Sober October: the best alcohol free events in London September 25, 2023 If you hit it hard all summer, you’re not alone: in fact, far too many of us make a habit of drinking far too much on the regular. Statistics show over half of Londoners ‘drink to get drunk’, which means drinking to excess. Enter, Sober October… This October the month-long initiative by Macmillan Cancer Support [...]
Forget Miami beach: why Miami’s cocktail bars are the city’s best attraction September 25, 2023 When someone mentions Miami, what springs to mind? Swaying palm trees and pastel-shaded art deco buildings? Don Johnson as ‘Sonny’ Crockett, his jacket sleeves rolled up, sipping on blue libations? It certainly has a retro backdrop, but, perhaps surprisingly, Miami has lately become the hottest place in America for mixology. The city has 300 sunny [...]
Why the Cotswolds is perfect for an October holiday September 25, 2023 THE WEEKEND: Part of the idyllic Chimney Meadows Nature Reserve in the south Cotswolds, The Lock Keeper’s Snipe is a charming converted barn with boutique hotel aspirations. It is part of a new collection of British homestays from Quince, which has found and renovated a load of old properties to newly high standards. With its [...]
Beautiful Thing, Stratford East, review: the Heartstopper of the 1990s September 25, 2023 Beautiful Thing review and star rating: ★★★★ It’s a dangerous game, hauling up relics from the past and refashioning them for contemporary tastes, especially when the subject matter is this sensitive and ever-changing. Beautiful Thing was a 1993 play that was adapted for the screen in 1996 about two teenage boys who fell for one [...]
London Film Festival’s new director shares five films she’s excited about September 24, 2023 Kristy Matheson is the BFI London Film Festival’s new Director. She replaces Tricia Tuttle who spent five years in the role. Matheson previously held the title of Creative Director at the Edinburgh International Film Festival and before moving to the UK in 2021, she held the directorship at the ACMI, Australia’s museum of screen culture. [...]
Six top car hire tips from a car rental expert at Sixt September 23, 2023 Hiring a car can be stressful, especially when there’s so much choice. But there are a few simple things you can do to make car hire simpler on your next trip. We spoke to Jamie Holt, Operations Director at Sixt, to find out their top tips for car hire in London, from the type of [...]
Gazumping and you: How to avoid being gazumped on your dream home September 22, 2023 Moving house is rated as one of the top three stressful events in life, alongside death and divorce, heaven forbid. Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse, along trundles the devilish duo of gazumping and gazundering. Derived from the Yiddish word “gazumph” (to overcharge or cheat) these twin horsemen of the property apocalypse [...]
Dawn French at the London Palladium: Seven things we learned September 22, 2023 Dawn French has more nights at the London Palladium this month and in October Dawn French’s new stand-up show, Dawn French is a Huge Twat, had its London premiere at the Palladium last night, marking the first of a string of dates in capital for the 65-year-old. The two-hour show features adorable anecdotes from throughout [...]
A Year in a Field is a profound documentary about the beauty of nature September 22, 2023 It takes a bold filmmaker to truly make you stop and think about the world. Filmed between the Winter Solstices of 2020 and 2021, when the world was forced to be still, Christopher Morris filmed Boscowen Ros, a 4,000-year-old stone monolith for his ruminative new documentary, A Year in a Field. He observes the areas [...]
Expend4bles: Sly Stallone gets the gang back together again, again, again September 22, 2023 In 2010, two years before Marvel made the crossover movie mainstream, Sylvester Stallone started up his own shared universe. The Expendables gave nostalgic action fans the chance to see Sly share the screen with former rivals including Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis, even passing the mantle on to whippersnapper Jason Statham. It was a huge [...]
