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A night on the town in a tent

01.08.08
There's nothing trashy about this super-cool Shoreditch club night - and it's all under canvas.... more

Turn to Her Naked Skin

25.07.08
Commissioned to mark 90 years since women first won the right to vote, Her Naked Skin is set in 1913 at the height of the suffragette movement.... more

Go clubbing with a quartet at Black Canvas

09.07.08
Black Canvas is an edgy evening with an experimental brief that celebrates Squarepusher every bit as much as Stravinsky.... more

CDs of the week

02.05.08
The Hadouken! album sprints from innovative to irritating, New York trumpeter Jeremy Pelt shows a major change of direction and Delays make the transformation of the year. ... more

Migrants' hymn to their home

02.05.08
Helen Chadwick's Dalston Songs is not quite an opera, nor a ballet, although both forms are just a whisker away, says Nick Kimberley.... more

Five to try: Restaurants that have gone green

19.03.08
The demand for guilt-free, environmentally friendly eating is ever-increasing. Here are a few restaurants that are top of the game as far as green menus are concerned.... more

Informed Conflict Relief

18.03.08
The Arab, The Jew And The Chicken features a cast who all do justice to their skilful acting and physical theatre credentials.... more

The Old Shoreditch Station is not just for trainspotters

18.03.08
An unrushed atmosphere at The Old Shoreditch Railway station provides a refreshing and comfortable setting for Hoxtonites in search of a cosy night out. ... more

The top restaurants for rare-breed pork

12.03.08
With the UK's pig industry in crisis, we check out the chefs and shops who are making sure rare-breed pork doesn't get the chop.... more

Lincoln Lounge is wholly recommended

10.03.08
Lincoln Lounge is understandably popular and another sign that Kings Cross is becoming the place to be.... more

I do like a good table service...

15.02.08
The Young Offenders Institution has a club night where getting smashed means making a racket and playing group ping-pong.... more

On edge with the Iron Lady

08.02.08
Playwright Tom Green can only manage a little slight comedy and a lot of pointless whimsy in The Death of Margaret Thatcher.... more

Gary challenges Gordon for Michelin stars

23.01.08
Five London restaurants have been awarded their first Michelin stars, the industry's highest accolade.... more

'They've wasted our money'

09.01.08
Chicken farming isn't the only thing enraging Jamie Oliver ahead of his TV exposé of the industry.... more

The top 20 New Year's Eve parties

31.12.07
It's not too late to organise a big night out - whether it's a hot rave in Hoxton, a Brazilian party in Covent Garden or a dance in Mayfair.... more

DVDs of the week

04.12.07
The Simpsons hit the big screen, large-scale effects in Transformers, and a festive movie with a dark twist.... more

Pimp your night

26.10.07
Even nice girls turn naughty when they dress up for Pimp And Fluffy, a fun-filled tary party at Hidden in Vauxhall.... more

It's a shore thing

07.09.07
Fifteen years ago you didn't go near east London after dark. but now it is not just a tangle of edgy dive bars.... more

Record number of restaurants open in capital

15.08.07
A survey by one of the capital's most respected restaurant guides has found that restaurants have been opening at a rate of more than three a week.... more

Time to chill at the Hill

18.07.07
A recent arrival in the 1970s apartment block of Notting Hill, Crescent House would do well to learn less creepy service and a less uptight menu... more

Lack of memorable songs in patchy karaoke

05.07.07
Despite writhing and flexing his biceps, Will Schwartz of Hey Willpower lacked any memorable songs in a set that edged close to karaoke... more

The best things in life are free

01.06.07
There are still plenty of options for cashless clubbers in London, says Scott Manson, despite the demise of the free outdoor rave.... more

A bog-standard approach to hygiene

05.03.07
Rather than the romantic spot Toby Young imagined, The Real Greek is little more than an up-market fast-food restaurant with sloppy service and some very unappealing toilets.... more

Easy going Emmy is a real winner

19.01.07
It's awfully easy to like scruffy anti-folkster Emmy The Great - or Emma Lee Moss to her folks.... more

Bubbly and barmy at laid-back lab

25.10.06
Fay Maschler doesn't usually have trouble finding dinner companions but she realised this could soon change after they heard about the dishes served up at Bacchus.... more

Voguish diner fails grilling

27.09.06
Cold food, poor service, a soulless room and not enough space to manoeuvre - the signs aren't good for The Hoxton Grille, in über-trendy Hoxton, says Chris Blackhurst.... more

White Cube goes west with gallery in St James's

27.09.06
London's modern White Cube gallery, the place Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin and Gilbert and George all call home, is unveiling a second £12 million branch in the West End.... more

Grille is very grating

20.09.06
Marina O'Loughlin was gnashing her teeth with irritation at the most banal and mendacious opening of The Hoxton Grille. Even the name is 'boll**ks', she says.... more

East End boys give life to the Eighties

08.09.06
Singer Bnann Watts led Eighties-inspired band Infadels through a series of synth-laden crowd pleasers, but with only one album of songs to choose from, it was wearing thin by the end.... more

Party from Dusk Til Dawn

04.08.06
Weekend clubs: Layo and Bushwacka headline at Dusk Til Dawn's maritime mash up, DJs Phil Faversham and Alex Alvarez play at Stereo Sushi, a party at Cube & Star pays tribute to David Bowie and it's a night of hip-hop flavour up in Islington. ... more

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