Daniel Handler's The Basic Eight
If you read nothing else this week...
Issue 1476
3rd Dec 2010
Come and join The Looking Glass Club
We meet Imperial alumnus Gruff Davies, who launched his sci-fi novel last week in Southside Halls
Classic Cinema
The Breakfast Club helps you remember what it feels like to go from suicidal confessions, to flailing 80s style dancing in the average time it takes a teenage guy to ‘rock your world’. And that really isn’t long, trust me
Botown bring the Bollywood funk
The Jazz Café, 5th November 2010
Beach House are the cherry on the cake
Sheperd’s Bush Empire, 23rd November 2010
Back on the beaten track
Because there’s only so much self-discovery and figurative bridge-building you can handle before you’re in desperate need of a well-deserved heroin cookie
Awana: Malaysia’s pride
The best (roti) tissue you’ll find in London
A way to reverse ageing? Yes please!
I don't mind getting old, it's just the ageing and dying that annoys me
A student's guide: How to cook Christmas dinner
Get together before term ends with yet more wine and a huge bird. By Nadia Paes
A festive comedy-horror from Finland
A great example of modern independent film-making driven by rare originality