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Cruel Comedy

Cruel Comedy is a double bill of short plays by the French anarchist writer Octave Mirbeau from his set of Farces et Moralités, first published in 1904. Mirbeau was a pretty savage critic of the society in which he wallowed and I hope I've carried through some of the anger and incredulity that informs Interview, a satire on the press of his day which we've updated to be a take on social media as Snoop. Les Amants - which I've translated as Lovers - is on the other hand a satire on the personal rather than the public.

Resto 25 Pepito, Kings Cross

Excellent service and good food at RAS. The perfect Antwerp lunch.

Resto 24 The Bistro, Antwerp

How we came to choose The Bistro for dinner I can’t recall. But it was a good place and served me an excellent steak, well cooked. 8/10 To see where else I’ve been click on the google map below.

Resto 23 The Dusty Knuckle, Harringay

It was one of those Saturdays where you’ve been at work all day and you can’t be bothered to go out anywhere in particular, so we stayed local. The Dusty Knuckle is a recent harbinger – along with the more established and quite hilarious ‘Local Shop’ – of the (semi) g************n of Harringay. While one…

Resto 22 Oak N4, Finsbury Park

It was super busy but the service was impeccable. I really can't recommend this place enough.

Resto 21 Drake & Morgan, Kings Cross

Remembrance of a crap drunk can't spoil a good lunch.

Resto 20 PLANB, Crouch Hill

PLANB is the kind of place that makes an area a pleasure to live in.

Resto 19 ZappZaa, Hornsey

No beer and Michael Bolton does not a happy diner make.

Resto 18 Sublime Pizzeria, Woodberry Down

I'd go back to Sublime if I was hungry and in the neighbourhood but for this money there's better Italian action to be had by the half dozen around Stroud Green.

Resto 17 The French House, Soho

er dining in the great barn of Hawksmoor Regent Street on Sunday, whose excellence of cooking and service is slight undermined for me by the feeling of being on an enormous conveyor belt of wallet bulging customers, it was a real joy to dine in a small room with committed staff turning out excellent food.

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