The area around King’s Cross station in north central London is a perpetual hive of activity. For example, the new Google HQ is under constructi...
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The Mortimer House Kitchen (at 37-41, Mortimer Street, London W1) is part of a swish private club, wellness centre and co-working premises in the hear...
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On the sixth page of editorial in the September issue of Vogue, which is actually on page 84 of the magazine she is guest-editing, Meghan Markle, aka ...
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Tonight sees the opening game of the new Premier League season, with Liverpool playing Norwich City at Anfield. The hosts are, of course, the current ...
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In his latest novel, the cover of which is shown on the home page, Ian McEwan enters the contemporary/future world of artificial intelligence by takin...
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Last week the Open Championship, the 148th edition of it, was held in Northern Ireland for the first time since 1951. Indeed, this was only the second...
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Last month my wife and I went to see a small retrospective (only 17 items in total) exhibition of the work of the American artist, Jeff Koons, at theÂ...
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Directed by Danny Boyle, written by Richard Curtis and with a soundtrack based on the songs of the world’s most legendary pop group, what could ...
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I have previously written about the Covent Garden restaurant Joe Allen, in a food blog in November 2015. This is about another Joe Allen, as shown in ...
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