http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london London Spotted by Locals Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:11:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/bar-vinyl http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/bar-vinyl#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:34:46 +0000 Deanna Romano Bar Vinyl - Old skool that never turned old Located down a side street off the eclectic madness that is Camden High Road, Bar Vinyl is all about old skool hip hop, soul and funk and also has a record store tucked away downstairs. The whole place has that old skool feel to it, everything from the music to the movies projected up on [...]]]> http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/bar-vinyl/feed 0 http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/aint-nothing-but-the-blues http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/aint-nothing-but-the-blues#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:34:14 +0000 Deanna Romano http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/spotters-reporting/aint-nothing-but-the-blues http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/aint-nothing-but-the-blues/feed 1 http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/madame-jojos http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/madame-jojos#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:28:35 +0000 Deanna Romano Madame Jojos - The madame of Soho's music scene http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/madame-jojos/feed 0 http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/sketch http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/sketch#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:27:57 +0000 Deanna Romano Sketch - Sketch it For the perfect combination of glamour and eccentricity, head to Sketch, off Regent St, Mayfair. Sketch is made up of a few bars and restaurants, one of which has a Michelin star, however the main attraction of Sketch is its quirky interior. Each room is unique, however the design is consistent; opulent, edgy and alluring. For [...]]]> http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/sketch/feed 0 http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/trinity http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/trinity#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:27:37 +0000 Ben Pendrey http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/spotters-reporting/trinity Now, I’ve been doing a bit of work in Harrow, north London, and was taken by a friend to his local, a tidy little pub on a corner. It’s the Trinity. A brightly painted exterior beckons the faithful, through heavy wooden doors gilded with iron, to rest under swathes of red curtain and gothic arches. [...]]]> http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/trinity/feed 0 http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/institute-of-contemporary-arts-ica http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/institute-of-contemporary-arts-ica#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:25:46 +0000 Ben Pendrey The ICA - ICU! Unless you stumble upon this by accident it’s easy to miss the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), accessed by a simple doorway on The Mall amongst the rows and rows of white columns.  Established in 1947 by a collective of artists, poets and writers, it aims to further contemporary culture through a variety of artforms.  [...]]]> http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/institute-of-contemporary-arts-ica/feed 0 http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/london-symphony-orchestra http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/london-symphony-orchestra#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:13:41 +0000 Ben Pendrey http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/spotters-reporting/london-symphony-orchestra-2 I’m a huge film fan, and I suspect a few of you will enjoy a trip to the movies as well, but when you’re been sitting in the darkness, what is it on screen that tells you when Indiana Jones must make the death-defying leap, when Harry Potter will finally win the Quidditch match, or [...]]]> http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/london-symphony-orchestra/feed 0 http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/bricklane http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/bricklane#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:47:16 +0000 Deanna Romano Bricklane - Edgy East The area around Liverpool Street Station in East London was once associated with poor slums and the scene of the crime for the Jack the Ripper murders. Whilst the Ten Bells still stands, the pub that Jack’s victims drunk at, the area itself is now very popular with London’s edgy and artistic crowd. After a short [...]]]> http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/bricklane/feed 0 http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/the-hawley-arms http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/the-hawley-arms#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:46:52 +0000 Deanna Romano The Hawley Arms - A Camden institution The Hawley Arms pub in Camden has been in the headlines for a few things over the last year. Firstly, it has been highly publicised as being Amy Winehouse’s local, however these days you’re more likely to run into Peaches Geldof on a night out than the famous Miss Winehouse. And secondly, it burnt down [...]]]> http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/the-hawley-arms/feed 1 http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/the-dolphin-pub http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/the-dolphin-pub#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:46:40 +0000 Deanna Romano http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/spotters-reporting/the-dolphin-pub-2 The Dolphin Pub is the kind of place you feel you have to explain its appeal before admitting to liking it, as from the outside the pub looks very much like an old mans watering hole and the interior screams tacky Victorian, if you can imagine such a thing. However hit this place on a Saturday [...]]]> http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/the-dolphin-pub/feed 0