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Jen’s Cafe, Chinatown – Incredible Chinese Restaurant, London
Hellfire what a glorious find. Ms Charlotte, a dear old friend of mine from Warwick suggested Jen's to me. I was due in London for a Todd Rundgren concert (which was excellent, thanks for asking). My friends and I met outside Leicester Square tube station and walked...
Colonel Porter’s Emporium – Imperially Quintessential Pub, Newcastle
It is about time I wrote about this place. When I lived in Newcastle briefly, I would spend at least three nights a week at Colonel Porter's Emporium. The location is fabulous, their array of gins puts Wetherspoons to shame and the decor is quite unique. First World...
Casa Antonio – Astonishing Value Italian, Newcastle
You'll never guess which reviewer was in Newcastle last week! Well, you might be able to, it was me. After marvelling at the architecture surrounding Newcastle Station, I was driven to Casa Antonio. Now, when I lived in High Heaton I would go here quite often. The...
The Church – Rather Good (Birmingham)
Dear Readers, I have been attending Church on a daily basis recently, and not because Lent has encouraged me to take my religious profession more seriously. You see the Church is a pub, and a rather good one too. At its altars one tends to drink of beer not wine,...
Eagle & Child – Historic (Pub) Lunch, Oxford
Now, I know what you're thinking; this pub is part of a chain. Historically I've avoided any such pub, but on this occasion it appears Nicholson's have taken over and made no material alterations to this pub. It retains a quintessential charm which I've sure it must...
John Maus – We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves, AOTM March 2019
Whether he's evoking Joy Division's Ian Curtis or Bauhaus' Peter Murphy, Maus opts to abstract the genre, inserting noise into unexpected places and walking the line between sincerity and surreality. Pitchfork From the first time I heard this album I was hooked....