Slave to the Rhythm: The Thread at Sadler’s Wells From the frenzies of Dionysus to the camp of ‘Strictly’ – bodies and minds delight in dance. Dance has the ability to transcend everyday experience, order and disorder, senses on fire; desire, passion, expression… We intuitively recognise the real thing – when we surrender to what […]
Romance Romance – Above The Stag Theatre – Review
Romance Romance, An LGBT Production at Above the Stag Theatre Don’t we all love a bit of Romance?…. I walked out on an absolute high after a charming evening of musical theatre in Vauxhall, at Above the Stag. It was my first visit to this great venue; an Off-West End theatre underneath the arches on […]
Nilaya Hermitage, Goa, India
Nilaya – an idyllic hotel retreat in the hills of Arpora: This year was my third visit to India. I have slowly fallen in love with this beautiful country (and who wouldn’t?) with its stunning beaches, bustling towns and cities bursting with activity and colour, not to mention the wonderfully hospitable and friendly people. Prior […]
WAITRESS at the Aldephi Theatre – Review
Broadway musical WAITRESS hits London’s West End: [social_warfare] On the eve of International Women’s Day, it was refreshing to see WAITRESS, a musical with such a strong all-female-led creative team light up the West End stage. Along with the writer, director, composer, musical director and choreographer, the show also boasts three women in its lead […]
Celebrate Holi Festival at Cinnamon Kitchen
Holi Holi Holi……the Indian festival of colour It’s Holi in the City time again – Cinnamon Kitchen’s House of HOLI Returns 6th – 21st March 2019. It’s the fifth year in a row that this fab event has taken place – I think we’ve been along most years! #HouseofHOLI returns to Cinnamon Kitchen in Devonshire […]
The Bull – Westfield’s New Look Pub
The Bull, the perfect post shop stop: As you may already have discovered, Westfield, Shepherds Bush is no ordinary shopping centre, it’s absolutely massive, even more so now with the new wing, housing John Lewis and other major stores. It really can feel quite overwhelming, so I find that after a shopping spree – footsore […]
Roulston & Young: Je Regrette! – Watermans Arts Centre, Brentford
Watermans’ Friday Night Live – Cabaret Time! Brentford in West London may seem a bit off the beaten track for some, but the Watermans Art Centre is ideally situated – just a stone’s throw from Kew Gardens, right on the banks of River Thames, with a wonderful view into the bargain. Parking is easy, or […]
ION-Sei Electric Toothbrush – #Review
ION-Sei Electric Toothbrush – Putting Toothpaste Manufacturers Out of Business: I have been in the possession of an electric toothbrush for some years now and much prefer it to a standard manual toothbrush. It does the job, but I still get persistent plaque and a fair amount of general wear and tear. As I have […]
Royal China Queensway- Review
Royal China London – Hong Kong style Chinese in London: Chinese New Year and the Year of the Pig will soon to be upon us and so, when we were invited, it seemed like a great idea to review London’s top Chinese restaurant group. Royal China London Group has six of the most authentic and prestigious […]
Frantic Assembly – The Unreturning review
The Unreturning at Theatre Royal Stratford East Frantic Assembly’s production of Anna Jordan’s fearless play lives up to its name in The Unreturning. What’s it like to dream of home, a return to familiarity and domesticity…community, family, friends? To long for comforts and details vivid in memory, realer-than-real? And then how is it to arrive, […]