Mark your calendars, folks. The National Portrait Gallery is reopening on 22nd June 2023 after a mega refurbishment. For the first time in almost three years, The National Portrait Gallery, which sits just off Trafalgar Square, will open up its doors to art lovers and culture seekers alike, showing off its brand-new multi-million pound makeover. …
Book lovers, rejoice! Ivo van Hove’s adaptation of A Little Life is coming to London’s West End. Here’s what we know so far. In news that physically made us squeal, Hanya Yanahigara’s emotional (and that’s putting it lightly) novel, A Little Life, is coming to London’s West End early next spring. James Norton – you …
Who knew one alley in London could be the subject of so much smut? Carting Lane has it in buckets. Literally. London’s streets have a lot of history – much of it obscured by the centuries, and many of it built on layers of even older history like the foundations of the city itself. There’s …
Boo! One of London’s longest running shows is to close it’s curtains for the final time in March. Much-loved show, The Woman in Black, is to close after 33 years of running. That’s with a whopping record of more than 13,000 shows, and a journey that began on a stage in Scarborough in 1987. Here’s …
Discover why you need to snag yourself a reservation at Farzi Cafe – read our full review now. Within a hundred metres of Farzi Cafe you’ve got enough good restaurants to pose a hell of a dining conundrum. In fact, Fallow can literally be seen from its doorway. But none of this stops Farzi Cafe …
The founders of Frieze magazine opened their own restaurant and it’s a good reminder of what cooking can be. Check out our review of Toklas. You might have heard of Frieze before. They run a hyper-successful, annual fair of contemporary art, and a magazine on the same subject. In what could be an admirable attempt …
The NoMad Hotel has opened a subterranean cocktail bar with much to be excited about in the food and drink menus, and even the history. Here’s our review. We’ve been fans of the NoMad since it opened last year. It seems that everything they do has a sort of charm and grace to it that …
Get ready to celebrate all things Japanese this week in London at the UK’s largest Japanese festival – Japan Week. From the 26th of October until the 1st of November the capital will be graced with a whole host of events championing Japanese food, drink, and culture. The Japan Week Festival is collaborating with Lexus …
The Fourth Plinth sits on a corner of Trafalgar Square, not so hidden and in plain sight – but how much do you know about it? Time to delve deeper… Only a foolish person would ever claim that Trafalgar Square is one of the city’s hidden gems. Although millions of people pass through the square …
Art lovers, unite. 1-54, the biggest contemporary African art fair is back in London this October and there’s plenty on the palette. Get ready for performances, monumental sculptures, talks with artists, performances, monumental sculptures and a whole lotta beautiful art. Dedicated to art from Africa and its diaspora, 1-54 returns to Somerset House from the …
