The best live jazz band I ever heard was at a packed out night in Brilliant Corners. I was happy to be squashed.
Website
brilliantcornerslondon.co.uk
Address
Brilliant Corners, 470 Kingsland Road, London, United Kingdom
Current city: London
Other cities: Paris
Reeme Idris is a freelance features writer based in London, often in Paris.
 

More Places in London 471

The Lambeth Walk is not as billed in the song. Quite a bleak but somehow beautiful mishmash of architectural accident–or–design; a legacy of stray WWII bombs intended for more auspicious near-at-hand targets, such as the Houses of Parliament. I study sculpture here each Monday; a lovely workshop inside. The exterior features one of only a few examples of an outside pulpit, apparently for the minister to take his message direct to the shoppers, in the Walk's heyday.
Read More
Award-winning restaurant and creative hub. Introducing great chefs from a variety of countries and cuisines.
Read More
An independent cinema in the heart of Kensal rise.
Read More
Untitled Bar is modelled on Andy Warhol’s Factory. It is sterile and minimal setting but as more bodies join, things soon warm up.
Read More
My favourite no-frills Malaysian restaurant and takeaway hidden away in a basement. Expect to queues for up to 30–40min, but well worth the wait.
Read More
Argentina
Austria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Colombia
Croatia
Czechia
Ecuador
Finland
Georgia
Hong Kong
Iceland
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Latvia
Lithuania
Malta
Morocco
New Zealand
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Philippines
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Romania
Serbia
Singapore
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Sri Lanka
Taiwan
Thailand
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
Uruguay