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Friendly vibe at King Charles I

05.08.08

A compact pub, the King Charles I even manages to shoehorn in a bar billiards table into the clutter of nicknacks on display.... more

The Harrison is compact and friendly

27.05.08

Even with the excellent food The Harrison isn't a food-led gastro conversion: it's still a pub and this works in its favour.... more

New concert hall for capital

29.04.08

A 420-seat concert hall, the first to open in London since the Barbican, will be launched in October with a festival of 100 music events.... more

Five of the best: a staff canteen and then some

09.04.08

A former derelict workshop, bike shed and canteen are amongst the five best restaurants to have been turned around by architecture.... more

The concert craze has only just begun

19.03.08

Daniel Barenboim sold out the Festival Hall eight times over with his Beethoven piano cycle. With demand for classical music at an all-time high, it's no wonder London is gaining two new halls.... 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

Cuisine without the carbon footprints

27.02.08

An eco-friendly restaurant, Water House is all so nauseatingly worthy, it comes as a right shocker that the food's so good.... more

Changing the world - but slowly

20.02.08

The food was good but unexpectedly profligate with food miles at Arthur Potts Dawson's eco-friendly Water House.... 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

The New Year's best bashes

21.12.07

Seeing in the new year in proper party style needs planning so have it large on Hogmany with our guide to the liveliest London parties.... more

Drowning in text

21.11.07

The Breaking The Rules exhibition examines the immersion of the European avant-garde in print between 1900-1937.... more

Pick a Number for foodie joy

17.10.07

Number Twelve may be in an unfashionable part of town (opposite Euston Station), but the whole of west London will be flocking there soon.... more

The food now arriving ...

05.09.07

King's Cross is the new gourmet hot spot according to the 2008 edition of food critic Charles Campion's London Restaurant Guide.... more

Clubland's spirit of silliness foils guitar geeks

31.08.07

One of the best things about club culture is its refusal to take anything too seriously, and the fact it is not an academic exercise.... more

So-so Spanish food and so little service

04.07.07

Camino means 'path' in Spanish, but after an average standard of service and so-so food, you may not be beating one back... more

The Undercover clubber

29.06.07

This week's club talk is a serious gripe about the state of the weather - but don't let it dampen your spirits, there are some great nights to look forward to.... more

Spanish restaurant offers a welcome respite

13.06.07

Camino is a smart new restaurant to appear in the newly developed Regent's Quarter area of Kings Cross... more

Wine bar where the food matches the drink

13.06.07

A former blacksmiths, Smithy's in Leeke Street proclaims itself to be a wine bar, but it's a bit more than that.... more

Spanish restaurant is sign of King's Cross boom

06.06.07

The food at Camino is all over the shop, ranging from excellent to grim, says Marina O'Loughlin.... more

The Chinese that's so authentic it hurts

09.05.07

Tucked down a quiet side street between King's Cross and Euston, Larushka Ivan-Zadeh thought Snazz Sichuan looked harmless enough until she came across the mind-boggling menu.... more

Good food but not a place to linger

21.03.07

The recently opened Vietnamese restaurant Pho @ King's Cross isn't the sort of place where customers stay for long, but it's still worth knowing about, says Fay Maschler.... more

A lesson in art history

19.12.06

Dexter Dalwood paints the recent past, including Desert Storm and the Poll Tax riots, but his pictures make no attempt to recreate a past that is either glorious or heroic.... more

Acorn's greener than thou

29.11.06

Acorn House, a charitable eco-venture, is run by people who worked with Jamie Oliver on the Fifteen project. But, Fay Maschler asks, is the food any good?... more

A society that has sold its soul

13.11.06

Protein's Big Sale stars a company of 'seven flexible friends' and takes a pop at pretty much everything from warmongering politics to Posh and Becks.... more

London's eco-restaurateurs

11.10.06

The capital's greenest restaurant opens soon with seasonal food, biodegradable napkins and staff urged to commute by bicycle.... more

Tasty tapas, tasty prices

28.09.06

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Cool and elegant, but with no heart to break

14.09.06

Anthony Minghella's new movie, Breaking And Entering, boasts plenty of entertainment but is just a little too clever for its own good. Nick Roddick reports from the Toronto Film Festival.... more

Scruffbag comes good

13.09.06

The pubs are going gastro in Kings Cross and one of the more likeable establishments, says Fay Maschler, is the once-scruffy Norfolk Arms, run by a Frenchman, now serving Spanish food.... more

Party in the park

24.08.06

Take a tour through the weekend's top club nights: Metro Weekender returns to Clapham Common, TDK Cross Central hits The Freight Depot, and Lost presents an epic double-header at The Bridge.... more