Friday, 30 November 2007

HOT: Billy Elliot at Victoria Palace

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This hit musical just reinforced my penchant for skinny white boys and ballet dancers. I particularly enjoyed 'Merry Christmas Margaret ...
Thursday, 29 November 2007

HOT: Interpol at Alexandra Palace

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The Ally Pally is a gigantic venue with Victorian vaulted ceilings and rose windows set on a hilltop (which reminded me of the lookout in th...
Wednesday, 28 November 2007

HOT: Villandry, 170 Great Portland St

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This delightful combination of foodstore, deli, bakery and restaurant selling all manner of delicious artisan food is a Jetsetting Joyce we...
Tuesday, 27 November 2007

HOT: Corney & Barrow Wine Bar, 10 Paternoster Square

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An excuse really to catch up with my usual friends while enjoying Mallesons' free hospitality. This wine bar was dimly muted a la Melbou...
Thursday, 22 November 2007

HOT: Ukai 2 Westbourne Grove, Bayswater

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The UK doesn't really do good sushi at a reasonable price, so discovering Ukai so near my house and at 50% off has been the highlight of...
Wednesday, 21 November 2007

HOT: Romeo and Juliet at Royal Opera House Covent Garden

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A sumptuous and passionate ballet interpreted by Profokiev's music and Kenneth MacMillan's flowing choreography, although I think I ...
Tuesday, 20 November 2007

NOT: All Star Lanes, Whiteleys, Bayswater

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The site of Kel's birthday drinks was only a rainy, freezing 15 minute walk away from the comfort of my house, but frankly if it hadn...
Thursday, 15 November 2007

HOT: Anchor & Hope, 36 The Cut, Southwark

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A thwarted attempt to be in the TV audience for Parkinson's chat show (another story) led us to a consolation dinner at one of the best ...
Wednesday, 14 November 2007

HOT: The Masque of the Red Death at Battersea Arts Centre

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This is the most incredible theatre-going experience I've ever attended. You put on a Clockwork Orange mask and silently enter the macab...
Tuesday, 13 November 2007

HOT: Janina Fialkowska at Queen Elizabeth Hall

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You can generally guess how a pianist's tone will sound by examining their forearms - and Janina had strong sinewy arms which produced a...
Monday, 12 November 2007

HOT: Elizabeth - The Golden Age at Electric Cinema,191 Portobello Road

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Nothing can really top a cinema-going experience at the Electric Cinema , where you can laze around on your own two-seater leather couch, ea...
Wednesday, 7 November 2007

HOT: The Wolseley, 160 Picadilly

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Although it may seem like I lead a Michelin-starred eating-out life, I can still be awed by glamour dining. Which brings me to The Wolseley,...
Tuesday, 6 November 2007

HOT: Spamalot, Palace Theatre

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This beautiful Victorian theatre’s façade is currently built like a Roman battlement because it’s hosting Spamalot, a musical based on the M...
Monday, 5 November 2007

HOT: Tom's Kitchen, 27 Cale Street, Chelsea SW3 3QP

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Sw3 is not just another postcode, it's a whole other world. A world where the hairstyles are unanimous blonde, where everyone's perf...
Saturday, 3 November 2007

NOT: Hereford Road, 3 Hereford Road, Notting Hill

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I am feeling the Wrath of Joyce. I really wanted to like this new restaurant: rave review in Time Out, protege chef of Fergus Henderson (of ...
Friday, 2 November 2007

HOT: Windmill on the Common, Guy Fawkes Fireworks at Clapham Common

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Clapham is a pain in the ass to get too, but everytime I go I find things I like about it. The Windmill is a lovely indoors/outdoors pub rig...
Thursday, 1 November 2007

HOT: First Floor, 186 Portobello Road, Notting Hill

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Beautifully decorated upstairs pub dining room serving reasonably priced comfort food. My pork belly was lovely, as was the apple crumble (w...
Tuesday, 30 October 2007

HOT: The English Surgeon at Times BFI London Film Festival

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A moving and inspiring documentary about British neurosurgeon Henry Marsh, who has visited the Ukraine regularly for the last 15 years bring...
Sunday, 28 October 2007

HOT: Henry Moore, Kew Gardens

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Beautiful exhibition of Henry Moore's sensuous sculptures set in autumnnal Kew Gardens. The show was not a retrospective but a panor...

HOT: Kew Grill, 10b Kew Green

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One of Antony Worrall Thompson's restaurants (famous TV chef) and very highly recommended. It was everything your neighbourhood bistro s...