Five cocktails to celebrate the Olympics and their host city Paris With temperatures set to soar to the late-twenties over the next few days and the Olympics on television, these simple yet sophisticated home cocktails are the ideal accompaniment for your ongoing summer of sport. So grab a glass, gather your friends, and let the games begin. The French 75 This is a Parisian classic. Originally [...]
The Hot Wing King at the National Theatre is a spicy play theatre review Memphis-born Katori Hall is a cultural juggernaut. Audiences may be familiar with her previous work, such as the magnificent, Olivier-winning play The Mountaintop, which imagines the final night of Martin Luther King, her collaboration on the book for Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, or her foray into television with the enjoyably sleazy premium soap opera [...]
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