LDN: HOT OR NOT

I never have high expectations for Bond movies, but I can't say I enjoyed this latest outing where Bond turns into an unkillable leaps-...

The back story to our sneaky lunch at Murano is too complicated to discuss in a blog post, so let's just say Huy's birthday was al...

Sake no hana had blasted through its the first year by taking out Time Out's number 1 spot for best restaurant and winning best design....

I often don't remember or have time to read up on the plot of a play before I attend the production. Sometimes this turns up unexpected ...

This Barbican photography exhibition has Robert Capa in its title but actually encompasses many other artists/photographers' work framed...

There are many reasons why I think this film deserved its Best Director accolade at Cannes, and while I could admire the technical virtuosit...

This adaptation of Sophocles' powerful Greek tragedy hit all the right notes for me, so get a return ticket to the sold-out season if yo...

The Archduke is a perfectly serviceable pre-theatre restaurant in an area filled with chain eateries and the increasingly disappointing Can...

This heart-warmingly cosy cafe, tucked away from the bustle of Kensington Church Street and High Street Kensington, is one of my favourite n...

Some say the British are best in the world at high street fashion but I rarely go inside the behemoth Topshop - I find it too crowded, too t...

I wonder who thought it would be a good idea to hold a farmers market in the unprepossessing carpark behind a Waterstones - literally the se...

Under normal circumstances I wouldn't be touching The Union with a barge pole - a pub with gastro pretensions inside a business park? Ho...

Shani tells me that the only ballet troupe she'd bother seeing (besides the beloved Royal Ballet) are the Russians and the Chinese. Unfo...

The final London concert of Brendel's 60 year career was gorgeous, particularly in the sonorous second movement and the joyous filly gal...

For the first time in HOT OR NOT, I have chosen to split this event into two parts, because I had completely dichotomous experiences at the ...

Part 2: This multi-story building was the house of Charles Dickens when he wrote Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist and Nicholas Nickelby, and it...

The airy, two-storey hanger that is the flagship UK Apple Store is a madhouse of tech geeks and funky young kids on a Saturday - testament t...

Laura Jordan's finely-coloured ink drawings (under the label Delicate Mayhem ) will reward you if you take the time to pick through the ...

It seems that Golborne Road is dominated by Periccos family; at one end is my favourite bike shop Halfpipe , owned by Johnny and manned by h...

If you're looking for young, up-and-coming designers in London, I think Portobello Road is worth a wander, second only to Spitalfields M...