Altitude 360, an amazing riverside venue, set on the 29th floor of the Millbank Tower, is now fully licensed to host the wedding of your dreams! With its stunning panoramic views of the London skyline and the capital’s most famous landmarks, including The London Eye, Houses of Parliament and Big Ben, it’s set to be top of all discerning wedding lists. With its chic, modern décor, the venue provides a blank canvas for a wedding day that will be like no other. Bright white marble floors and jet black leather furnishings are sure to set off your wedding […]
As part of the Mayor’s Thames Festival, Southwark Bridge is to be transformed into a communal ‘harvest supper’. The street party atmosphere is created by Clare Patey, who leads a team of artist to make over the bridge into a bunting clad magical extravaganzer. There is a wide range of activities on offer for all ages: the whole family can be entertained with apple bobbing from to helping to create the Beast of the Bridge… a beast shaped six metre long cake, which will be served up at 4pm! (Tim Mitchell) Although there are many Autumnal activities available such a […]
Such was my excitement at dining at Quilon, one of London’s finest Michelin starred Indian restaurant, I found myself committing the equivalent of gastronomical fraud in checking the menu before I’d even set foot in its stylish interior. As we sipped on our mango bellinis, I found myself smugly looking at my dining partner as she obviously struggled to choose from the plethora of delights on the menu. It turns out I needn’t have worried as our extremely attentive waiter offered us the opportunity to sample Chef Sriram Aylur’s finest instead of sticking to the traditional three courses. A complex […]
As another music festival ridden summer of love draws to a close don’t hang up your ‘I’m with the band’ t-shirt just yet. London’s bars and restaurants are playing to a groovy new beat and this autumn it’s all about the music. The Blues Kitchen, set to feed body and soul alike, is the latest venture from Steve Blonde and Riz Shaikh of Paradise and Old Queen’s Head fame. Open til late every night and until 3am at weekends, diners can expect an unrivalled selection of Rhythm & Blues with a storming line up of live bands featuring both new […]
Square your Balenciaga shoulder pads, there’s a new kid on the online fashion block and it means business. For too long, the web has been dominated by the likes of sales driven portals like Net-a-Porter while online versions of magazines such as Grazia have been slow to embrace the medium of web tv. So it’s been left to pop svengali Simon Fuller, whose collaboration with top fashionista and former Net-a-Porter buying director, Sojin Lee has spawned FASHIONAIR.com, an online-tv fashion hybrid set to overhaul our online wardrobes and radically change the way we engage with online retail. A beta version […]
Ever been in conflict with your conscious and a desire to plump out your wardrobe’s supply of shoes? Now there is the perfect excuse for both, TOMS! With the simple philosophy that ‘with every pair you purchase, TOMS will give a pair of new shoes to a child in need’. The TOMS’ one for one movement is the perfect solution to any good girl’s dilemma. Created in 2006 by an American traveller Blake Mycoskie, who wanted to help shoeless children to play and work safely. This original business model is taking the industry by storm. Since I stumbled across these […]
As it says in his bio on his website, Max Wiedemann is ‘an artist that has never seen the inside of an Art Academy.’ And I am sure there are a few art academies around that are wishing he had been one of their graduates. Wiedemann is a graffiti artist who is quickly making an impressive name for himself not only here in London but also in The States. He was recently mentioned on the popular Perez Hilton site for his paintings. His work focuses on societies deepening relationship with pop culture, media and consumerism and our ever growing […]
Sexy Hanover Square members club, Jalouse is holding a no holes barred showcase of its award-winning space on September 24th Expect stage performances, massage girls, fashion shows and exhibitions – all demonstrating how the club can be used to its full potential for private parties, groovy seminars, press and product launches and full-on catwalk extravaganzas. The club will also be showing off its expertise on the canapé and cocktail side too just in case there was any doubt! Jalouse won best new club at this year’s Club and Bar Awards and it’s easy to see why. The sumptuous […]
She use to be something only those in Notting Hill could enjoy or the lucky ones who managed to make it out of bed on a Saturday morning and up to Portobello market . But now the Cookie Girl is accessible to all. You can now buy her magical little wonders online. Actress turned baker, (this seems to be becoming a trend) became a legend of west London with many questioning her existance. Was it possible that someone could make cookies that were so greedily big, so misshapen, yet so good? It was true. If one was to wander down […]
If you thought ice cream was somehow slightly subversive … fat content … giving tongue … 9 1/2 /Weeks … you’d be right but they ain’t got nothing on The Icecreamists! The brand’s new guerilla installation is coming to Selfridges’ Ultralounge from Sept 10th to Nov 1st and the subterranean establishment promises to be deliciously seditious right down to the last lick. Presided over by self appointed, Master of Cool Innovation, entrepreneur and provocateur, Matt O’Connor, the “God Save The Cream” (think sex and pistols) themed ice cream and entertainment concept boutique serves up a mind-bending array […]
