Peckham judged the world’s eleventh coolest neighbourhood September 18, 2019 “This time next year we’ll be in the top ten” Peckham has been named the world’s eleventh coolest neighbourhood in the 2019 Time Out Index. The south London hotspot may still be more globally famous for the antics of Del Boy and Rodney but a new generation of chefs, baristas and bartenders are turning it [...]
DEBATE: London Fashion Week is drawing to a close, but does fast fashion stand up to ethical scrutiny? September 17, 2019 London Fashion Week is drawing to a close, but does fast fashion stand up to ethical scrutiny? Bill Wirtz, senior policy analyst at the Consumer Choice Center, says YES. Every few weeks, there is a new environmentalist quest to ban something that consumers like. While activists in the UK are protesting “fast fashion”, their German [...]
How to invest in Veganism September 16, 2019 | City Talk We have a look at how companies are responding to the rise in veganism and explain how investors and traders can capitalise as people around the world begin to reduce their meat intake and consume more plant-based alternatives. Many food products are naturally friendly to vegans, like vegetables, which means the vegan market is already [...]
Downton Abbey film review: If you’re a fan of period dramas, this may be your Avengers September 13, 2019 Four years on from the final episode, Downton Abbey returns for more nostalgia and vicarious luxury. It’s 1927, and the reason for our return is the arrival of King George V and Queen Mary to the big house. This impending brush with royalty causes no end of chaos among the Downton residents, with the upstairs [...]
A Very Expensive Poison at the Old Vic review: A rare breed of play from the creator of Enron September 13, 2019 Part love story, part police procedural, part political satire, A Very Expensive Poison gleefully defies categorisation. Recounting the final days of Russian dissident Alexander Litvenenko, it takes a dark and complex subject and turns it into an utterly engrossing, formally experimental romp that wears its close to three hour run-time with surprising alacrity. Loosely based [...]
William Blake at Tate Britain review: A trip into the mind of a true revolutionary artist September 13, 2019 William Blake isn’t just an artist, he’s a figure almost as mythical as those he committed to paper, a part of the pop culture lexicon whose influence extends far beyond the works he left behind. He was famously plagued by phantasms: strange, demonic creatures that inspired his most iconic works. They appeared to him throughout [...]
New builds: Properties on the market in London this week, from Nine Elms penthouses to Spitalfields family homes September 13, 2019 Battalion Court, Woolwich From £343,000 for a one-bed This Saturday, Bellway is launching a new show home at its Battalion Court development in Woolwich. The homes are perfectly placed for buyers looking to take advantage of the Crossrail effect, with nearby Woolwich station set to open in 2020. One, two and three-bed apartments are available [...]
Focus on: Living by the River Thames September 13, 2019 Every September, the River Thames plays host to the Totally Thames festival; a month-long event which sees it taken over by art installations, history tours and performances. It’s a chance for Londoners to reconnect with the body of water that provides the backdrop to our daily lives, and make the most of some of the [...]
Interiors: This on-trend shade could be the next millennial pink September 13, 2019 When Dulux launched its colour of the year 2019 – spiced honey – a sense of weirdness descended. I have yet to see walls painted in this cloying bronzy-tan. Yet with the launches for colour of the year 2020 upon us (from the likes of Dulux, Farrow & Ball, Graham & Brown and Pantone) there [...]
Purezza review: The UK’s first plant-based pizzeria is also its best September 11, 2019 Though it sounds like it might be a hand soap, Purezza is in fact the UK’s first plant-based pizzeria, with a branch in Brighton and a new opening in Camden. To prove it’s not just for vegans, the restaurant handily won top prize at this year’s World Pizza Championship in Italy (it’s a thing), with [...]