LDN: HOT OR NOT

I have never been in the presence of so much shrill oestrogen as in the foyer of the Barbican cinema, waiting to see this much anticipated m...

Not to be confused with the more famous Smiths of Smithfields. I don't know why more people don't know about this fabulous bar and r...

Huy doesn't think that installations are art, but even he might be swayed by the structures in this exhibition, all framed around the i...

Dinner at a vegan, raw food restaurant on a Friday night? I'm such a wild party animal. However, it seemed like a logical choice as Vane...

The blurb sounded so promising "a mind blowing audio visual experience, will see audio visual artists taking films from the early 20th ...

This mixed bill from 'Britain's leading contemporary dance company' was one of the most enjoyable modern dance productions I...

Regular HOT OR NOT readers will know that I'm not a huge fan of Thai food in pubs. The food at the Old Pack Horse still wasn't the g...

Sometimes it's handy having a boyfriend in politics because he can spout facts and quotable quotes about any politician you care to name...

Thanks to Tesco Vouchers, I can enjoy free takeaway when I don't feel like cooking. Even if it wasn't free I'd recommend the tas...

This local Malaysian restaurant had been on my go-to list for a while, as Time Out had said that it was full of Malaysians, so the food must...

The vibrating Powerplate machine markets itself as the way to get a 90 minute workout for those with only 30 minutes to spare. However, the ...

This unmarked bar was the site of our first inaugural MEL 2003 Articled Clerks reunion. We had to hold it in London, as most of us have defe...

A cosy library-themed gastro-pub serving your standard pub fare, but done really well. My chicken pie was unusually presented, as it came wi...

Billed as a 'dinner party with a difference', this one hour theatre experience as part of the Burst festival was set in mystery loca...

Harold Pinter's seminal work about the stifling of individualism was panned when it first premiered at the Lyric 50 years ago, and when ...

The brasserie for the plebs who aren't able to get into the members area of High Road House. I loved the colourful floor tiles and the b...

My current-favourite tenor swung into the studio, relaxed in jeans and an open-necked shirt, and my heart started pounding. But mid-way thro...

The delicious and reasonably priced menu of this vegetarian cafe attracts a mixed clientele - from the expected hemp-wearing arts students, ...

Listening Post is a fantastically mesmerising installation which explores the intersection between science and art, data and meaning, and pu...

My overriding impression of Puccini's glorious 'melodrama in three acts' was Jonas Kaufmann's sex appeal, which radiated eve...