Category: East
New: The Bethnal Green Vintage Social
“The money’s too tight to mention,” sang Mick way back in ‘85 and boy does it ring true, just look at our empty bank balance. Eighties prophecies aside, the brains behind Britain’s biggest vintage fair are having none of it and are aiming to inject some much-needed frivolity back into London living. The Bethnal Green [...]
A modern speakeasy: The Nightjar
Tucked away in the heart of London’s Old Street in a Hoxton basement, The Nightjar unpretentiously mixes the glamour and charm of a Thirties cabaret venue with refined cocktail traditions from the Belle Epoque and the Prohibition era to create a modern-day speakeasy and music venue. The cocktail menue is excellent with classic Prohibition-inspired mixtures as well as more contemporary flavours. It’s however the live music programme – [...]
Learn vintage dances at Midweek Function
The team behind Black Cotton Club is launching a new mid-week dance club. Moe Sakan, winner of various international swing competitions, will be teaching Lindy Hop, Balboa, The Shag, Charlston, Jive and other swing dances. You’ll have the chance to try out your new moves right after each lesson as DJ duo El Nino and [...]
Just opened: cafe-cum-shop Crimson Heart
Fusion shops, a mixture of vintage store and tea room – just think of King’s Cross’ Drink Shop & Do or Hanbury Street’s Blitz Department Store – have been popping up all around London in the last few years. The latest edition, Crimson Heart, has just opened in East London’s Leonard Street, and features a [...]
A great Saturday market: Spitalfields Affordable Vintage Fair
Spitalfields Market opened its gates on a Saturday for the first time in 200 years this year, launching a regular monthly vintage fair there. Spitalfields Affordable Vintage Fair covers everything from Sixties shifts to vintage whisks to taxidermy – a veritable vintage playground featuring fashion, furniture, homewares, haberdashery, the handmade, menswear, reworked (and everything inbetween). Free [...]
Tea and tease at Voluptéa
Cabaret supperclub Volupté is back with a bang this November with the revival of a quintessentially British tradition – albeit a significantly boozier, burlesque one. Voluptéa is now being served in the stylish, subterranean space in the City taking place every weekend- it’s a saucy way indeed to spend a sultry Saturday or Sunday afternoon. [...]
