French food blogger Géraldine Leverd has made it her mission to teach others how to make home cooked meals using French cooking methods. In The New French Kitchen, Géraldine demystifies French cooking with delectable yet easy-to-make recipes that have a little twist, or as they say, je ne sais quoi. So say au revoir to […]
Dance Review: Staatsballett Berlin
Berlin is a very lucky city for its vast, colourful and accessible cultural landscape. One pillar of this is the Staatsballett Berlin. New artistic director Christian Spuck started the season 2023/2024 with his work, the fabulous BOVARY, based on Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert. With his prima ballerina Weronika Frodyma as his muse and collaborateur […]
The UK’s Favourite Flavours
A new study reveals that cheddar cheese is the nation’s favourite flavour, beating curry, bacon and chocolate – even 81 percent say that an adventurous palate is a big attraction in a partner. Researchers polled Brits, asking them to vote for the tastes which bring them the most pleasure, with the sharp tang of a […]
Gini in a Bottle – Bombay Sapphire’s Limited Edition Cinched Waist Glassware
Thomas Heatherwick has released a sculptural glassware collection with Bombay Sapphire gin. The limited-edition set includes one of three gin and tonic glasses and a standard-sized gin bottle (£69.99). To mark the 10-year anniversary of the distillery at Laverstoke Mill, this exclusive gift set features a limited-edition Bombay Sapphire bottle design and a gin […]
Review Food and Drink: Dining Out in Montreal Canada
You’ll be spoilt for choice in Montreal if you love French-inspired bistro-resto / brasserie style food. Plus you’ll love the people – being a restaurant host here is a thing of pride. You’ll get great staff at both these restaurants reviewed, all the way through from a glad-handing maître d’ to the junior who recites […]
Theatre Review: Why Am I So Single?
This from the creators of SIX, Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss’s new fancy musical is loosely based on their own lives. ‘Oliver and Nancy’, not their real names, are played by Jo Foster and Leesa Tulley. There are plenty of other musical theatre jokes in there for a lively young audience who are whooping and […]
VOILA! THEATRE FESTIVAL 2024
After 10 years at The Cockpit, Voila! Theatre Festival relaunches in November 2024 as an umbrella festival with performances taking place in nine venues across London. Voila! is a place for artists to take risks, present a new piece of work, tour to a new audience, or translate a play into a new language. At […]