St Paul’s on bringing art into the Cathedral: ‘It was Marmite. Some worshippers said they’d leave’ Life&Style This evening earmarks the inaugural Toast the City awards – the first ever ceremony celebrating Square Mile culture – and as Morning Wire staffers bunk off work to smarten up, the Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral is bestowing us with his good wishes. The Cathedral has been nominated in our Best Coffee and Best Cultural [...]
Why Fairgame London is better than Flight Club and Electric Shuffle Life&Style The Fairgame London gaming arcade has opened in St Paul’s Admittedly ‘adult play’ sounds like the description on the side of a lube bottle, but lately it’s been pertaining to another type of fun: the idea of adults acting like children. Soft play centres around the country are opening up for adults-only nights and zoos [...]
Tony Matharu, mechanical elephants and the London Sports Festival Sport Hotelier and Central London Alliance founder Tony Matharu on why he created the London Sports Festival – and why 2025 will be bigger than ever. For Tony Matharu, it all goes back to a giant mechanical elephant and the power of the spectacle. It was the hotelier and philanthropist’s 2006 patronage of immersive theatre show [...]