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Posts Tagged ‘Reviews’

The Boy on the Train review – ‘Deliciously twisty tale’

By Sarah Birch | Friday 7 November 2025 at 09:05

Local author Martin Goodman’s new novel sees ‘greed set against cunning’

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Kokin, Stratford, food review: ‘So romantic, so artfully curated’

By Gabriel Wilding | Friday 5 September 2025 at 17:30

Learn from me though, put your best heels on, clunk on your baubles and move money over from your savings (you’ll need a fair wad)

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Betrayal in Berlin, Michael Shew, book review: ‘Full-throttle narrative’

By Sarah Birch | Friday 29 August 2025 at 10:15

The local author’s new thriller sees a scientist ‘torn between love and defence of the realm’

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Bing Bong Pizza, Morning Lane, food review: ‘Stuffed after six slices’

By Gabriel Wilding | Friday 30 May 2025 at 11:26

Bing Bong Pizza, from inside a cocktail bar, offers up nonna-style pies in ‘gloriously sleazy surroundings’

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Tasca at Câv, Bethnal Green, food review: ‘Flavour fiesta’

By Gabriel Wilding | Tuesday 15 April 2025 at 14:10

Paradise Row’s newest restaurant may offer only tiny plates, but we licked them all clean

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Unlock, Fish Island, food review: ‘Be brave, damn it, and tuck into one of the sibling’s more creative experiments!’

By Gabriel Wilding | Monday 30 December 2024 at 10:07

It would be a travesty if this sibling-run restaurant went unnoticed

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Market Day, Paul Trevor, book review: ‘Real-world theatre’

By Sarah Birch | Monday 11 November 2024 at 12:43

The photographer’s exploration of East London’s street markets is ‘impressive’

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In the Footsteps of the East London Group, Nunnery Gallery, exhibition review: ‘A fascinating collection’

By Sarah Birch | Wednesday 6 November 2024 at 11:54

Juxtaposing older paintings of East London with modern ones of the same area ‘breathes new life’ into all of them

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Sayer St. Burgers, Hoxton, food review: ‘An utterly smashing time’

By Gabriel Wilding | Tuesday 8 October 2024 at 14:20

‘To dismiss this as just fast food, elevated pub grub, or an on-trend gimmick would be hasty’

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The Band Back Together, Arcola Theatre, stage review: ‘The preciousness of youth’

By Gabriel Wilding | Friday 13 September 2024 at 09:20

Writer and director Barney Norris’s tale of fractured friendship stirs up our own halcyon days

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Peter Kennard: Archive of Dissent, Whitechapel Gallery, exhibition review: ‘Fury made sublime’

By Sarah Birch | Friday 2 August 2024 at 07:54

This retrospective of Kennard’s work is ‘bound to stir thoughts of your own role in the political’

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A History of the East End, Chris Dorley Brown, book review: ‘Stands out from the crowd’

By Sarah Birch | Wednesday 3 July 2024 at 11:37

Dorley Brown’s photographs show East London in ‘all its beauty and grime’

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Big Night, Morning Lane, food review: ‘Fun, funky and fascinating’

By Gabriel Wilding | Tuesday 21 May 2024 at 13:46

This yakitori venture’s ‘hehe-hoho approach’ is delightful enough to overcome its small portions

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TT, Kingsland Road, food review: ‘The meat outdances the veg’

By Gabriel Wilding | Friday 5 April 2024 at 10:46

TT, formerly TT Liquor, launches its first permanent restaurant, and its offering is ‘charmingly robust’

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One Last Song, Nathan Evans, book review: ‘A delicately oblique love story’

By Sarah Birch | Monday 8 January 2024 at 14:01

This debut novel by an accomplished poet and performer will have you ‘giggling while reaching for the tissues’

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Chakana, Broadway Market, food review: ‘The tongue never quite catches up to the eye’

By Gabriel Wilding | Thursday 21 December 2023 at 21:25

The dishes at this Peruvian restaurant are visually stunning, but they’re more style than substance

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‘A touch ludicrous, but childishly enjoyable’

By Gabriel Wilding | Monday 11 December 2023 at 13:01

Looking Glass Cocktail Club is ‘doing something fresh and fantastic’ with drinks inspired by popular culture

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‘Stimulating and quality ingredients set this place apart’

By Gabriel Wilding | Monday 11 December 2023 at 11:56

Commercial Street’s Taco Taco seems a great option for a quick lunch – and a very reasonable meal deal helps

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Japan: Myths to Manga, Young V&A, exhibition review: ‘A rich experience that will get both children and adults talking’

By Michael Maiga | Thursday 26 October 2023 at 13:59

‘The same playfulness that fuels Japan’s creativity sits at the heart of Young V&A,’ says curator Katy Canales

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Arepa & Co, Oslo Hackney, food review: ‘I want to eat arepas and to hell with the bloat’

By Gabriel Wilding | Monday 23 October 2023 at 14:17

The Venezuelan restaurant chain impresses with its new residency

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