Visiting Salon Madre: Bar, Pool Hall and Taqueria

The music was loud and vibrant. The coat rack was crowded with jackets as I added mine. The lights glowed orange next to the industrial architectural features of a restored warehouse. Hundreds of twentysomethings, thirtysomethings and fortysomethings had gathered to visit the opening of the highly anticipated taqueria, pool hall and bar Salon Madre. The […]

Bundobust’s Indo-Chinese specials pack a punch!

What can I say about Bundobust? It was the site of an interesting Timeleft dinner, the place that my dad and I went after helping my brother film a documentary. On Thursday, it was the place where I was sitting with my friend, sharing seven plates of delicious Indo-Chinese fusion between us while gulping down […]

Mika and the Polar Bear: at The Riley Theatre on the 14th February

A child’s story, rendered in shades of black, white, and the red of young girl Mika’s (Janice Ho) coat, took place at Riley Theatre in Chapeltown on Valentine’s Day….. …..something that both I and the children who had gathered to watch couldn’t keep our eyes away from. ‘Mika and the Polar Bear’ is a dance […]