This Friday is the anniversary of Hair opening on Broadway, James Cook arriving at Botany Bay, and 6 years since Syria pulled out of Lebanon...

My sister has a retired racing greyhound . He's an absolute darling. She got him earlier this year from Whittingham Kennels just north ...

26th April sees the start of this Sony sponsored festival happening at Somerset House . As well as exhibitions of the winning photos there...

I was recently commenting how women's shoes these days are so varied and OTT, going higher and higher and sillier and siller by the day ...

Yesterday saw the start of a new Saturday market. It's specifically set up for designer/makers and I was interested to go and check it ...

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I've been reading Time Out for decades and get it delivered every week. I use it mostly for its art, exhibitions and films listings, plu...

This morning I went along to the Science Museum for the Press Launch of " James Watt and our world ". Adam Hart-Davis left his ...

Last night I went to the Royal Albert Hall to watch the recording of Radio 3's Big Red Nose Show which will be aired this Friday eve fr...

I decided on the way home that I wasn't going to bother writing about this. But then I noticed the artist whose work is on show there is...

This Saturday 12th March I'll be at Spitalfields where I'll have a stall selling my clay pipe jewellery . Please do come down and sa...

Hello, my names's Jane, and I'm in Stripes. Or is it... I'm a Stripe?. Oh I dunno. Whatever it is, it's a Cadbury's thi...

Has anybody else noticed the excessive amount of make-up being worn by young girls these days? Does the foundation they buy come with a free...

Oh gawd, today is that consumer-fest that is Valentine's day. It used to be a day for letting someone know that you fancied them. But no...

A while back I put together a collection of strange pub pairings . Well, last weekend I went to the wonderful Fox and Anchor and supped a f...

I have quite a few photos of old fire alarm bells . I was initially interested in the logos and typography, and the texture of the rusty ol...

I was going to put off writing about this for a while but having just read Ossian Ward's review in this week's Time Out I just had...

Last week I noticed a wonderful shop old sign that's been revealed during renovations on an old corner shop in Caledonian Road . I manag...

I have just heard that Hanway Street, that handy cut-through from TottCtRd to Oxford Street, is under threat from a retail giant. It seems ...

Up until this week I'd never been inside the Great Eastern Hotel at Liverpool Street. I'd always meant to wander in and have a snoop...

Time for an embarrassing confession. I've known Chris for a few years now. I have been on a couple of his walking tours. The man is a ...

And that's a bloody compliment! I went to see his stand-up show last Friday night at the Leicester Square Theatre . He was relentless......

It seems I am not alone in my fascination for coal hole covers . I was recently contacted by Maria Vlotides regarding a book about a publi...

For those of you feeling fit (note I didn't say 'us') you might like to take part in a charity event organised by Shelter where...

It's that time of year again when Islington's Building Design Centre is packed full of lovely things (and bad things and over-pric...