Out & About
Where to go and what to do covering restaurants, exhibitions, theatre, club nights, movies, concerts, bands and events!
Theatre: Fast At Highgate’s Upstairs At The Gatehouse
It was Halloween Night and Highgate Village was seething with ghouls and ghosts and all things scary. Inflatable dinosaurs prowled the dark streets with vampires and witches while a dental…
Elixir at Art Yard Bar & Kitchen
Blackfriars has always felt like a ‘no man’s land’ to me — a mysterious area on the banks of the Thames, a stop for City of London commuters. But when…
LIMIN: London’s Alpine Lodge with a Caribbean Twist…
When the invite came through to dine in a winter lodge with a Caribbean twist, we couldn’t quite envisage what we were heading for. Would we be drinking cocktails in…
Theatre: Gay Pride & No Prejudice
Here’s a show that’s as crisp as the iceberg lettuce that outlived Liz Truss’s premiership. And much more fun. The clue is in the title: Gay Pride and No Prejudice. …
Mixology Magic at Pondicherry Paddington
The regeneration of Paddington into a social epicentre has seen the formerly dusty end of west London transformed into a hip new hub bursting with bars and cafes lining the…
A Gothic Cocktail Voyage at Kings Cross
I’ve had some bonkers cocktails in my time – all in the name of research you understand. Bee pollen, edible flowers, gold leaf, squid ink, raw eggs, peppercorns – I’ve…
Summer Nights At Hip New Venue Camden Courtyard
Decent outdoor spaces in the heart of London for a summer drink and catch up are frustratingly few and far between. But Camden Courtyard in erm, yep Camden, is stepping…
Going Big On BBQ At Smok’d London
I am fortunate enough to have just visited the USA, and as the old cliché goes, everything is bigger on the other side of the Atlantic. And that is certainly…
Dorian: The Musical Explodes Onto The London Stage
A no-holds barred re-working of Oscar Wilde’s masterpiece, the Picture of Dorian Gray, explodes on the London stage this summer with Dorian: The Musical. A cast of impossibly young, talented,…
Our Meadows Are Disappearing – Here’s What You Can Do
It is the intrinsically British countryside summer image – meadows filled with wildflowers and grasses, the buzz of insects and the trill of birds, under a sunny blue sky. But…