Musical theatre gives me the shivers and I have no interest in watching Andrew Lloyd Webber find his Nancy. That being said, the only thing cold and perverse about the production of ‘Into the Woods’ at the Open Air Theatre in Regent’s Park was the mid-August wind and fine drizzle that briefly threatened to interrupt the performance. That the show went on – and that I wanted it to continue – is testament to the successful retelling of the Broadway hit, which is based on the book by James Lapine …

Fifty French Rock Chicks vs. One Restless Ron Arad

The two exhibitions currently open at the Barbican Centre prove one thing: birds spend their lives looking for the same thing as we do, an agreeable place to perch for momentary rest and recuperation. For their part, birds may take a more simple-minded approach to life, whereas we humans tend to complicate our existence with thoughts of legacy and making a lasting difference to our environment; but whether fowl or fellow, we are all fluttering from post to wire, tree to washing …

Change is blowing over to this side of the Atlantic, bringing with it a warm breeze, a spring clean and a change of scene, and in the midst of all of this blustery hot air, I recently found myself being carried back to the mainstay of conservative tradition: the V&A museum.
After a long hiatus, I revisited the museum in South Kensington to find that even the V&A, the keeper of global art and design spanning the last five millennia, has made a few alternations to its vast interior showcase. No, …

Words by JDG Chambers and images credited to Cynthia Chan
The trouble with late-night drinking in Shoreditch and the difference a few hours makes to New York’s Lower East Side.
The old lady of east London likes to be tucked up in bed by two a.m. Shoreditch, as the old lady likes to be called, leaves the late opening hours to her cousin across the pond.
To confuse matters, our politicians pass 24-hour licensing laws to abolish the binge-drinking race against last orders. We should be more continental, they tell us, take our …