Articles Archive for June 2010
News reaches us this week that those boffins down at The Royal Society are 350 years old this year and as part of their year long celebration of geekery they’re holding a very unique and …
I have a pretty clear check-list – it’s more mental than written down or anything, but it works pretty well. Basically when information about an event pops into my inbox, there are various potential boxes …
Music should be an exciting experience, whether this is through chilling melodies and haunting lyrics or pogoing around your bedroom to your new favourite band. Pipes provide excitement of the latter kind serving up a …
Anyone even vaguely interested wine will know that the glass you drink out of makes a difference. It’s not just a matter of arbitrary etiquette that red wine, white wine, port, champagne and sherry are …
Skeletons has the kind of premise I wish I’d come up with. It follows emotional exorcists Davis and Bennett who are paid to rid their clients of the baggage hindering their lives without their clients …
Fresh from opening up the Evolution festival in Newcastle, North East band Polarsets have the confidence and the songs to make a name for themselves in the next year. The three-piece …
It was in Wall Street – probably one of the greatest films ever – that Michael Douglas, playing the role of expensively pin-striped villain Gordon Gekko, uttered the words that came to define the 1980s: …
Ah St James’s Street. Coming to this part of central London is like stepping into a time machine. None of the shops would look out of place on a Victorian high street, from William Evans …
Happy bloody birthday Lanson! Did you know that 2010 sees the venerable champagne makers celebrating 250 years since they were founded in 1760 by François Delamotte, a magistrate no less? I bet his rulings were …
Currently playing at Curzon Cinemas and Panton Street Odeon, The Girl on the Train from director Andre Techine follows the young, pretty Jeanne as she meets charming wayward Franck (Nicolas Duvauchelle) and finds herself concocting …
Tom and Emma picked up a few nice treats for us to have this week from a new deli opening. Lime flavoured biscuits might sound wrong but they taste so right!
Ah drink. Spending all say in an office makes you want a drink. Going on the tube makes you want a drink. Having a quick drink makes you want another drink. In short, almost everything …
