Hints and tips:
...My late father-in-law, the theatre producer Bill Freedman, was telling me to watch Straight Outta Compton when he was about 86, so he was a Mick. Donald Trump? Another Mick....
...I like Compton Marbling’s range, which includes hexagonal trays covered in hand-marbled paper, pen pots and letter trays. If a messy desk is your problem, get organised with stylish solutions....
...Soho is also a home for London’s LBGTQ+ community, centred around Old Compton Street....
...I’ll be honest, I know little of Irish politics, nothing of football and even less of fighting so if I’d ever entered the Auld Triangle, I don’t imagine I’d have got out with my teeth....
...The writer is a first-generation Italian living in Soho Panettoni are stacked so high in its window that you can barely see into I Camisa and Son, the Italian deli on Old Compton Street....
...“When I was at drama school I’d just seen Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back [the documentary about Dylan’s 1965 tour of the UK] and I started wearing an old leather jacket I found in a charity shop, trying to get...
...The eggplant “parmesan” sandwich was enough to keep me coming back every day during my LA stay, and I wish they’d open up a restaurant in Paris or London – I’d happily become a vegan if they did!...
...to create a safer environment for children growing up in Compton today....
...I Camisa & Son (Soho) 61 Old Compton Street, London W1D 6HS Price of fresh pasta: From £10 per kilo FYI: London’s first Italian deli is famed for its homemade sauces (amatriciana is not easy to find homemade...
...South of Winchester, easily accessed on the M3, the villages of Compton, Shawford and Twyford are popular....
...A film such as Steve Jobs brought sheen, but a shrewd eye for untold stories greenlit Straight Outta Compton, a crowd-pleasing biopic of rappers NWA....
...Tell the chef I’m from Compton and I don’t know how to do it.” He takes them away. DuVernay can’t emphasise enough how much she loves her work....
...It’s right on the water, gobsmackingly beautiful, and I’d love to see it at high tide....
...The council will also close some streets in the evenings, including Old Compton St and Frith St in Soho....
...It’s a shame this permit is only for a couple more hours or I’d happily order in a couple of cocktails and stay the night....
...Sip wine in Soho Balans, 60-62 Old Compton St, Soho, London W1D 4UG Website | Directions Balans in Soho is open virtually 24/7....
...Sonja Perreten, yogawithsonia.com If I had to limit my shopping to one neighbourhood in one city, I’d choose Soho in London....
...This year I’d love to buy myself a puppy, an XL English bulldog.”...
...Straight Outta Compton that categorised black women according to their skin tone....
...If I had to limit my shopping to one area in one city, I’d choose the 6th and 7th arrondissements in Paris....
...Alongside these contemporary authors, we find a collection of island-loving literary figures from the past, foremost among them DH Lawrence and Compton Mackenzie....
...Restaurateur and chef Claude Compton’s interest in Fulham came with a chance to provide the menu at Amuse Bouche, a champagne bar on Parsons Green....
...Even so, we’d need enough fabric and that might take a herd of cats.”...
...Algerian Coffee Stores, 52 Old Compton Street (020-7437 2480; www.algcoffee.co.uk). Liberty, Great Malborough Street (020-7734 1234; www.liberty.co.uk). Pact, www.pactcoffee.com....
...Groucho’s maître d’ Bernie. Stephen Jones the hatter....
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