We were lucky enough to be one of the first onboard new P&O vessel Britannia, the largest ever British cruise ship. The stats are awesome – it weighs in at 141,000 tons with capacity for over 3600 passengers, 1398 officers and crew and, at 1,082 ft, it’s longer than The Shard. It’s immense and beautiful. It’s modern luxury cruising with the emphasis […]
TRAVEL REVIEW: Insider’s Take on P&O Britannia
March 11, 2015 by 1 Comment
Seriously, I go to a lot of launches. But, wow, this one was the biggie. Alan Greenhalgh reports from the inaugural celebrations of P&O’s largest and newest cruise liner extraordinaire, Britannia. You’ll have seen the coverage over the news, read these pieces here Inside Look and here’s a review of the actual event. We got sneak peek […]
THEATRE REVIEW: Sea Wall with Andrew Scott at Dublin Theatre Festival
March 2, 2015 by 4 Comments
Facing the SEA WALL twice….. review by Sabine Koch I had the good fortune to see Andrew Scott live on stage last year in London for the Simon Stephens play BIRDLAND at the Royal Court Theatre. It was a wonderful experience, one of the best I had in a theatre – ever. So when I […]
Hakkasan Honours Chinese New Year Wishing Tree Tradition
February 13, 2015 by 1 Comment
For this Chinese New Year, Hakkasan, one of the top 50 restaurants in the world, is honouring the Chinese wishing tree tradition by offering a family feast and collecting written wishes from diners to hang on the lattice screens in the restaurant. The wish collection menu runs from Sunday 8th February to Sunday 1st March at £88.88 per head. Hakkasan’s […]
How to do the Berlinale – an insider’s tips
February 11, 2015 by 6 Comments
Some advice from a seasoned veteran on “How to do the Berlinale” It’s February in Berlin and that means The Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin, known as the Berlinale, and it’s dominating the face of my town writes Sabine Koch, guest contributor. During the 10 days of films, parties, markets you can get a glimpse of the world of […]
‘Dispute’ the world’s first live mediation theatre production
January 21, 2015 by Leave a Comment
A new theatre production that sees mediators resolving a dispute on stage between actors debuts at the Hen and Chickens Theatre, Highbury on February 18th. ‘Dispute’, the world’s first live mediation theatre production, sees improvising actors playing people locked in a range of compelling high-stakes real-world disputes. Between the two sides are two professional mediators […]
MOVIE PREVIEW: Wasp from debut director Philippe Audi-Dor and Blue Shadows Films
December 10, 2014 by 2 Comments
Love stings, and how! Wasp. A beautiful film set in the sun-soaked, insect and flower strewn Gordes in Provence. An old family house is opened up to a new summer with the two lovers and one of their friends. It’s evocative of the scents and sounds of a rural French retreat. Calm yet disturbing, where […]
Pachamama
December 5, 2014 by 1 Comment
A pink neon ‘A’ marks the spot. Confusingly so, for a new Peruvian-inspired restaurant called Pachamama. It’s a new incarnation on, let’s call it the lower slopes of Marylebone, Thayer Street. Founded by an anthropologist with an eye for branding and the chap who used to run the same spot when it was known as […]
Straight Up Yoghurt from The Collective
December 2, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The Collective has launched Straight Up, a thick, glossy, creamy and versatile live yoghurt that t1astes like yoghurt used to! I do remember yoghurt like this – as a student inter railing round Europe it was the cheapest (and most recogniseable) thing to buy from a Spar – a six pack of plain yoghurt. It had […]
POST POP: EAST MEETS WEST
November 25, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The Tsukanov Family Foundation and Saatchi Gallery present Post Pop: East Meets West, the first comprehensive exhibition examining why Pop Art, of all the twentieth century’s movements has had such a powerful influence over artists from world regions that had or still have very different and sometimes opposing ideologies. We were lucky to get invited to […]
