Absolutely apt in eagerness for the release of Absolutely Fabulous The Movie 1st July, The Gay UK were PR-ed an equally fabulous brunch invite. We, emanating fabulousness were only too joyed to Lacroix-up, sweety, and head to Clerkenwell London’s (CL), 155 Bar & Kitchen in – you guessed it – scenester-site and trendy-wendy haunt Clerkenwell. … Read more
One could easily meander past Top Dog (TD) on Frith Street Soho without a second squint. First of all, the name doesn’t grab you like Herman Ze German or House of Ho – but equally, it’s not as off-putting as La Polenteria – really, polenta-smolenta. And secondly, the dark exterior doesn’t wink at you – … Read more
Mayfair trained hair colour specialist, magic-handed scissor-whiz and entrepreneur James Lefevre (Jay) opened his first hair salon 15th March 2016 in North London’s villagey and creative haunt Crouch End. The oh-so-bright, and with-more-drive-than-a-professional-strength-GHD-hairdryer hairstylist Jay worked on perfecting a business plan from December 2014. Jay was granted the funds September 2015. As well as the … Read more
Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens is billed as an inter-galactic disco extravaganza that explodes all around you. Well something exploded, or backfired. Think all-singing, trying-to-dance Battlestar Galactica meets Mad Max, throw in some glitter, silver lamé and a few other odds and sods from another solar-system’s secondhand dressing-up box. In amongst magnetosphere-of-madness is a … Read more
Opening a burger/foodfest restaurant and bar with a sizeable backroom complete with stage for live music in a space joined onto a Novotel hotel might not seem like the most conventional of pairings. But Jamboree on Blackfriars Road SE1 is a breath of rainbow-bunting fresh air for the borough of Southwark. Don’t be put off … Read more
If your prize petunias expire from overwatering, your shih tzu’s bloated belly drags along the floor during walkies or your hoverboard rusts from abandonment to the elements of the English summer – who’s to blame? If we don’t take proper care of what’s ours, what needs looking after, we need to accept accountability for any … Read more
Not every restaurant in the Old Smoke can claim to reside on top of medieval and Roman ruins, an 18th-century burial ground and an Abbey that once rivaled Westminster’s. Del’Aziz is tucked away in the corner of a smart seven-year-old development that was once occupied by Bermondsey Abbey. Any eatery in proximity to hipster … Read more
Residing in SE1 has many advantages: the 30-minute Thames-side amble from Covent Garden, the Tate Modern in pick-ya-nose-and-flicking distance and of course all the fruits of Borough Market, and I’m not just talking satsumas. The renowned provisions and commodities trader is bursting with bistros, bars, and well-trained baristas. Foodies, vino-slurpers and those that love the … Read more
1. Exact bill divider-upper You and your work chums head out for dim sum, then the Jack-and-Jill arrives. Derek from accounts pipes up: “I only had one glass of Pinot, and I didn’t touch the noodles”. Exacting the har gow, tofu skin rolls and lotus leaf rice parcels between you and seven of ya colleagues … Read more
You and your bestie or beloved treat ya selves to some decent nosh with a table for two at one of London’s finest. But, you can’t appreciate the liquorice and elderflower, never mind the fennel-laden roast scallop starter. The awkward greeting smooch, the toe-clenching repetitious repartee and the fact that she’s more interested in the bread … Read more
