Menemen, Shakshuka or Baked Eggs?
By Yasemin Cusack Included in many cafes’ breakfast/ brunch sections, menemen is a delicacy of Turkish cuisine. Dishes similar to menemen are shakshuka in the Middle East, strapatsada in Greece, piperade in Spain, huevos rancheros in Mexico, and uova piccante in purgatorio in Italy, while some menus in the UK list baked eggs. Menemen is a feast that is made from tomatoes, green...
The Importance of Being Earnest -played by immigrants
Pan Productions will welcome in the new year with Wilde’s quintessentially English masterpiece The Importance of Being Earnest at the Tower Theatre. Their first play in English, it is created with a team of immigrant actors and creatives, who, like the characters in the play, are constantly asked where they are from, when all they want to explain is...
City Island Ice Rink – East London’s most cultural ice rink
On Thursday 12 December, London City Island, the Capital’s newest cultural destination, will unveil City Island Ice Rink, bringing Christmas magic to the recently opened Hopewell Square with its first open-air winter ice-skating rink, running from 12 to 22 December. The open-air, 45-person ice skating rink will host 45-minute sessions and will be open into the evening, offering skating under the glistening lights of...
From cinema to mosque
The story of one building’s remarkable century-long transformation 117 Stoke Newington Road stands proudly as the site of Aziziye Mosque, one of the largest Turkish-speaking mosques in London. A century ago it was the heart of the community for an entirely diferent purpose: entertainment. The Apollo Picture House – as it was then known – opened in 1913 next door to...
Pecsmas by Pecs Drag Kings
The Yard Theatre is delighted to announce the return of “London drag kings extraordinaire” Pecsmas comes early this year at The Yard featuring a cabaret performance by Pecs Drag Kings as well as a special guest performer every night. The run will end with a late-night party on Friday 20 December, following the success of their Pecs...
End of The Road & Loud and Quiet Christmas Party
End Of The Road’s annual Christmas shindig is back. It’s all going down at MOTH Club on Dec 4. Headlining the night will be one of the highlights from this year’s festival, enigmatic seven-piece Black Country, New Road. They will be joined by London polymath Jerkcurb and Katy J Pearson’s Americana tinged pop sounds.Wednesday 4 December 2019...
Vegan Christmas Cooking Like A Chef
This Masterclass is part of the 'VIP Series', working with experts who are renowned in their field. Anton Petrov is a professional vegetarian/vegan chef with over ten years’ experience working in a variety of acclaimed restaurants including ‘Acorn Vegetarian Kitchen’, ‘Demuths’, ‘The Gate’, and ‘Tibits’, as well as the prestigious Michelin Guide recommended ‘Vanilla...
Journey
Josef Herman Journey Flowers Gallery presents the first major exhibition for many years to trace the complex life journey of Polish-Jewish artist Josef Herman (1911-2000), from his escape from Nazi-occupied Europe in 1940 through his time spent in Glasgow, South Wales, London and Suffolk. Herman consistently drew his...
Open Door Exhibition
Open Doors is delighted to invite you the opening night of their next group exhibition in Hoxton. Once again they will be assembling the best emerging and early career photographers from around the world. Who knows you might just find that perfect christmas gift! For the duration of this exhibition, Benedict Butterworth will be...
