November 2009
13 posts
The Metrotwin 15 – Sharon Florin →
We’re back once again with the Metrotwin 15, and this time it’s the turn of Sharon Florin, artist, blogger and theatre buff to be put in the hotseat to answer fifteen fundamental questions of…
Nov 12th
The Spirit of the Staircase →
Escalator etiquette is one of those things that bugs you intensely for about two minutes a day as you battle your way up a moving staircase full of gum chewing dead eyed tourists, but then flits…
Nov 11th
William Kentridge: Performa →
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZIvwKtMzZ0 This post has some urgency to it because it is about a unique performance happening TONIGHT.  Currently the non-profit organization, Performa,…
Nov 10th
The Metrotwin 15 – EmilyJ →
We continue our Metrotwin 15 feature with EmilyJ – frequent flyer across the Atlantic and soon-to-be guest blogger (watch this space!) Name: EmilyJ Profession: A closely guarded secret (but…
Nov 10th
Bbars to the Break of Dawn Bbars be Rocking On and... →
What’s in a name? If you’re in London, Bbar is ostritch steak, proximity to royalty and divine cocktails. New Yorkers associate Bbar with Californian fare, an amazing heated outdoor…
Nov 9th
Nov 6th
The Metrotwin 15 – Harper →
After a rather vanity riddled start to the Metrotwin 15 – a new feature where we ask fifteen deep, probing questions of extreme significance to some of our contributors – it seemed only right…
Nov 6th
Remember Remember →
“Remember remember the fifth of November, Gunpowder, treason and plot. I see no reason why Gunpowder Treason, Should ever be forgot” And for those looking for festivities here in New York…
Nov 4th
Gunpowder, Treason and Plot… →
We Brits do choose to celebrate in unusual ways. I suppose it’s quite nice that 400-odd years after the event we still celebrate a failed plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament by, erm, letting…
Nov 4th
See you at the Crossroads →
After a couple of months of disruption, the £5 million  ‘Japanese style crossing’ has finally opened in Oxford Circus. Most boring blogpost ever? Bear with me… It’s called ‘Japanese style’ because…
Nov 3rd
Nov 2nd
Day of the Dead →
Although this is informally what I call January 1st, the day of inevitable hangover after New Years celebrations, the actual Dia de los Muertos, the Mexican festival of the dead occurs on the 1st…
Nov 2nd
Nov 2nd