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Code Builder: A robotic choreography by Mamou-Mani at Sir John Soane’s Museum

Walking through the extraordinary sculpture gallery of the Sir John Soane’s Museum in the mysterious morning twilight, an incongruous sound can be heard from...

Nine Night at Trafalgar Studios

Cyprus Hill at Brixton Academy

Mowgli

Asia de Cuba in Covent Garden: Complex and colourful Chino-Latino cuisine

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Movie review
Sorry to Bother You
★★★★★

The pitfalls of corporate America are hilariously lampooned in rapper/writer/director Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother...

Catherine Sedgwick
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Movie review
The Old Man and the Gun
★★★★★

Up-and-coming American director David Lowery, best known for last year’s metaphysical drama A Ghost Story, has...

Selina Begum
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Movie review
Mowgli
★★★★★

It was 2012 when pre-production work began on Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle. London was...

Guy Lambert
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Movie review
Disobedience
★★★★★

“Is Man an afterthought,” asks the Rabbi as Disobedience begins, “or God’s crowning achievement?” This opening...

Victoria Ferguson

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Theatre
Nine Night at Trafalgar Studios
★★★★★

Newly transferred from The National Theatre, Nine Night tells the story of a grieving inter-generational West...

Selina Begum 7^th December
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Theatre
A Christmas Carol at the Old Vic
★★★★★

Dickens’s classic Yuletide ghost story, A Christmas Carol, is on at The Old Vic in...

Catherine Sedgwick 7^th December
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Theatre
Aladdin at Hackney Empire
★★★★★

Aladdin might just be the best a pantomime can get. There’s nothing stale about Hackney...

Jim Compton-Hall 6^th December
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Theatre
Hole at the Royal Court Theatre
★★★★★

Even at an hour, Hole, the debut from Game of Thrones‘ Ellie Kendrick, is stretched...

Connor Campbell 6^th December

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Food & Drinks
Asia de Cuba in Covent Garden: Complex and colourful Chino-Latino cuisine
★★★★★

Nestled within the luxurious five-star interiors of St Martins Lane Hotel, Asia de Cuba first...

Ezelle Alblas 4^th December
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Food & Drinks
Kinilaw Buko in Hoxton: Filipino dishes made for East London
★★★★★

Perhaps not as happening as its neighbouring Shoreditch, Hoxton has still managed to hold its...

Alex Julie Woods 28^th November
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Food & Drinks
Dabbous’s Christmas pop-up Hideaway opens today in Burlington Arcade

Hideaway, a yuletide pop-up from Dabbous’s award-winning Hide restaurant and Hedonism Wines, has opened its...

The editorial unit 21^st November
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Food & Drinks
Holborn Dining Room: Pies and pudding heaven from a truly British brasserie
★★★★★

Located a stone’s throw away from the tube station, Holborn Dining Room finds its door...

Maria Barrios 19^th November

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Album review
Sir-Vere – Psychoballisticfunk
★★★★★

Describing themselves as “the living embodiment of the dance/rock revolution”, Sir-Vere finally bless the digital...

Michael Higgs 12^th October
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Album review
Lara Smiles – All for You
★★★★★

At times, you come across an emerging artist with such virtuosity, such mindbogglingly obvious skill,...

Michael Higgs 1^st October
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Album review
Miles Kane – Coup de Grace
★★★★★

Even though Miles Kane’s name is plastered on the front of Coup de Grace, he...

Regan Harle 23^rd August
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Album review
Treetop Flyers – Treetop Flyers
★★★★★

Many bands, after some initial success, fall into the trap of capturing a single mood,...

Michael Higgs 21^st August

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Happy holidays: Top destinations to explore this season

As the days get darker, we collectively festoon our houses in lights in an attempt to brighten...