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Those of us wandering single around this city would do well to seek out the warmth of a stranger to fend off the seasonal cold snap, and this weekend saw many an opportunity for such comforts. First up on Friday night was a secret underground …

Huntin’ shootin’ fishin’ – all great, manly sports. When it comes to shooting fish in a barrel, though, you’re not so hot. In London, where the dating game can be such a hard and fruitless slog, we would have thought that the more cunning amongst …

The Irish population of London may well still be licking their wounds from defeat at the hands (literally) of the French last week, but there was at least some consolation in the rare arrival to these shores of Bell X1 in Shepherds Bush on Thursday …

Anything to do with the Royal Mail might sound like a dirty word at the moment, but don’t write off American trio The Postmarks because of these connotations. They sound like a version of Au Revoir Simone, softened by the Florida sunshine of their home …

Will anyone in London who has NOT been Speed Dating at some point please step forward? Since the turn of the century (!) we’ve witnessed many manifestations of this quick fire phenomenon for time-strapped singletons, from pub quizzes to yachting (the mind boggles). But at …

By Tim Smith The Slung Low theatre company aren’t exactly renowned for abiding by convention, and the world they have created in the bowels of the Barbican Centre this month is as far removed from the traditional concept of theatre as you can imagine. They …

Ladies and Gentlemen, please keep your hands and feet inside the ride and remain seated until the lecture has come to a complete standstill, for a little piece of Japan’s Super-Kamiokande has landed in the Shunt Vaults to tantalise your senses in their final week. …

If you weren’t part of the mass exodus to Scotland over the summer, then you’re in luck this month as the Edinburgh Festival transplants itself to London. Along with other highlights of this year’s Fringe around the city, the wonderful Colin Hoult has brought his …