LDN: HOT OR NOT
The decisive guide to London
Tuesday, 26 August 2008
HOT: Peyton & Byrne at Heals, 196 Tottenham Court Road W1T 7LQ
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This bakery was the first stop on Huy's fantasy tour of London, all those months ago when I first arrived in wintery London. I haven...
HOT: British Museum, Great Russell Street WC1B 3DG
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Wandering aimlessly through the extensive exhibits at that the British Museum , my opinion of this repository of stolen goods remained the s...
NOT: Princess Louise, 208-209 High Holborn WC1V 6BW
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I don't know what Time Out were thinking when they recommended this pub. The downstairs was quite lovely, with wooden booths and decorat...
Thursday, 21 August 2008
HOT: Romeo and Juliet, Middle Temple Hall
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This production was a chance for me to visit the normally closed-to-visitors Elizabethan Middle Temple Hall, rather than to experience my th...
NOT: The Chancery, 9 Cursitor Street, EC4A 1LL
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Maybe because I was in a mad rush from work, but I really didn't rate my experience at The Chancery. I had booked it because it was disc...
Sunday, 17 August 2008
HOT: Tas Firin, 160 Bethnal Green Road, Shoreditch E2 6BG
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The boys' boardgame of world and galactic domination was interrupted by the delicious smells of Turkish takeaway from this small neighbo...
HOt: Enienay stall, Spitalfields Markets
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I love wandering around East London on Sundays because I can always find something to buy from the large selection of fantastic young fashio...
HOT: Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road SE1 6HZ
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I should visit the Imperial War Museum more often - it's an easy ride down the Bakerloo line to Lambeth and the exhibits are so dense wi...
HOT: Arancina, 19 Westbourne Grove, Bayswater W2 4UA
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When I cycle home from Notting Hill Gate, I've often been drawn to the window display of Arancina ; a jolly orange Mini with pizzas jutt...
Saturday, 16 August 2008
HOT: Nipa Restaurant, Royal Lancaster Hotel, Lancaster Terrace W2 2TY
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The hotel bellboy assured me that this was the best Thai restaurant in London and it has even been approved by the Thai government as only o...
HOT: Natural History Museum, Cromwell Rd SW7 5BD
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If you don't like being around kids, don't bother visiting the Natural History Museum . At all times your meander around the airy Go...
Friday, 15 August 2008
HOT: West Side Story 50th Anniversary Show, Sadler's Wells, Rosebery Avenue EC1R 4TN
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The hottest dance ticket in town this month is this fantastically dynamic production of one of my favourite musicals, West Side Story , at S...
Thursday, 14 August 2008
HOT: Prom 38: West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Royal Albert Hall
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I love the egalitarianism of the Prom season (you can get standing tickets for £5) and that spirit of inclusion is also personified by supe...
Tuesday, 12 August 2008
HOT: Petrus, Berkeley Hotel, Wilton Place, Knightsbridge SW1X 7RL
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Following the tradition of celebrating Jenny's birthday by blowing the price of a new couch on a meal, we wore our best clothing (with r...
Thursday, 7 August 2008
HOT: Pygmalion, Old Vic Theatre, The Cut SE1 8NB
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A smart and well-delivered production of an old favourite. The dialogue from My Fair Lady surprisingly closely followed the play, which mean...
HOT: Waterloo Brasserie, 119 Waterloo Road, SE1 8UL
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Waterloo Brasserie is a funky, good value restaurant with a £14.95 two course pre-theatre offer. I liked the high stools and elevated squar...
Tuesday, 5 August 2008
HOT: Brief Encounter, Cinema on the Haymarket, 63 – 65 The Haymarket SW1Y 4RL
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David Lean's classic film Brief Encounter premiered at the cinema on the Haymarket almost 60 years ago, and today in the same cinema you...
HOT: Sir John Soane's Museum, 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields WC2A 3BP
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Lincoln's Inn fields is lined with staid lawyers' offices until you hit the incongruous, almost Venetian palazzo exterior, of Sir Jo...
Monday, 4 August 2008
HOT: & Clarke's, 124 Kensington Church Street W8 4BH
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I think the name of & Clarke's restaurant-bakery-shop is very witty, and it appears that Sally Clarke is a bit of a celebrity. Her s...
HOT: Man on Wire, Gate Cinema, Notting Hill
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This film is an endearing portrait of the French wire-walker Philippe Petit, a man who embraces life to the fullest and dances on the bound...
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