13 h. ago SOOM Brings Korean Barbecue Culture to London’s Covent Garden

SOOM Brings Korean Barbecue Culture to London’s Covent Garden  Hospitality Design

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44 h. ago It has been a slow pour but Guinness's £73m Covent Garden venue is finally ready to be served

The company hopes to attract at least 500,000 visitors a year to the new venue, the first of its kind in London

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2 d. ago Guinness to open new £73m brewery and venue in London this week

The Guinness business is opening a site in Covent Garden

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3 d. ago Guinness returns to London brewing roots with £73m Covent Garden destination

Guinness returns to London brewing roots with £73m Covent Garden destination  Food and Drink Technology

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3 d. ago Royal Ballet star Yasmine Naghdi welcomes her first child with private equity boss husband Riccardo Ghezzi as couple reveal their 'beautiful' baby boy's name in sweet post

The dancer, 33, who in 2017 became the first Londoner to be made a principal dancer at Covent Garden since Dame Darcey Bussell 28 years earlier, took to Instagram on Sunday.

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7 d. ago Ballet star Matthew Ball on gruelling roles and getting ogled on Instagram: ‘I don’t feel precious about my body’

Tall, handsome and used to receiving fire emojis on his social media posts, the dancer has, with his partner Mayara Magri, been called ‘the Posh’n’Becks of ballet’. But there is suffering in his art: ‘I kind of enjoy negativity,’ he saysIn the expensive hush of a hotel bar over the road from the Royal Ballet and Opera in Covent Garden, London, Matthew Ball asks for a mint tea. I’m having a white wine; Ball’s body is clearly more of a temple than mine, although you don’t need to know our drinks orders to see that: he has an effortlessly straight-backed posture, muscular arms under a white T-shirt. On stage, ballet dancers can seem like mighty gods and goddesses, but often IRL they are petite. Not so Ball, whose tall stature is part of why he’s much in demand for princely roles and partnering. With the fine features and strong angles of his face, and those piercing eyes, there’s a bit of the Robert Pattinson about him. Is he as brooding and romantic in his roles on stage? Certainly. T...

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2 w. ago Turner & Constable review – boiling portentous skies versus two men and a dog

Tate Britain, London JMW Turner is beaten by John Constable in this mighty show. But who cares when the work is so sublime you can hear the squelching and smell the river?Turner or Constable: who’s the boss? Tate Britain’s exhibition of work by the two artists, subtitled Rivals and Originals, fudges the question. Born a year apart and both alumni of the Royal Academy schools in London, each was keenly aware of what the other was doing, in a British art world that was as febrile and competitive, if immeasurably smaller, than it is today (although you should try the Italian Renaissance if you want full-blooded rivalries and enmities). Sometimes, they sought the same collectors and painted the same subjects. Turner was encouraged from an early age by his father, a Covent Garden wigmaker and barber; Constable was the son of a Suffolk mill owner and grain merchant who wanted him to take over the family business.As well as their contrasting backgrounds, their temperaments could not have b...

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2 w. ago Royal Opera House commissions new stage curtains to honour the King

The curtains will be crafted in collaboration with renowned specialists Gerriets and the Royal School of Needlework and are due to be unveiled in May.

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3 w. ago One of London’s best shops is opening a new location in Covent Garden

One of London’s best shops is opening a new location in Covent Garden  Time Out

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3 w. ago Iconic brand to return to UK high streets after shutting all stores in 2021

A new flagship store in London's Covent Garden is one of several new openings

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3 w. ago Sir Jim Ratcliffe 'ends Man United deal eight years early' as brutal measures continue

Manchester United are reportedly moving their London office to a smaller site in Covent Garden as Sir Jim Ratcliffe's cost-cutting measures continue.

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3 w. ago From the Met to maximum security: Joyce DiDonato is on a mission to bring opera to the people

The celebrated American mezzo-soprano has graced the world’s top opera houses, but is equally passionate about performing to first-timers – and inmatesGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailAmerican mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato apologises for the bed hair as we chat via zoom from Tasmania, where she’s preparing a series of concerts to mark her first time performing in Australia. “I’m windswept”, she laughs as she pats down her signature spiky blond hair. “I’m having a week of vacation, which is rare for me.” Downtime for DiDonato is made rarer by a punishing touring schedule that sees her perform around the globe in recitals showcasing her extraordinary vocal technique, while juggling major roles in classical and contemporary opera. She’s a regular at the Metropolitan Opera in New York and has sung in the world’s top opera houses, including Milan’s La Scala and Covent Garden in London.Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend,...

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3 w. ago Josh Barrie On the Sauce at Bunga 90: The one where you time travel

Here is a place to revel in Fresh Prince swagger and the fearless joy of the Spice Girls, says Josh Barrie

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4 w. ago Celebrity Traitors stars Stephen Fry and Celia Imrie reunite after THAT nail

Joining Hollywood star Hayley Atwell and fellow acting heavyweight Derek Jacobi, the duo seemed thrilled to have crossed paths, around six months after filming the hugely successful BBC show.

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4 w. ago Rebecca Adlington and Georgia Jones kick off Christmas at LEGO’s new Covent Garden wonderland

They joined local families as some of the first to explore the immersive pop-up, which blends hands-on creativity with a dash of holiday magic

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last month Covent Garden property which inspired Harry Potter's famous wand shop for sale for £2 million

1 Goodwin’s Court was purchased by its current owner in 2013, and has been the subject of a ‘painstaking’ revival project

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