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Which Is London’s Best Tube Station?

The votes are in…

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La Dolce Vita @ Business Design Centre

Bringing a taste of Italy to Islington.

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Live Music Review: Ghostpoet @ Electrowerkz

The launch for the rapper Ghostpoet’s debut album last week was a shambolic but no less entertaining gig to herald his new LP.

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Live Music Preview: Ghostpoet @ Electrowerkz

London based rapper Ghostpoet plays Electrowerkz next month and we recommend catching a future star early on.

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Fringe Benefits: The Old Red Lion Theatre

The Old Red Lion Theatre on St. John Street in Angel is just down the road from The King’s Head theatre and round the corner from Sadler’s wells. Once again, the theatre is housed upstairs in a pub of the same name and, believe it …

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Charles Bronson Unleashes Demons At Angel

Notorious jailbird Charles Bronson has irked a victims’ group by getting his art work displayed at Angel Tube. The drawing, to be shown for two weeks, depicts a bound inmate fighting with multiple personalities. Bronson, banged up for armed robbery since 1974, has spent most …

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Free Truffles at Paul A Young Fine Chocolates This Weekend

To celebrate Paul A Young Fine Chocolates’ 4th birthday, the chocolatier’s Camden Passage shop will be offering a free truffle piped with the number “4” to all visitors this Saturday and Sunday. Paul will also be baking and decorating a chocolate Birthday cake which will …

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Greening Angel

Angel junction is not the loveliest of places in London / Britain / the world, but Islington Council are making an attempt to not only pretty it up but also attract wildlife. Those newsstands and kiosks outside the station are to get ‘green roofs‘ as …

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London Art Fair 2010

Artwork by Laura Ortiz Vega as photographed by Chris Osburn Now in its 22nd year, the London Art Fair at at the Business Design Centre near Angel Station opens to the public tomorrow and runs until Sunday the 17th. Certainly more subdued than the mega-show …

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The Saturday Strangeness

136. Angels over London Angels are without doubt some of the most harmonious mythical figures.These symbols of hope however appear to be more than just iconic archetypes, as many witnesses have recorded encounters with such winged wonders throughout the history of the capital. On 8th …

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Preview: Double Word Whammy @ The Old Red Lion

In our experience of the many Edinburgh Festival previews that overwhelm any venue going across London in the spring, we’ve learnt that coming up with a title is as important as writing the thing itself. For this reason we’re already smitten with Ross Sutherland’s Three …