New James Bond story will focus on London and King Charles’ Coronation March 31, 2023 Ian Fleming productions has announced a new James Bond story will be released to coincide with King Charles’ Coronation in May. The story will be called On His Majesty’s Secret Service, following on from the original Ian Fleming novel, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. The new story will be written by Charlie Higson, who has [...]
BBC Earth Experience: Children and adults will love this 360 degree encounter with giant hairy bisons March 31, 2023 When the BBC decided to site their Earth Experience in Earl’s Court it must have been aware of the interesting juxtaposition of building a tribute to the natural world in the middle of what is largely a building site. But with London space at a premium, this is what it is, and finding a venue [...]
London bar where Paul O’Grady became famous as Lily Savage pays touching tribute to late star March 30, 2023 The Royal Vauxhall Tavern, one of the gay bars where Paul O’Grady became famous performing as his drag persona Lily Savage, has paid tribute to the star, who died suddenly two days ago. The Royal Vauxhall Tavern is a historic LGBT bar, where there are nightly live cabaret performances. O’Grady performed here in the 1980s [...]
Where will I buy my knickers now? How closure of M&S Fenchurch Street will be lamented by City shoppers of all ages March 30, 2023 The Marks and Spencer store on Fenchurch Street, on the corner of Gracechurch Street, is set to close on Friday 31 March. The store, which has been one of the City’s remaining department stores since the closure of the nearby House of Fraser on the corner of King William Street in 2018. Marks and Spencer [...]
Tetris movie is a surprisingly slick thriller about the iconic game March 30, 2023 Whatever your level of video game experience, chances are you have played Tetris. The most adapted video game of all time found success in the early 90s and has been available on virtually every platform – latterly including mobile phones, ever since. Simple to learn but fiendishly tricky to master, the story of how it [...]
Dungeons & Dragons Honour Among Thieves review: An unlikely hit March 30, 2023 Whether it’s the elastic nature of the game, or just bad filmmaking, Dungeons & Dragons has resisted a quality screen adaptation. The 2000 fantasy film of the same name is notoriously bad, and its two straight-to-DVD sequels are even worse. However, a boom in the IP’s popularity and namechecks in shows including Critical Role and [...]
Bake Off’s Prue Leith: Why I’m simulating sex on London stage March 30, 2023 Bake Off’s Prue Leith tells Adam Bloodworth about her latest work, a riotously funny one-woman show Just last month, Prue Leith was on This Morning talking about libido enhancers for the overeighties. Her husband, sat in the audience, was asked whether he’d like Leith to take some herself. “Don’t give her anymore!” he said, as [...]
Scream is back with more self-referential slashing March 29, 2023 After the success of Creed III, it’s time to return to another franchise to another franchise that successfully rebooted. The fifth Scream movie, confusingly titled Scream, was released last year and became a surprise hit with its mix of old faces and new stars. It wasn’t quite up to the standard of the original but [...]
The Ninth in Fitzrovia reopens and it’s as good as it ever was March 29, 2023 When my boss’s boss asked me to recommend a place to eat for a big anniversary – “somewhere like River Cafe or The Square” – he looked sceptical when I suggested a neighbourhood restaurant in Fitzrovia. Thankfully he loved it, so I’m still here to bang on about what a great restaurant The Ninth is. [...]
Bre Graham: My Italian prawn and pistachio tagliolini recipe March 29, 2023 This recipe is an extract from Table for Two, the new cookbook from Bre Graham There is a pathway that runs along the coast of the Ligurian Sea, near the Italian city of Genoa, named after Anita Garibaldi, a Brazilian republican revolutionary and wife of Giuseppe Garibaldi. It is said to be one of the [...]