With most of the good bonfire night celebrations left till the weekend, why not head down to 93 Feet East to catch The Candle Thieves opening up for The Complete Short Stories and Bruised Beauties . The duo originally hailing from Peterborough, will be bringing …
Continuing our amble round London’s independent bookshops When is a bookshop not a bookshop? When it’s a moving market stall, that’s when. Barrow Books started shuffling between Spitalfields and the Backyard Market at the Truman Brewery in May, and what they lack in size they …
Ahead of the Brick Lane Curry Festival, which begins on Sunday 27th September, the spicily-contested finals of the Chef Of The Year: Banglatown 2009 were held on Wednesday. Judges including the Tower Hamlets Mayor Ahmed Omer, actor Nina Wadia, chef Andy Vermra and competition-winner and …
Whilst Brick Lane increasingly crosses our radar with its arty, music, edgy fashion or pop up boutique bar aspects the southern stretch remains, first and foremost, Banglatown. It’s a byword for curry infamous with its ever persistent fleet of curry touts as much as for …
It’s not quite in Bad Wolf territory, but the graffiti that’s appeared on pavements around Brick Lane to remind revellers of a dystopian-sounding ‘dispersal zone‘ have the power to cause retching. Supposedly splattered beer bottle tops, the council-sponsored images (bearing the slogan “don’t blow your …
Every brand and his fisherman friend are teaming up to look cool and sponsor music events at the moment. We’re half expecting an Asda Shoppers Choice set of concerts featuring an Emma Bunton comeback to pop up any day soon, but for now we’ve got …
Continuing our amble round London’s independent bookshops (Edit: when we first visited Brick Lane Books it was called Eastside Books.) Finally, finally, we get to a bookshop in East London. And what a bookshop for anyone who’s interested in London! (We guess that since you’re …
Our photography doesn’t do the sheek kebab justice so we grabbed this exterior shot off Flickr from austinainsley89 who also agrees that this place rocks. Eat your way through the credit crunch – bring your own booze! £5 bottles of wine in hand we bring …
You might think the mighty t’internet would have killed zines stone dead. But they’re not only alive, they’re thriving. For the uninitiated, zines are low-fi, small print run publications, usually put together by a small number of enthusiasts in their sheds / bedrooms. If you …
Londonist Film Club looks at films with one thing in common: London. Our only rule is that the films must have either the word London or a London place name in the title. Other than that, any film is fair game. Brick Lane (2007) Director: …
If you’re still at a loss for bank holiday weekend entertainment, you can always go drinking and to hell with the hangovers cos it’s 4 lie ins in a row. In which case you might want to try an alternative drinking experience and join the …
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