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An awesome and ridiculous film that leaves you thrilled beyond the point of your natural endurance
2012
Theatre
The show has suddenly become quite wonderful, and the galvanising factor is the terrific stage debut of Melanie C
Blood Brothers
Music
The British pop music industry may be eating itself but if Muse are the pick of what it can offer the world in 2010 then British music is in rude health indeed
Muse
I was smitten by both Gilberts enormous luxuriant moustache and the intelligence and nuance of this highly entertaining play
I totally recommend Babbo to anyone who is looking for really good and traditional Italian food
Always been a fan but never seen them live. I was ecstatic to be part of this epic event. WOW!
London,
19.11.09
Mennula (apparently the word for almond in Sicilian dialect) is a great addition to the restaurants of Charlotte Street.
12.11.09
With reasonable prices and gentle service, Made in China has been added to Fay Maschler's short list of places to go when she is longing for Chinese...
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05.11.09
Maybe to avoid possible future confusion, London Babbo could be renamed Papi.
29.10.09
The newly opened restaurant Downstairs at Terroirs features a glass door with a view into the Charing Cross Underground concourse. What a heavenly...
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22.10.09
Giving pleasure is the underlying ethos of the Soho House group and there is little not to like at Pizza East.
15.10.09
The Sri Lankan dinner at Dock Kitchen was masterful. Fay Maschler asked for seconds.
08.10.09
One of the most gregarious chefs in London with a strong sideline in friends from the art world, Mark Hix knows his diners.
01.10.09
Opposite The London Palladium in Argyll Street is a dark doorway with a canopy bearing one word, “aqua”, in diminutive lower-case type.
27.08.09
Indian and Chinese newcomers comfortably rub shoulders with old-established Greek and Italian favourites in Cleveland Street.
20.08.09
The art-nouveau graphics of Le Bouchon Breton's menu may lend it the air of a parody or a chain, but the contents are a faithful summary of brasserie...
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13.08.09
Its spectacular location on the riverbank makes The Crabtree gastropub a fantastic venue for outdoor dining — weather permitting.
11.08.09
A new annual festival will salute London restaurateurs, their chefs and staff, and not before time. Bon appetit...
06.08.09
Argentinians know a thing or two about beef — their skill in raising, exporting and cooking it can win over even the most resistant diner as...
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30.07.09
The cooking of the Maghreb and the Eastern Mediterranean informs the long Del'Aziz menu, with cold mezze, hot mezze, grills and slow cooking.
30.07.09
Everyone loves the sweetness and softness of black cod miso but Fay Maschler hasn't had it better than at Hi Sushi Izakaya.
23.07.09
While the front of house staff at The Clarendon were so clueless they couldn't run a bath, the chefs produced decent if fairly run-of-the-mill...
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23.07.09
John McClements has thoroughly explored French bourgeois cooking and channelled the esteem in which the British hold it, and his latest offering, Le...
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16.07.09
From latest arrival Coast Dining to the traditional Trattoria Lucca, NW1 has plenty of choice as far as restaurants are concerned.
09.07.09
With a pianist belting out Billy Joel, it may take a while for Criterion to find its natural constituency.
02.07.09
As with many Conran restaurants the detail in the design at Lutyens gladdens the eye and sometimes takes you by surprise.
