Thursday, December 03, 2009
Posted By:
Karen Dion
Photo:
Karen Dion
Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club
What
is this giant red glittery heart welcoming you as you descend some
creaky old stairs, through a dark corridor into an old working men's
club? While the name may sound distinctly unglamorous and suggest
otherwise, you will find no sweat-stained working men here
anymore--nowadays this club is the home of sequined and sparkly
showgirls. Tucked away off an East London side street, Bethnal Green
Working Men's Club brings the best of London performance art to its
glistening, red-hued stage, and has a schedule filled with burlesque
performances, dance classes, parties and music. Whether the events are
racy or sophisticated, its good times at the Working Men's Club.
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Monday, June 15, 2009
Posted By:
Michael Kasparis
Photo:
Michael Kasparis
Little Georgia
After being soundly reproached by a Hackneyite friend for
enthusing about La Vie En Rose (Broadway Market) I was directed to Little
Georgia. The back story goes something like this: cute little Georgian
restaurant is dispatched from its premises by nasty developer, who then
installs a horrid overpriced fake French restaurant of his own making in its
stead. The new Little Georgia is still cute, the staff are still whimsically
casual and the elderly Georgian Aunt is still slaving away in the kitchen. You
can almost taste the poor woman's sweat in the Hachapuri and there's a tang to
the walnut and pomegranate chicken which could very well be the years of toil
and tears. Ensconced in the basement surrounded by nostalgic artefacts which I
suspect were harvested from IKEA and Brick Lane, I start to feel guilty for the
£9 stew I ate in 'La Vie En Rose.' What have the French ever done for us
anyway? Coming over here, taking our Georgian restaurants...
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