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Artistic Homage at the Saatchi Gallery

emilyprince_thumb I cannot urge you enough to see for yourself this extraordinary homage to the human sacrifice that has been made by our fellow man. more...

Lord of the Rings

sl_jewelery2_thumb Shaun Leane is to jewelry what Arthur Rimbaud was to poetry, Pablo Picasso to 20th-century art, Marlon Brando to the acting world....at least, that’s what the Delphic figures of high-fashion would have you believe. Sotheby’s, London’s leading auction house, has honoured his work with the epithet ‘antiques of the future’ while Alexander McQueen considers him a virtuoso of the art-form, collaborating with him for over 15 years to create some of the most iconic pieces to ever grace the female form. more...

The Rake’s Progress

rake_thumb The Royal Opera House's revival of Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress, with libretto by WH Auden and Chester Kallman and directed by Robert Lepage, met with mixed reviews on its first production in 2008, but this confident revival shows that any initial difficulties have been more than dealt with. more...

A True Sicilian Promise

caponata_thumb Three cheers for the excellent Caponata, a superb neighbourhood Italian restaurant that sits on the site of the late, lamented Cafe Delancey, but offers an altogether different culinary experience. more...

…To See Such Fun

littledog_thumb The Little Dog Laughed, Douglas Carter Beane's caustic satire on the sex lives and ensuing hypocrisies of the Hollywood machine, was not a huge success on its American premiere in 2005, perhaps because its broad but caustic swipes were too close to the bone. An altogether kinder reception awaits it in London, if the rapturous audience reception is anything to go by. more...

A Very Modern Pantry

modern_thumb Anna Gordon, the guiding light between Clerkenwell's The Modern Pantry, has an extremely impressive track record in her time in the kitchen; so impressive, in fact, that it's something of a surprise that she isn't as well known as other female trailblazers such as Angela Hartnett and Thomasina Miers. more...

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