Benihana Restaurant – Japanese teppan yaki dining in the heart of London
Benihana Restaurant – Japanese teppan yaki dining in the heart of London - words Kat Amos Japanese restaurant, Benihana, has an unusual history. Its founder, ‘Rocky’ (or Hiroaki Aoki), b.1938, son of a Samurai descendent and restaurateur, was a professional wrestler....
Writer/Director Martin Radich on his latest film film ‘Norfolk’
Writer/Director Martin Radich on his latest film film Norfolk - words Paul Risker Norfolk is the sophomore feature of writer/director Martin Radich that sees the filmmaker forge a bond between this and his 1998 debut feature Crack Willow. While the latter looks to the...
London Fashion Week Videos – Best of the collections
Catch the latest from London Fashion Week in our video collection of favourites as they happen! Watch the latest from New York Fashion Week here.
Interview with Elliot Grove founder of Raindance Film Festival
Interview with Elliot Grove founder of Raindance Film Festival - words Paul Risker Elliot Grove is the founder of the Raindance Film Festival. Launched in 1993 the festival has grown into the largest independent film festival in Europe. In its storied history,...
High Timber, the home of South African steak
Words: Chris Zacharia Reputations can be misleading. South Africa, for instance, is known more for the quality of its wine than for its food. Judging by the dishes on offer at High Timber, a classy South African restaurant on the shores of the Thames, that isn’t the...
Interview with Ryan Bonder on his film ‘The Brother’
Interview with Ryan Bonder on his film The Brother - words Paul Risker Filmmaker Ryan Bonder describes his sophomore feature The Brother (2016) as a story about, “reinvention and trying to escape your past to find a new way of living.” If a film is storytelling one...
Rogue Artists Studios Manchester will rise again
Rogue Artists Studios, one of the largest studio groups in the North, is facing closure after 21 years in Manchester’s city centre. With a new wave of property speculation and a diminishing stock of affordable workshop space, grass roots artistic production is under...
Inn the Park – Bringing out the best of late summer
Inn The Park, St James’ Park - Words Kayleigh Tanner The last time I was in St James’s Park, it was an exceptionally grey, drizzly November afternoon. Grey squirrels, grey pigeons, grey water, grey concrete. Thoroughly depressing. In contrast, my last visit involved...
The Ryebeck Hotel – A food lover’s getaway on the banks of Lake Windermere
The Ryebeck Hotel - A food lover's getaway on the banks of Lake Windermere - words Lee Taylor The Ryebeck Hotel, on the banks of Lake Windermere, is in an extraordinary position overlooking the lake with gardens that roll down towards the water's edge. The Ryebeck is...
The Art of Life at Chateau St Pierre de Serjac, Languedoc
The Art of Life at Chateau St Pierre de Serjac, Languedoc region - words Abigail Blasi The southerly French province of Languedoc is one of those places where you go and the sky is bigger, wider, brighter. On arrival, the clouds look like a Renaissance painting,...
Could Brexit break the British film industry?
Two of the most successful independent films of 2015 were British-made. BBC Films’ The Lady in the Van and Film4 Productions’ Carol each grossed around $40 million on budgets of $6 million and $11 million respectively. The Lady in the Van was critically acclaimed, and...
Japanese and Peruvian? UNI’s fusion feast raises eyebrows
Japanese and Peruvian? UNI's fusion feast raises eyebrows - words Chris Zacharia At first glance, some combinations don’t make sense UNI, a restaurant in London's Victoria, serve a Japanese and Peruvian fusion cuisine, known as ‘Nikkei’. With a large Japanese...
St. Lucia Jazz Festival – Kool & the Gang light up an island
Look up St. Lucia on Google Maps and all you can see is a small island in the Caribbean that looks like it’s being bullied by its neighbours, Martinique, Bermuda and Saint Vincent. Flip it to satellite mode and what you see is a lush green blob haunted by wisps of...
Into the Deep Woods – Manchester exhibition explores the forest
Into the Deep Woods - Artists explore the forest in this Manchester exhibition - words Robin Evans In collaboration with a-space in Switzerland, PAPER presents this latest Manchester exhibition Into the Deep Woods. Drawing inspiration from the interpretation of the...
Why it’s time you tried diving in the Maldives
Why it's time you tried diving in the Maldives - Chris Zacharia I’m floating through the water when a boulder-sized rock beneath me begins to move. Startled, I struggle to turn my body around in the water. As the rock continues to rise, I notice two pairs of...