What a busy week! What with the Bank holiday, Cans Festival, Pangea Day, May ’68 celebrations and more, free cultural activities abound across London. So get out of bed, you lazy hungover git, and go sample what’s on in our summery city. Monday: In case …
Buttercup Cake Shop 16 St. Alban’s Grove, W8 5BP Nearest Tube: High Street Kensington www.buttercupcakeshop.co.uk 020 7937 1473 Expect to Pay: £2.50 for a cupcake Buttercup Cake Shop is tucked away on a lovely wee side street in the heart of posh Kensington. From the …
Hope springs eternal! Yes, spring has sprung at last, and it couldn’t have possibly come sooner. Sure, it’s supposed to rain all week, but at least it’s warm(ish) rain. Get out there and take advantage of the coming season of rebirth, and don’t forget to …
On Thursday night, Four tet headlined The Eat Your Own Ears series at the Indigo2 in Greenwich, an incredible space with a really terrific sound and lighting system. Before we get to fawning over Four tet, however, the opening acts deserve a mention here. First …
British Elvis fans have been suffering for decades with the rueful knowledge that their beloved hip-swingin’, side-burned, fried peanut-butter-banana-sandwich-lovin’, Graceland crooner had never set foot in England. The only time he had ever been to the UK, in fact, had been a quick stopover at …
T.S. Eliot wrote that “April is the cruelest month,” but we’re officially endorsing Birthday Boy Bard’s more optimistic quote instead: “April hath put a spirit of youth in everything.” Feel young and sprightly in the warmer weather as you sample the Shakespeare-themed week ahead in …
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