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
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.
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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