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The weekend is almost upon us, and London Cocktail Week is in full swing; a double whammy, you might say. With parties, masterclasses and pop-ups gracing the capital until 11 October, the sixth LCW is proving to be the best to date. The...
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Industrial buildings from the Victorian era are some of the hottest properties around nowadays, but back in the 1960s you couldn't give them away. It took courage and imagination to see past the obvious problems at the old Waltham Brothers brewery...
London
Things aren't what they were in King's Cross, and we mean that in the best possible way. The area is a far cry from its 1980s nadir thanks to a major — and still progressing — regeneration project around the King's Cross and St Pancras railway...
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Not content with stopping at the vaudeville staging of previous works Popcorn Venus and Guy Bourdin-esque glamour of Reconstituted Meat Slices, Juno Calypso has taken her penchant for creating elaborate sets to the next level with new series The...
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Do vintage and vehicles get you hot under the bonnet? If so, the Classic Car Boot Sale at Lewis Cubitt Square has your name scrawled in hot oil all over it. Over 100 traders will flip open their boots, selling a curated mix of vintage fashion,...
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This weekend Battersea Arts Centre will be swinging open its doors for a art event featuring over 400 works of art from amateur to professional artists the world over. These pieces — celebrating London icon Battersea Power Station and its cultural...
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We each absorb experiences and sensations from the moment we are born, and our childhood influences naturally play an important — and in some cases defining — role in our adult lives. This would seem to hold especially true for visual artists,...
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Whether your abilities to ingest Scoville ratings are somewhere around the Bell pepper (0 heat units), the Habanero chilli (100,000–350,000 SHU) or the aptly-named Carolina Reaper (an eye-gushing, mouth-aflaming, stomach-agitating 1,600,000-...
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“Mine's the white coat with the black seams. No, not that one, to the right...” Luckily for the attendant at this cloakroom at the V&A, the 150 nearly identical coats all belong to Faye Toogood, who lends them out as a sort of access pass to her...
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Back for its second year, multi-disciplinary festival, Art Social, hosted by The House of St. Barnabas, is currently spreading a smattering of cultural joy between Soho Square and its 1 Greek Street townhouse with a diverse programme of talks;...
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Remember the pleasure of receiving a letter from friends and family? For most people that's a distant memory, and the only thing dropping onto the mat nowadays are bills and leaflets advertising pizza joints and double glazing, but Moyra Davey's...
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I haven't seen such a performance around food since my little brother decided to wear his spaghetti as a hat, and let me tell you that the Eataipei events are certainly much less messy and a lot more enjoyable. We're at Tent London for a glimpse of...
City Notes
In the heart of downtown Zapopan, a neighbouring city of Guadalajara Mexico, Zorra Zapopan is the second outpost of Cervecería Zorra, a stunning project brought to fruition by esteemed studios Taller Dinamita and Taller Binario that combines a...
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Soft-launched 15 March, following an intensive restoration, Barcelona’s Grand Hotel Central has emerged as a triumph of contemporary luxury; a homage to its own weighty history and grandeur, yet breathing the fresh air of modern Catalunya....
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Opening just last month on Barcelona's Via Laietana, the road that separates the city's El Born and El Gòtic neighbourhoods, restaurant Can Bo completes the reimagined Grand Hotel Central; the street-level gastronomic concept focussing on tapas and...
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From first stepping into the kitchen aged 10, to creating supper club 'Eureka' in the family home, Flynn McGarry went on to open his first permanent fine dining restaurant, Gem, in New York City's Lower East Side at 19 years old, before going on to...
Dispatches
Whether you want to start sewing for the first time or you want to upgrade your current sewing machine, you might be wondering what’s on the market. Wouldn’t it be great if sewing machines were a one-type-fits-all kind of thing? However, the...
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Getting the perfect hair color can be tricky, especially when using hair dye shampoos. Uneven color results are a common issue, but there are strategies to avoid them. To minimize color unevenness, it's important to prep the hair beforehand, ideally...
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Dogs are more than just pets; they are part of the family. Keeping them healthy and active requires attention to their diet and gut health. Many dog owners are turning to digestive probiotic chews for dogs as a practical solution to support their...
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If you’re planning a trip to Berlin and wondering what to wear for the capital’s nightlife, here’s everything you need to know. Berlin’s nightlife is fragmented across neighbourhoods and scenes. What works for a club in Friedrichshain...