Back to London: first impressions
Want a life update you didn’t ask for? There you are. So I now I’m 100% back to London, having come initially for three days in August to look for flats. It’s my first time in The Big Smoke since…
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Events an things to do in London, Sydney, Italy and the world.
An evening in Peckham
Having always been an East Londoner (or East Central at the most), I could always think of a thousand better things to do other than travelling South of the river. It just looked far. I couldn’t be bothered to take…
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Three London openings I am gutted to miss
I thought that moving out of London would have cured my Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) once and for all. Turns out I was wrong: despite having embraced the more laid-back, beach-side Sydney lifestyle, my FOMO is still very much…
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My last review: Kansas Smitty’s new cocktails
I’ve loved Kansas Smitty’s since its opening in May 2015 and have been following the band since their early days of touring around London. It’s only fitting then that my final review had to cover my favourite London band and one…
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Mad Hatter’s Tea Party
Alice In Wonderland has inspired countless films, art pieces, songs and night outs. My favourite translations of Lewis Carroll’s book obviously have to include a lot of food, so I was over the moon when I heard of the Sanderson…
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Sparkling jewellery cocktails at the Threadneedle Bar
You can buy designer jewellery… Or you can drink it. I chose the latter, trying the Theo Fennell inspired jewellery cocktails at the Royal Exchange‘s Threadneedle Bar. Fresh of the Cocktails in The City success, the Threadneedle Bar overlooks the…
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Hip tea at London Fields’ Wringer + Mangle
Back off Mayfair: London’s East End now has its own, hip afternoon tea – and it comes in a converted warehouse in London Fields. Here’s my review of Wringer + Mangle. Wringer + Mangle is the first real East End…
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Curing the Cuban blues: Asia De Cuba brunch
I had the Cuban blues, so I went to cure them at St Martin’s Lane Hotel’s slick Asia De Cuba. Spoiler alert: it worked. Launched last September, Asia De Cuba’s signature Chino-Latino brunch gives diners the hard choice to pick either…
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Press launch week: Cocktails in the City and Native
This week was all about press launches: between the slick press preview of Cocktails In The City at the Hoxton Hotel and Native’s launch night, here’s why you shouldn’t miss either. Cocktails in the City Following the huge success of its…
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The HotBox meat feast
January is over. Say goodbye to dry dinners and clean-eating at Spitalfields’ own corner of the Deep South: grilled meat heaven HotBox. HotBox matches innovative takes on barbecue classics with cleverly named house cocktails and great craft beers. Take the inevitable Bruce Springsteam…
