by Rob McGibbon | Jun 13, 2025 | Culture
The Chelsea Theatre is staging an operatic play based on the Anglo-Armenian children who inspired Arthur Ransom’e much-loved children’s novel Swallows and Amazons. ‘Swallows and Armenians’, by Iran-born playwright Dr Karen Babayan, will have...
by Rob McGibbon | Apr 24, 2025 | Culture, News, Reviewz
‘A dazzling exhibition of bling for billionaires, but it’s little more than a glorified department store concession with a heart of stone’ Two Starz Cartier, The Sainsbury Gallery, V&A Until 16th November. Tickets from £27. To book,...
by Rob McGibbon | Apr 19, 2025 | Culture, Reviewz
‘An ambitious and wildly imaginative production that suffers under the weight of debris from the breaking of the fourth wall’ THREE STARZ The Play: The Inseparables by Grace Joy Howarth – based on the novel by Simone de Beauvoir,...
by Rob McGibbon | Apr 14, 2025 | Culture, News
One of Chelsea’s most famous lost nightspots has finally shaken off its hangover and re-emerged on the King’s Road with an exuberant flourish. 151 – the small basement venue, so-called simply because of its street number – has reopened as The...
by Rob McGibbon | Apr 10, 2025 | Culture, News
Gary Lineker, the legendary character actor from television crisp adverts, was an unlikely late substitute on the team sheet at the Finborough Theatre. Lineker, the former England captain and Spurs and Barcelona striker, came off the bench to host a special discussion...
by Rob McGibbon | Mar 31, 2025 | Culture, News, Reviewz
The Design Museum has made a splash by opening an exhibition dedicated to swimming – with a rare swimsuit worn by beach legend Pamela Anderson during her spell making waves in the 1990s TV series Baywatch. Spotlit and suspended by wires in a cabinet with...
