Power-pop quartet Farrah have just finished recording their fourth studio album, due for release later in the year. We talk to frontman Jez Ashurst about touring Japan, penning songs for Sir Cliff and how running helps him write. Q: So … Continue reading →

Art dealer Celia Purcell is holding her second Earls Court exhibition, Celia Purcell Contemporary, at the Troubadour Gallery this month. As an art gallery owner, you learn a few tricks. Certainly, nothing you would ever have gained in education. I … Continue reading →

April 23rd is St George’s Day: the feast day of England’s patron saint. Abi Millar commemorates by locating the most English restaurant in Earls Court. Here at the Notebook we try to find restaurants which are relevant to the month … Continue reading →

Tom Hennessey takes on the banality of pop music, and condoles with actual clowns Ever since that kiss at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards, Britney Spears has evidently done her best to mimic the grotesque Madonna — a woman … Continue reading →

Eleanor Beeson and Abi Millar find the Coleherne reborn as a gastronomic delight For this month’s review we decided to check out Earl’s Court’s brand-spanking new gastropub, the Pembroke. Previously the Coleherne, how would its latest incarnation fare under our … Continue reading →

Ben Montague is an upcoming singer-songwriter on the cusp of great things. Having spent years making music, he got his big break at a Grand Prix party when Eddie Jordan asked him to jump on stage. Now, with his debut … Continue reading →

Abi Millar is seduced by the fine French restaurant on Stratford Road Chez Patrick is, quite possibly, the most romantic restaurant in Earls Court. And I say that not in because I had a hot date there — I took … Continue reading →

BluesMix are a fixture at the Troubadour, returning again and again to transfix with their original blend of blues. Their fanbase spans both blues purists and newcomers to the genre, with the music press describing their album ‘Biding My Time’ … Continue reading →

The Slips are cool. And I mean that not in a lazy, lost-my-thesaurus sort of a way, but in the sense of hard fact. ‘Cool’ is the most precise word for them, much as ‘nice’ is the most precise word … Continue reading →

Georgia King is jetting off to LA tomorrow. She’ll be spending a fortnight there, doing post-production work for her new film Tanner Hall: apparently it’ll be cheaper to fly her out to America, and put her up in a glitzy … Continue reading →