Monday 12 May 2025.

Sunday 11 May 2025. Hard to believe it is 20 years ago since CREAM reunited. I was at all four Royal Albert Hall shows. Twenty years ago, on May 2, 2005, Cream—one of rock’s most influential bands—reunited for the first of four landmark concerts at London’s Royal Albert Hall The line-up featured all three original members, Eric Clapton , Jack Bruce , Ginger Baker. ----------------------------------- ----------------------------------- Saturday 10 May 2025. Happy Birthday to SALLY JAMES who is 75 today. If you are old enough , she was on Tiswas TV in the 1970s. Heavenly Birthday to SID VICIOUS who would be 68 today. ------------------------------- -------------------------------- Friday 09 May 2025....6.30pm to 9.45pm... JIKONI - launch party - 3rd Floor , Fortnum & Mason, 181 Piccadilly London W1. Marylebone restaurant JIKONI celebrate their ten day residence at this historic venue, that dates back over 300 years. From Friday 9th May until Sunday 18th May, chef and food writer Ravinder Bhogal and Nadeem Lalani Nanjuwany, co-founders of Jikoni, will join forces with Fortnum & Mason to bring their warm, joyful hospitality and unique expression of maternal, cross-border cooking to the Piccadilly Flagship. Around 150 guests are here, including PROFESSOR GREEN and MEERA SYAL with SANJEEV BHASKAR . At 7pm we have a couple of speeches At 7.10pm we have two piano instrumentals and a 40 mins DJ set from multi-award-winning producer, composer and musician NITIN SAWHNEY. Complimentary drinks and food , included Fortnum & Mason sparkling wines , gin cocktails and lots of tasty bowl food , canapes ( including Jikoni's take on the Fortnum & Mason classic scotch egg) and desserts from the JIKONI menu. All guests got a copy of the JIKONI cook book which is published via Bloomsbury .

Posted 10th May 2025