On a sunny Sunday, I decided to take a pilgrimage across the city and visit the Lords Cricket ground. But there...
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Private view+
Frieze New York begins today, bringing galleries from around the globe together at Randall’s Island Park in Manhattan. Secretly though, onefinestay...
Gwynnie’s seal of approval+
Gwyneth Paltrow is an all-round pretty impressive lady. She acts. She sings. She writes cookery books. She doesn’t drink coffee or...
Underground Penguins+
No, this isn’t a blogpost about a daring escape attempt made by some of the flippered residents of London Zoo,...
Light Show, at the Hayward Gallery+
Light Show at the Southbank Centre’s Hayward Gallery has been wowing the crowds (word has it that it is the...
Peter and Alice, at the Noel Coward Theatre+
If you’ve been captured by the pen of writer when you were a child, can you ever – really, truly...
This House, at the National Theatre, Olivier+
Plays about politics and political parties can be worthy, informative, passionate, but rarely are they funny. James Graham’s ‘This House’...
David Bowie is…, at the V&A+
‘David Bowie is’ is the name of the retrospective of the musician’s career that has just opened at the V&A...
How to make the perfect steak tartare+
Your correspondent’s main, as made by his fair hands If, like me, you live with a lapsed vegetarian who’s...
Home of the week: Babbling brook+
By the time it rolls through London, the Thames has wandered far from its rural source. But the countryside clings...
Talking tech at London Web Summit+
Last Friday, some of the greatest minds in technology and enterprise gathered in London for Europe’s largest tech conference –...
The Captain of Köpenick, at the National Theatre, Olivier+
Antony Sher as Wilhelm Voight How do you prove you are who you say you are, when you don’t have...
Get the look: Christchurch Hill+
Affluent, leafy Hampstead is well known for its intellectual, artistic and liberal atmosphere. This beautiful, spacious home on Christchurch Hill...
Home of the Week: The house on the hill+
Christchurch Hill is no ordinary house on no ordinary hill. It’s an impressive double-fronted residence enviably located in Hampstead, moments...
Meet a local: Ed in Pimlico+
If I were a spy, I would live in Pimlico. With the Victoria transport hub at one end, the river...
Cloth Fair: Home to London’s oldest residence and seediest carnival+
London is a city steeped in culture; a long history of powerful people, wealth, style and debauchery mixed together over...
Draw some inspiration from the London Art Fair+
Sir Peter Blake’s London- River Thames- Regatta (2012) For art lovers, the 25th London Art Fair can’t come too soon. Located...
Get the look: Prebend Mansions+
Thanks to a recent influx of wealthy, cultured young families, Chiswick has become one of west London’s chicest neighbourhoods. Many...
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