What are Londoner’s Favourite Views in the World?
words Alan Woods It’s no secret that a great view can really make a difference to the cost of your home. But, if you’re a homeowner and you’re wanting a better view from your property, you’ll have to pay a premium (plus all the fees associated with moving)....
BAFTA Screenwriters Lecture Series 2016 – Interview with screenwriter Jeremy Brock
words Paul Risker “I sort of feel that it is a battle that has to go on being fought” – Screenwriter Jeremy Brock on the BAFTA Screenwriters Lecture Series 2016. In the glorious artistic medium known as cinema, the writer has become subjugated to the director as...
Antwerp guide – Belgium’s second city, takes the spotlight
Antwerp guide - Belgium's second city, takes the spotlight - words Lawrence Hunt The spotlight’s been hot on Brussels lately. But if you’re sick of hearing about our continental problems, go a little further and spend a long weekend in Antwerp, Flanders’ thriving,...
Buttocks Out – When bottoms in art take centre stage
words Frederick Harris For those who like bottoms in art, and I make a somewhat rash assumption that this category includes every sensible and well-adjusted individual, this Monday just gone was a day of supreme excitement. The shortlist for the Turner Prize was...
Meet Mussel Men, Dalston’s swashbuckling seafood restaurant
Words: Lawrence Hunt The story of Mussel Men’s founder starts like any good seafaring shanty-tale. Robin Dunlop spent his youth clambering up and down the Scottish coastal crags of his uncle's oyster and mussel farms, overcoming his gag reflex and coming to love the...
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
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 beautiful sunshine, swans, a sunburn risk and hordes...
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,...