Miriam Margoyles Vogue interview: The 5 best bits June 14, 2023 This Morning stalwart, Harry Potter icon and general outspoken telly fave Miriam Margoyles has spoken to Vogue for Pride Month and the interview is predictably colourful, but wonderfully touching too. All sorts of stories and revelations feature in the wide-ranging interview, so we thought we’d share our favourite parts. Below are the five best moments [...]
Lahpet restaurant review: Forget Dishoom, this is the Covent Garden restaurant to book June 14, 2023 Covent Garden can be a nightmare when you’re hungry. It’s either the same place you’ve been a million times or a punt on somewhere new that’ll probably not have enough staff and a queue out the door. Our advice is to swerve the never-ending line at Dishoom (where do they all come from? Don’t they [...]
Burnt Faith: A cool new brandy distillery in Walthamstow June 13, 2023 When you imagine a Cognac distillery – if you imagine one at all – it’s probably a bucolic scene set around the rolling vineyards of the French countryside. It is almost certainly not a commercial estate in Walthamstow. But thanks to Burnt Faith, that’s exactly what you can now find at the rapidly-expanding Blackhorse Road [...]
‘Completely unique’: Roman mausoleum unearthed near Borough Market and London Bridge June 13, 2023 Archaeologists have discovered remains from a “completely unique” Roman mausoleum just a stone’s throw from Borough Market and London Bridge station. At The Liberty of Southwark site, owned by Landsec, experts have uncovered the walls and interior flooring of a mausoleum, a type of Roman funeral monument. In the middle of the floor is a [...]
National Take Your Dog to Work Day: When it is and how to get involved June 13, 2023 National Take Your Dog to work day is fast approaching, coming up in the UK on Friday 23 June. Established in 2014 by pet product company HOWND®, this year money raised by the initiative will be donated to three charities, All Dogs Matter, Animals Asia and Surge Sanctuary. If you’d like to get involved by donating [...]
Volkswagen Grand California review: A holiday in Hotel California June 13, 2023 The Volkswagen Grand California 600 is a family-sized bus that’s more ‘glamper’ than camper. Tim Pitt goes on a summer holiday.
London Concours celebrates 50 years of Porsche RS cars June 13, 2023 London Concours marked the 50th anniversary of Rennsport with a dazzling display of 50 RS-badged Porsche sports cars.
Forget the Parthenon – Why alternative Athens is a must June 12, 2023 Away from the historical monuments, Ash Hiden gets to grips with Athens’ vibrant food and drink scene You will want to see the Parthenon. I get it. The imposing temple on the hill of the Acropolis serves as an ancient advertisement for Athens, stamping your mental passport like a marble version of the Hollywood Sign. [...]
Bob Dylan documentary Shadow Kingdom is a portrait of rare genius June 12, 2023 Geniuses never do what we want them to: if they did, they’d be just like us. There’s recompense for the dismay we sometimes feel at the trajectory of our heroes. After the initial confusion comes comprehension, forgiveness, and awe – followed by amnesia about the traversal of that progression. Soon you forget why you ever [...]
Five amazing moments from Kite Festival 2023 June 12, 2023 The charming and idyllic Kite Festival of music and ideas, which ran for the second time this weekend, is well worth a visit. But for an ‘ideas’ festival, the line-up was overwhelmingly white “I never thought I’d be sharing a line-up with Michael Gove,” admitted the musician Lynks on Saturday night, playing a high-tempo set [...]