Monthly Archives: December 2017
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Nordic Cafes in the Christmas Countdown (Restaurants)
Posted in: Features, Food & Dining, ReviewsThe Nordic nations of Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland are known for celebrating the festive season with that unique Scandinavian flavour, so a December visit to their London eateries will be that bit special. There’s the Scandinavian Kitchen in Great Titchfield Street, W1, Curious Yellow Kafe, Old Street and Nordic Bakeries in Covent Garden, Soho, […]
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Cook For Syria Pop-Up Restaurant, Covent Garden
Posted in: Food & Dining, HighlightsTHE COOK FOR SYRIA campaign has now become a global movement to raise funds to alleviate the greatest humanitarian crisis of modern times. The Syrian war recently reached an important juncture with the withdrawal of Russian troops but the conflict continues. All money raised by these pop-up restaurants will be given to the Unicef Children […]
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DEC 19: On this day in 1843 Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol Published
Posted in: Books, FeaturesThe full title of this novella was A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost-Story of Christmas and was Dickens’ third Christmas themed-story, this being the longest but taking only six weeks to write. He was inspired to write it after a visit to Field Lane, Ragged School in London, which was a charitable institution […]
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Royal Court Theatre Reaching Out to Northern Writers
Posted in: Drama & Theatre, HighlightsLondon theatre the Royal Court is reaching beyond the capital to find the next generation of writers from Northern England and will be working with Northern Stage and New Writing North. If you’ve lived in the North West, Yorkshire or the North East for at least two years you would have qualified for the submission […]
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Film)
Posted in: Movies & TV Shows, ReviewsWhether you’re a Star Wars old timer who believes that there’s been nothing to touch A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi or a Gareth Edwards or J.J Abrams fan, you’ll soon agree on one thing – The Last Jedi has made the franchise a Force to be reckoned with […]
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Is 50 Too Old to Be an Artist? Constable Would Turner in His Grave
Posted in: Galleries & Museums, Highlights, Shows & ExhibitionsJust as the Turner Prize hit its thirties it suddenly got all age-conscious and decided being older isn’t such a bad thing after all. It was established in 1984 and was named after British landscape painter J.M.W Turner who was a bit of a whizz kid himself – elected as a full member of the […]
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What’s Hot London? Magazine December London Zone 1-2 Distribution Schedule!
Posted in: PromotionsWhat’s Hot London? magazine is free and the December issue is now available for pick up at one of these distribution areas outside London zone 1 -2 tube stations. Magazine available at these distribution points today: Camden Town High Street Kensington Soho/Tottenham Court Rd 1.00pm Oxford Circus Piccadilly Leicester Square Westminster London Bridge Shoreditch Schedule […]
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The 2020 Vision of London as a Smart City
Posted in: HighlightsThe race to make London a fully Smart City by 2020 When the ‘Smart’ word first entered our terminology during the digital age, it commonly described the technological capabilities and connectivity of our watches, wearables, and gadgets. Its meaning has taken on new power as our capital city embraces an era of artificial intelligence and […]
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Mandelbrot the Magnificent (Book)
Posted in: Books, ReviewsAuthor Liz Ziemska describes herself as a ‘writer of slightly strange fiction’ and her latest book, steeped in the wonders of complex mathematics and the snatched innocence of childhood, holds true to this. Set in a Jewish community in Warsaw, Poland, six-year-old Benoit lives a comfortable life with his dentist mother, tailor father and younger […]
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