Birdcage was too loudThe music's good, but maybe we were just sat at a shitty table, sound was a bit crap. So where tonight? Not back there, maybe to The Fox Reformed or whatever, the wine bar down the bottom of Stoke Newington Church Street, it's about the only bar we'v... Royal BengalAfter a very short pub crawl yesterday (couple of smashing pints in The Defoe, then no drinks in Bar Lorca, as their "all cocktails £9 a jug" offer turned out to be a lie, then the Coach and Horses]]) we did end up going to The Royal Bengal in the en... LinksHmm, The Royal Bengal's menu advertises http://www.theroyalbengal.com but it's going nowhere at teh time of writing... http://www.barlorca.com doesn't work in this browser and didn't come up when I searched for them on the web... in MSIE it works and... Royal BengalTheir site is meant to be a frame around this page: http://www.stormwebsites.com/theroyalbengal.htm - but that doesn't work either, hope they didn't pay cash money for it. Anyway, go there, 47 Stoke Newington Church Street, N16 0NX, telephone 020 724... TRAPPED!I had a JOYOUS afternoon yesterday... I was working from home, nipped out for some lunch, got into our communal hallway and realised I'd left my keys in the flat - both doors were locked needing a key to get out, so I was shut in the hallway until ou... Comedy Tonight TooCharity show at the Theatre Royal Haymarket... decided not to go for the gala buffet tickets, even though Clare's fave Ian McKellan MIGHT be there... there couldn't offer any guarantees on the phone, so it could easily just have been a Sunday night i... Bed arrives todayAnd tickets for The Cure go on sale this morning, getting ready on the refresh button. Priced from £35 up to £150 quid and likely to sell very fast indeed. I'm only after standing tickets, they'd better be the cheapest options or we're not going. I h... Royal Bengal / Royal IndiaThe Royal Bengal has reopened as the Royal India, I hope they have better luck this time, the place is nice, and the food was good, it's hard to compete with Anglo Asian when they're on form though...... Right royally rogered popexBeen struggling all day to put popex back on it's feet, I messed up some code, and have found it simpler to rewrite some bits than to restore the... took a break from it to read the same old IPOD arguments, on popbitch this time, and made a twat of m... Nik RhodesThe evening of May 1st. Papsnapper elected not to take Mr Rhodes photograph. After all, washed-up pop stars have no place in national newspapers.....BonoEnjoying the delights of Icelandic pop princess Bjork on Sunday night. He was minus his shades. Paul "Okie Cokie" Okenfold was also there - v miserable, he didn't clap onceUgly neighbour of from One Foot in the GraveSunday night watching the Delgados - the small, dark haired, ugly neighbour of Victor Meldrew and husband to Angus Deyton was in the crowd with husband for about two songs before leaving.<br>How rude!Sean HughesThe cheeky fella grinned and winked at me. I'm not suprised he was in a good mood - the lady on his arm was quite a stunner. Hooray for Sean then...<br /><br />Nick MoranOr was it Albert Hall at the Royal Nick Moran? I already did that didn't I... Anyway, I didn't actually see him, but Mrs Pauly did, at Morrissey last night, 18th September...... Ed HarcourtI wouldn't have recognised him, but my friend pointed out we were stood next to him at the bar at Morrissey last night (18th September) at the Albert Hall.Jake ShillingfordJust remember, Jake was also at Morrissey last night. That's my celebrity barrel for the day scraped right through.Bernard ButlerBernard was at the Morrissey gig last night, 18th of September... he can't have been just having a fun night out, surely he was researching for an upcoming collaboration or something?... Stewart LeeOr was it Albert Hall at the Royal Stewart Lee? The semi-quiffed funnyman was at Morrissey last night, 18th September...... Sean HughesOr was it <strong>Albert Hall</strong> at the OH STOP NOW... At <strong>Morrissey</strong> last night, 18th September...Bruce ForsythHmm, cheating a bit to mention someone here when I actually saw him on the stage, doing what he does best, but, but, but... IT'S BRUCEY! The actual king of light entertainment was in the same room as us, and he wasn't even billed when we bought the t... Euros ChildsHe was in the bar yesterday, during Stephen Malkmus' set, and so were we...Martyn LewisWe were sat behind an actual news reader for this comedy show I went to... can you imagine how excited we were? I thought I saw Roger Moore at one point too, but it wasn't him.Anneka RiceSaw Anneka in the bar of the charity comedy thing I went to last night. It was full of very posh people. Didn't get a good look at her arse though, what a missed opportunity.Clint EastwoodI saw Harry Callaghan at a Elvis Costello concert!<br /><br />One to tell the grandchildren.<br /><br />The gig was quite good as wellDos Cerveza, por favorCasino Royale, the slinktastic club night at the Monarch / Barfly (Chalk Farm Road, Camden) are giving away three pairs of tickets to the first three people who send them something Spanish. A picture of something Spanish is probably fine, as you have... 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Starring Rowan Atkinson as Fagin, the musical features a sensational score full...Passion and Ecstacy - Birmingham Royal BalletOn Their Toes! - Birmingham Royal Ballet16 - 45On Their Toes! - Birmingham Royal Ballet11.75 - 30Don Giovanni in Venice, ItalyMozart's opera of dissolution and retribution returns to London's Royal Opera House. Francesca Zambello is the director charged with bringing the drama and movement of...Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: The Beatles Philharmonic Tribute in London77.00Don Giovanni in Venice, ItalyMozart's opera of dissolution and retribution returns to London's Royal Opera House. Francesca Zambello is the director charged with bringing the drama and movement of...Oliver in LondonOliver TicketsOliver is the new spectacular musical at Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Starring Rowan Atkinson as Fagin, the musical features a sensational score full...