The Book Club‘s “Last Night a Speed Date Changed My Life” may not have radically transformed this lovelorn Londonista’s world – there were a few sparks but no earth-shattering moments of romantic revelation – but it successfully Changed My Attitude to speed dating. It was …
Image courtesy of Shoreditch House Shoreditch House has recently launched Shoreditch Rooms, bringing 26 bedrooms to the East End’s glam private members club (we actually bumped into a minor TV sleb in the lift during our visit this afternoon). Only open a few weeks, rooms …
If you’ve ever been flummoxed by a dinner guest’s dietary requirements then fret no more, since Shoreditch’s newest secret supper club Full House are running a special Vegan evening on 12th May, where hostess Bonnie will ably demonstrate how to make delicious treats for your …
Hang around on Twitter for a while and you soon become aware of the vitriol. Campaigns against perceived mistakes by companies or publications are often well founded, but what happens if this ‘Tweet justice’ is directed at an individual? At you, for example. Twitter has …
A secret, underground supper club might seem about as culinarily avant-garde as an organic cupcake these days (and as secretive as Bob Quick‘s filing), but an evening of demonstrational dining at Full House in Shoreditch offers the opportunity to go away with something more than …
A number of apocalyptically-inspired bits of public art, in the form of miniature mushroom clouds, have sprouted up around Shoreditch and Spitalfields in recent weeks. As the pics above show, we’ve spotted them on Shoreditch High Street, at Old Street roundabout, and on Brick Lane. …
Tim Key’s oft berated Slutcracker stage manager Fletch will be performing an evening of sketches and stand up at Shoreditch’s hub for thinking and drinking, The Book Club, on Thursday night with Holly Burn (whose mush you’ll probably recognise from Edinburgh, Latitude or even off …
Following on from our recent photo tour of the East London Line, here are a couple of short videos taken onboard the Class 378 trains (or bendy-trains as we may soon be calling them). This clip shows the train pulling out of New Cross Gate …
Fire fighters are still hosing down the hot timbers following a large fire in Shoreditch yesterday. A four-storey block of offices, restaurants and clubs was gutted in the blaze on Tabernacle Street, which took over seven hours to bring under control. Although nobody is reported …
Over 100 fire fighters have been tackling a blaze on Tabernacle Street in Shoreditch. Dramatic pictures show a four storey office block with roof aflame, leaving a trail of smoke over the City. A bit of a fiddle on Google Street view, based on photos, …
Photography by Chris Osburn Invited along by the kids from Le Cool for a Wednesday evening of mingling and nibbling, Londonist was pleased to finally get round to trying out the “stylish and affordable East Asian cuisine” restaurant, Monsieur M. We found Monsieur’s menu (which …
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