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Fashion Freak Show review: This thrillscape of wild costumes will delight die-hards

July 21, 2022

Men gyrating in neon yellow tutus, dancers proudly sporting red tubing as the only cover to their modesty, others teasing the crowd wearing Shakespearean ruffs extending the length of the body. And how could we forget the conical bras? French fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier’s vivid imagination is what helped him push past the crowd [...]
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck In Time review: A fascinating portrait of genius

July 21, 2022

Fascination with the life and work of Kurt Vonnegut, the celebrated author of science-fiction novel Slaughterhouse-Five, lives on well past his death fifteen years ago. And duly, new documentary Unstuck In Time feels like it was conceived through adulation. A culmination of decades of work, filmmaker Robert B Weide was initially approached by Vonnegut to [...]
The best new supercars to buy in 2022

July 21, 2022

Our pick of the best supercars you can buy, including the McLaren Artura, Porsche 911 GT3 and Lamborghini Huracan STO.
Exclusive with Jean Paul Gaultier: ‘Straight actors should be able to play gay roles’

July 21, 2022

It’s 9.30am and Jean Paul Gaultier is relentlessly turning over last night’s performance of ABBA Voyage. It’s far too hot for coffee so we’re sitting with a pair of orange juices and Gaultier is encouraging me to get stuck into the breakfast buffet. I politely decline because there are more important things at hand: discussing [...]
London’s hottest coffee: £50 Bugatti espresso wakes up Mayfair

July 21, 2022

Ettore’s Espresso Bar is part of the H.R. Owen Bugatti dealership in Mayfair. For £50, you can enjoy an espresso while ogling a new Chiron.
Trafalgar Square to host England Women’s Euro 2022 semi-final screening for 5,000 fans

July 21, 2022

Trafalgar Square is to host a huge screening party for England’s Women’s Euro 2022 semi-final next week. England reached the last four with a dramatic victory over Spain in extra-time last night. They will play Sweden or Belgium on Tuesday at 8pm in a match taking place at Bramall Lane in Sheffield. But Londoners will [...]
James Cochran, head chef at 12:51 on where to eat in London

July 21, 2022

James Cochran started his career at Wheelers Oyster Bar in Whitstable. Upon moving to London, he honed his talents in several Michelin-starred restaurants including The Ledbury and The Harwood Arms. He went on to run the kitchen at James Cochran EC3 before launching his first restaurant, 12:51, in 2018. He recently opened Valderrama’s bar in [...]
‘Sport and technology an inevitable crossover of present and future’

July 21, 2022

If you will insist on selling sport tickets that have to be scanned at the turnstile via your app, at least make sure that there’s enough 4G coverage for me to access mine. And don’t make the fallback an email proof of purchase when my mates – including the one who sorted our tickets – [...]
Wightman the latest in a long line of British 1,500m successes

July 20, 2022

In the 1950s it was Roger Bannister in the 1,500m; in the 1980s it was Steve Ovett, Sebastian Coe and Steve Cram dominating the global landscape of middle-distance track and field athletics. And this week, in 2022, it’s Jake Wightman, the 28-year-old three-and-three-quarters lap runner who secured gold at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon. [...]
Book your next private drinks party at the Omakase Bar at The Aubrey

July 20, 2022

Japanese bar and restaurant The Aubrey is hosting a new drinks tasting experience in its intimate, ‘by appointment only’ Omakase Bar. Literally translated as “I’ll leave it up to you”, omakase is a Japanese tasting menu where the chef prepares a series of striking dishes – sometimes but not always sushi. The Aubrey’s spin on [...]