Japanese electronic music label Mango & Sweetrice Records and UK's Bit-Phalanx label, 21rpm is taking over St Giles-In-The-Fields in Soho for an unforgettable get together of iconic and cult IDM acts from around the...
Homicidal Androids, Customer Services and the Birth of a Monster with Persona Synthetics
In third year of uni I took a bit of a mental turn on a night out and was suddenly convinced that everyone around me was a replicant; a robot masquerading as a human, with viscous porridge for blood and a hard-wired hatred for humanity. ‘I’m the only meatbag here,’ I thought, ‘how could I be so blind?’ My mind bucked and waned under the philosophical crisis of it. Then of course there was the physical threat. At any moment...
The Weekly Cocktail Recipe – Jack Daniel’s 150th Anniversary Champagne Sazerac
Iconic whisky distillery Jack Daniel’s celebrates its 150th anniversary this year, and to tie in with the occasion, Master Distiller Jeff Arnett has created a brand new expression. A culmination of 150 years of making great whisky, Jack Daniel’s limited-edition 150th Anniversary expression is luxurious with sweet complexities of butterscotch and toffee joined by flavours of toasted oak and a smooth lingering finish. What’s more, to celebrate the milestone and the new release, Harvey Nichols stores across the country will...
Is This The Face of Post-Brexit Britain?
Look at it. Horrifying, right? That eccentric, brazen, cigar smoking, rosy cheeked toff wedged in between two show girls and John McCririck. As harmless as it looks from the outset this picture could well be the face of post-Brexit Britain, and I for one want to get off. It’s like a bad dream. New bookie moves into Mayfair and invites a Conservative’s wet dream along to cut the ribbon and sip bubbles as the rest of the UK figures out...
Review – Unlimited Boozy Brunch at Big Easy Bar.B.Q & Crabshack, Covent Garden
Venturing out at the weekend for brunch has become incredibly popular in recent years, but with such a great number of restaurants jumping on board, so many of the menus have become implausibly predictable. First there are the various perfunctory takes on Eggs Benedict, from classic Royale and Florentine through to less authentic strands that employ the likes of pulled pork, or substitute English muffins with waffles. When “brunching” it’s also difficult to escape outbreaks of avocado pandemic and jugs...
The Skyrim Soundtrack is Getting the Live Orchestra Treatment
Get your a capella version of Dragonborn all sung out now (I know you're all doing it), Skyrim in Concert is coming! The first ever orchestral concert dedicated to the music of The Elder Scrolls® V: Skyrim, will premiere at the London Palladium on 16th November. Based on the award winning score by Jeremy Soule, Skyrim in Concert takes concert goers on a nostalgic, musical journey through the landscape of one of The Elder Scrolls’ most popular installments. Performed live by the Winterhold Philharmonic...