LDN: HOT OR NOT

The decisive guide to London

Wednesday, 30 July 2008

HOT: Her Naked Skin, National Theatre, Southbank

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A difficult call. On the one hand: a worthy subject matter; mobile prison grille set with different tableaus sliding from underneath the fra...
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Monday, 28 July 2008

HOT: The Dark Knight, Electric Cinema, Portobello Road, Notting Hill

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I have to admit the only reasons The Dark Knight is a HOT for me is because of Batman's cool eject-a-motorbike arising from the rubble o...
Sunday, 27 July 2008

HOT: Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms, Clive Steps Kings Charles Street SW1A 2AQ

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Supertourist Sunday stop #2 was the fascinating underground war bunker of Churchill's WWII War Cabinet , and an extensive museum documen...
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HOT: London Eye, Southbank

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Supertourist Sunday got us up so we'd be one of the first people on the London Eye , the world's tallest observation wheel. It's...
Saturday, 26 July 2008

HOT: Impress Food Oriental Supermarket, 169 Queensway, Bayswater

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Excellent oriental supermarket within walking distance from my house and the Chinese restaurants of Queensway. The prices are reasonable, an...
Friday, 25 July 2008

HOT: Chegworth Farm Shop, 221 Kensington Church Street W8 7LX

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I enjoyed a small £2 tub of pear and ginger sorbet in the summer heat from this stupendously expensive farm shop . It sells lots of gorgeous...
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Wednesday, 23 July 2008

HOT: Monkey: Journey to the West, Royal Opera House

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It's great to know that Damon Albarn isn't just a poncy private schoolboy pretending to be a rockstar. Together with James Hewlett, ...

HOT: Ben's Cookies, Covent Garden Piazza

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I wished my cookies turned out perfect every time like Ben's Cookies . Ben, I salute you! Your dark chocolate cookie, milk chocolate coo...
Tuesday, 22 July 2008

HOT: The Greenhouse, 27a Hay's Mews, Mayfair W1J 5NY

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Dinner at this beauteous Michelin-starred restaurant was a belated birthday gift from my favourite homies, Swino and Huy. The resort-hotel-e...
Wednesday, 16 July 2008

HOT: The House of Viktor & Rolf, Barbican Centre

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As Yalin said, V&R are performance artists than mere clothing designers. This exhibition is a retrospective of their ready-to-wear and ...
Thursday, 10 July 2008

HOT: Black Watch, Barbican Centre

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As one audience member said, it's rare for the Scottish to get worked up about a piece of theatre. But there's reason to get worked ...

NOT: Malmaison Bar & Brasserie, 18-21 Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6AH

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This slightly snooty underground hotel bar and restaurant serves delicious food - but the prices are exorbitant for what you get (£20 for a ...
Wednesday, 9 July 2008

HOT: Duke on the Green, 235 New Kings Road, Fulham SW6 4XG

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An above-average corner boozer in the Sloaney enclaves of Parsons Green. Their burger was one of the better ones I've had, with a proper...
Monday, 7 July 2008

NOT: Daylight Robbery - What happened to the $23 billion?, Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, Paddington W2 1QJ

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This BBC Panorama film was a music-video style, graphics-heavy, "Youtube generation" doco about a serious matter - an estimated $2...
Sunday, 6 July 2008

HOT: Pret-a-Portea, Berkeley Hotel, Wilton Place, Knightsbridge SW1X

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I think I would have been quite happy as a peasant in the time of Marie Antoinette, ordered to eat cake instead of bread. Afternoon tea is ...
Friday, 4 July 2008

NOT: Romeo and Juliet, Open Air Theatre, Regents Park

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I think the Open Air Theatre is a magical venue for Shakespeare, so this production could have tipped the balance to HOT purely on that fact...
Wednesday, 2 July 2008

HOT: Le Nozze di Figaro, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

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Delightfull and light-hearted (albeit a bit too long), Le Nozze di Figaro remains my favourite opera - it's filled with gorgeous lilting...

HOT: Just Falafs, Covent Garden Piazza, Covent Garden

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The name gives me a little giggle, and the 'good mood food' tastes great - £4.50 for wrap bursting with felafel balls, pumpkin and f...
Friday, 27 June 2008

HOT: Peyton and Byrne, St Pancras Eurostar Terminal

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I love the Peyton & Byrne stall at Heals (the first stop on the inaugural Huy Fantasy Tour of London) so was very excited to see that P...
Thursday, 26 June 2008

NOT: That Face, Duke of York Theatre, St Martins Lane

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I had been looking forward to seeing this play, as it had been much hyped in the press, who gushed about the tight and finely-observed writi...
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