Most of our male readers won’t really comprehend this, but the launch event for new posh shoes can be a big deal. A really big deal. So when Harrods yesterday hosted a launch event for some ruby-sapphire-and-diamond-encrusted Rene Caovilla sandals (value – £62,000), they took …
Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Gourmet Burger Kitchen Locations throughout London Contact specific locations for hours Expect to Pay: Around £10 Rating: 8 out of 10 Burgers of Scooby Doo proportions; milkshakes from another era; …
…get the hell out of Gordon Ramsay’s effing-and-blinding kitchen. Former restaurant manager Martin Hyde of Dillons, an Indian eatery in Manhattan, is suing the British chef in an attempt to stop footage of Ramsay’s “Kitchen Nightmares” being shown on television in the US. The show’s …
Well, ish. Don’t get too excited. On Saturday night ITV went to film PRIMEVAL (the sci-fi series) in Kingson’s branch of John Lewis – and paid them £5,000 for the privilege. We’re not sure how many actual real live dinosaur models were used (if indeed …
Not only does the fantastic French dance music and fashion label Kitsuné have a foxy new compilation hitting the shops next week, but they’re crossing the channel just to celebrate its release with you. From 8 p.m. this evening, Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen will …
Robyn, the pint-sized pocket rocket popstar from Sweden, plays Cargo in Shoreditch this coming Thursday evening. Looking for all the world like a little blond girl that ate too much sugar crossed with a woman dosed to the tits on electric (it says here), live …
We’re all so busy running about preparing for Xmas that it’s easy to forgot today is the start of Jewish festival Chanukah. Chanukah isn’t really that big a deal holywise in Jewish festival-land, it’s just kind of got the most famous reputuation from being near …
Ace Swedish pop-star Robyn played the second of two up-close-and-personal London gigs at Puregroove at the Hoxton Bar & Kitchen on Friday . Her name might sound familiar because Robyn is best known in the UK for her late-90s pop hit Show Me Love, a …
There was a strong display of British talent at the International Emmy Awards. Graham Norton was there too. The success of Brit shows has sent the Americans into a remake frenzy according to The Times: Life on Mars, the BBC time-travel drama starring John Simm …
… is pretty fugly. Judging by how it chooses to be presented on the small screen, at any rate. Take Gordon Ramsay’s F Word (Wed 9pm C4): We’re not denying that it’s entertaining. It is hugely entertaining, especially when Gordon picks on twattish City trader …
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