Entries from Londonist tagged with 'marmite'
September 8, 2008
Bollywood hunk Salman Khan has been honoured with a waxwork at Madame Tussaud’s. An amputee is suing Harley Street medic Dr. Mosaraf Ali, alternative therapist to the rich and famous, saying that it is the doctor’s fault that he lost his limbs. London’s favourite bear is getting hooked on Marmite. The verdict is in at the ‘liquid explosive’ terror gang trial at Woolwich Crown Court: three men have been found guilty of conspiracy involving......
Continue Reading "Extra, Extra"July 10, 2008
Ché Walker wrote The Frontline while he was sitting backstage during last year's Othello at Shakespeare's Globe. As an actor in a minor role, Ché was lucky enough to have a two-and-a-half hour break each evening. So he sat in the Globe's attic in his doublet and hose with the Moor of Venice's Shakespearean rhythms floating through the floorboards while he penned a piece about Camden's lowlife. It's an incongruous image. But surely incongruity......
Continue Reading "Review: The Frontline by Ché Walker at Shakespeare's Globe"June 4, 2008
He’s back! Since we first heard the news that Paddington Bear would, after a 30-year sabbatical, shake off the dust of our bookshelves and embark on some fresh adventures, it’s been all we could do to contain our excitement – though stuffing ourselves with marmalade sandwiches certainly has helped. The wait is over. Paddington – or P.Bear, as we like to call him – is back in bookstores this week for his twelfth outing,......
Continue Reading "Paddington Bear: Outta Detention, Onto Bookshelves"January 11, 2008
Lovers' Marmite hit the shelves of Selfridges yesterday ready for the annual marketing travesty that is Valentine's Day. It's Marmite with 0.3% Champagne mixed in. Remember the special edition Guinness Marmite? We had hoped it was a one off abberation. I mean, if you like Marmite, you don't need fancy permutations of it. You just want the yeasty goodness. Unfortunately, it seems Marmite have aspirations (cash-in plans) beyond their basic and much loved (and......
Continue Reading "Marmite For VD"