oscar wilde

Rupert Everett stars as the ill-fated Oscar Wilde in this nuanced production.

A half-recommended show from the Paradigm Theatre Company.

More London-oriented trivia for a Monday morning.

Londony history and trivia for a Monday morning.

More historical trivia.

Did you know that the National Portrait Gallery has been open in its current premises for 115 years?

An Ideal Husband plays at the Vaudeville Theatre until 19 February Oscar Wilde’s political play, An Ideal Husband, is a tricky mixture of drawing-room comedy and serious drama. On the one hand, you have typical Wildean epigrams on the difficulty of being brilliant at breakfast; …

Those Londonist numbers translated into photographic illustration… 1,500 Chaps gathered for the Chap Olympiad – spiffing! 20 mile night hike for Maggie’s Centres – registration now open! 1.80 for a bag of the best chips in London (title still disputed) 22 October – save that …

Photography by Chris Osburn Putting the cad in Cadogan, a new Oscar Wilde menu has been introduced by the Cadogan Hotel to celebrate the 115th anniversary of Mr Wilde’s arrest for gross indecency in its Room 118 (the exact date was April 6, 1895). So …

Last week on Londonist, in numbers and magically translated into photographic illustration… 600,000 Great British Pounds in the red that is plunging the ICA into possible closure this May 120 metre high wind turbine for Hackney gets support from locals 100 years old: happy birthday …