Once upon a time, fashion brands were meant to be experienced by wearing their offerings or perhaps via smell by wearing their fragrances. Today’s focus on brand experience is driving a new sense: taste. European luxury brands have primarily tapped into this space, with Hermès, Dior, Louis Vuitton, and Prada launching cafes in various global … Read more
London ticket prices, eh? At least for £395 you get to gawp at two Hollywood stars in Plaza Suite, with Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick on high form in a sub-par play just down the road (which is sadly not paved for most of us with precious metals). In this wildly radical, techtastic reboot … Read more
Don’t be fooled by the pink spangly costumes and cheesy grins. This gloriously written tragicomedy with sensational performances across the board is a piercing elegy to the ties that don’t just bind but suffocate down the years. Set in the ‘public front room’ of the clapped-out Blackpool Sea View motel during the sweltering summer of … Read more
PUNE: Professors of several departments in Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) who met on Monday strongly objected to Saturday’s arrest of five students and head of the department of Lalit Kala Kendra, and defended their play as educational.They said that the department had approved the script long before it was screened on Thursday in front … Read more
Look, I don’t give one star lightly. But to charge audiences £135 for barely 70 minutes (no interval) of incompetent plotting, dire dialogue, poor characterisation and some acting that wouldn’t look out of place on a bad 1960s sitcom is enough to make the entire Theatreland give up the ghost. I must stress that certain … Read more
Bertie Wine Bar bursting on the scene in Bassendean was not the only stellar opening of 2023. Here’s the other four that make Bar & Bites’ Top 5 new venues of the year. EDWARD & IDA’S I know, I know. I’ve banged on before about this neighbourhood bar that does nostalgic plates, blasts equally retro … Read more
Two anti-submarine ships, the Admiral Tributs and Admiral Panteleyev of the Russian Pacific Fleet, took part in the exercise alongside a frigate and a corvette from Myanmar’s navy. Days after the exercise, the same Russian warships docked at Bangladesh’s Chittagong Port in the Bay of Bengal, marking a “huge milestone for Russia-Bangladesh relations”, according to … Read more
