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The Vaccines and Whenyoung at Alexandra Palace

The Vaccines celebrated a new LP with a nationwide tour, completed tonight at Alexandra Palace with support from Dream Wife and Whenyoung. The latter...

Chicago at Phoenix Theatre

Jim Compton-Hall

Hide in Mayfair: Dabbous raises the bar of informal fine dining with his new restaurant

Filippo L'Astorina, the Editor

ISelf Collection: Bumped Bodies at Whitechapel Gallery

Custody

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Movie review
Custody
★★★★★

“There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.” Xavier Legrand...

Emily Harrison
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Movie review
120 BPM (120 Beats per Minute)
★★★★★

Robin Campillo’s Cannes Grand Prix winner, 120 BPM (Beats per Minute), is a painful, fascinating, vibrant, moving...

Catherine Sedgwick
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Movie review
Love, Simon
★★★★★

Love, Simon tells the story of a closeted gay high-schooler (Nick Robinson). One day, on a...

Ed Edwards
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Movie review
Thoroughbreds
★★★★★

Everyone has that friend, the one who’s a bit dark and strange. The bleak nihilist...

Euan Franklin

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Theatre
Chicago at Phoenix Theatre
★★★★★

Chicago is a raucous American affair oozing with sex, crime and unadulterated fun. See the...

Jim Compton-Hall 19^th April
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Theatre
Tina: The Musical at Aldwych Theatre
★★★★★

Jukebox musicals are the fluffiest form of theatre. They’re the much-demeaned backbone of the West...

Connor Campbell 19^th April
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Theatre
The Encounter at the Barbican
★★★★★

Co-directors Simon McBurney and Kirsty Houseley’s The Encounter has already enjoyed a successful run at...

Aidan Milan 18^th April
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Theatre
Iliza Shlesinger Live at Queen Elizabeth Hall
★★★★★

“Is this a TED talk? am I doing a lecture?” asked Iliza Shlesinger as the...

Ella Navarro 18^th April

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Food & Drinks
London’s coffee revolution: How the scene has changed in the last ten years

The evolution of the coffee scene in recent years has been rapid and constant, and...

Mersa Auda 18^th April
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Food & Drinks
Hide in Mayfair: Dabbous raises the bar of informal fine dining with his new restaurant
★★★★★

Let’s start with the numbers: three floors, 100 items between all the menus, 35 chefs...

Filippo L'Astorina, the Editor 17^th April
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Food & Drinks
London Coffee Festival 2018: Things to see, drink and do

Every year, caffeine pilgrims and decaf disciples throng to the London Coffee Festival in the...

Daniel Amir 13^th April
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Food & Drinks
Dinner for Hamish: A charity dinner at Perilla with Phil Howard, Merlin Labron-Johnson, Gary Foulkes and Aaron Potter

On Monday 16 April Perilla Restaurant in Stoke Newington will host a one-off charity dinner...

The editorial unit 7^th April

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Album review
Vance Joy – Nation of Two
★★★★★

Australian singer-songwriter Vance Joy returns with his sophomore work Nation of Two, released on 23rd...

Mark Mukasa 5^th March
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Album review
Franz Ferdinand – Always Ascending
★★★★★

After 15 years, it feels like the good old Franz Ferdinand are back, as they...

Ella Navarro 23^rd February
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Album review
Noel Gallagher – Who Built the Moon?
★★★★★

Noel Gallagher – along with his brother Liam – has never been one for pushing boundaries. He...

Ed Barnes 12^th December
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Album review
Taylor Swift – Reputation
★★★★★

The old Taylor can’t come to the phone right now. Instead of letting the critics...

Laura Boyle 20^th November

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Myths of custom writing services busted

The Internet is full of myths, and most of them are not even worth busting, so crazy...