Check your deodorant and covered-toe footwear at the door – a new supermarket has arrived in Kensington and it isn’t afraid to embrace its inner hippy. Whole Foods, the retail food chain so popular in America and now spreading to these shores, is all about …
And no, it’s not just some made up word. You could be excused for not knowing what a marmoset is; unless you’ve spent time in South American rainforests or really a lot of time hanging out at small mammal houses at zoos. Really, what you …
The 28th of May marks the start of National BBQ Week, and the National BBQ Association is hosting events up and down the country in their bid to get you to barbecue better and more often. Are you a wonder on the Weber? Then enter …
>>Before we begin, a small non-profit Theatre group is looking for a free rehearsal space one night a week. Email bookgrocer@gmail.com if you can help or know of any good sized rooms (church halls, pub back rooms, community art centres), the more central the better<
LAist is experimenting with blogging dates from J-Date, but finds the best men are found offline. Some date vicariously online and that is one reason why porn is big — really freaking big — so they ask if they should cover XXX since the heart …
Thoughtful, haunting and slightly odd, Scout Niblett’s music is the kind that creeps up on you unawares and sinks its beautiful, fuzzy-guitared teeth in. With a new EP out on Monday and a show at Bush Hall the same night, Scout’s a busy woman but …
In Next Week: Next Wednesday the winner of the Rossica Prize, awarded every other year for excellence in literary translation from Russian into English, is announced after readings from the short-listed translations. This year’s submissions include texts ranging from the 19th to the 21st century, …
Battersea Arts Centre (BAC) has to be one of our favourite arts venues in London. We have turned up on its rather grandiose steps several times now and had all our expectations blown away – in good and bad ways. Continuing its legacy of eternally …
Just out the Van: Alan Lee, best known as co-lead artist on Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, but also the conceptual designer on the films Legend, Erik the Viking and King Kong and the television miniseries Merlin will be signing The Children …
This Day In London’s History 1916: Prolific actor Eric Christmas is born in London. OK, so it’s slim pickings this week in terms of interesting London-related events that have taken place on this date. But we did discover that the wonderfully-named Eric Cuthbert Christmas was …
The Constellation Change Film Festival is all about showcasing dance on film and opens jazz hand style on Monday with the classic musical “West Side Story”. People who don’t like musicals like “West Side Story” and we reckon it will be cracking on the big …
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