The Arbuturian

The Arbuturian is an online magazine published daily that focuses on fine dining, beverages, arts, culture, high-end fashion, unique travel experiences, and luxurious lifestyles. Its mission is to deliver "smart content for a sophisticated audience that enjoys a fun take on a variety of topics." Drawing inspiration from the works of Jerome K. Jerome, the magazine features in-depth articles, brief literary pieces, and interviews with celebrities.

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The Frogs at Southwark Playhouse

1 week ago | arbuturian.com | Anna Selby

The time is the present and the place is Ancient Greece, we are told in the opening moments. And this really is a play that has been around a very long time. Aristophanes’ comedy was written in 405BC and performed at a festival in honour of the God Dionysus who is, in fact, the central character of the piece. Stephen Sondheim picked it up in 1974 and freely adapted it with Burt Shevelove. Its first performances took place in university swimming pools.
Discovering the Portuguese Spice Route

1 week ago | arbuturian.com | Baldwin Ho

With immersive experiences on the rise and my cooking skills on the rusty side of the spectrum, I decided to peruse the Not in the Guidebooks website for some divine inspiration. The website delivers on quirky, off-the-beaten-track gems, you are unlikely to find on the more commercial websites around.
UBA by Hart Shoreditch

1 week ago | arbuturian.com | Ruth Emery

Shoreditch and Old Street hold a special place in my heart. My first job in journalism was a stone’s throw from the famous Old Street roundabout, and the first places I rented in my 20s were just up the road in Shoreditch and Hoxton. Fifteen years ago I knew the area like the back of my hand, and had my favourite restaurants and bars for after-work drinks / crazy weekend partying / Sunday brunches. Now, much has changed and there are new hotels, bubble tea cafes and coffee shops galore.
Spa of the Month: Lefay Dolomiti

2 weeks ago | arbuturian.com | Anna Selby

It’s not usual these days to get excited about travelling to your destination – the schlepp to the airport, not to mention through the airport and all its security rituals, has long ago put a dampener on all that. Then you get to the gate, and it’s the usual hurry up and wait scenario. Deep sigh. So imagine my surprise when my fellow passengers were off their seats, taking pictures and pointing excitedly at the approaching aircraft for their flight. Why?
Athenian Alchemy at CTC Urban Gastronomy

3 weeks ago | arbuturian.com | Douglas Blyde

In a quarter of Athens away from selfie-stick-wielding tourist groups and stalls peddling suggestive souvenirs, where buildings convene like thinkers and the air smells faintly of thyme and unleaded, there is a restaurant which neither clamours for attention nor shrinks from it. CTC Urban Gastronomy unfurls behind deep red walls on Plateon Street. CTC – an acronym for ‘Cook. Transform. Create.’ – also echoes a Greek phrase meaning ‘nutrition’.
Jane Eyre at Sadler's Wells

3 weeks ago | arbuturian.com | Anna Selby

Northern Ballet’s Jane Eyre has come at last to Sadler’s Wells. Created nine years ago by Cathy Marston, it was seen in Leeds and other venues in the North but the closest it came to central London before was Richmond. After positive reviews around the country, though, it has now been revived and is getting its central London premiere. And deservedly so. It is rare nowadays to find a new proper story ballet. Even better, it’s a story you will surely know.
The Excelsior, Dubrovnik

3 weeks ago | arbuturian.com | Katie Monk

One of the few hotels in Dubrovnik that stays open throughout the year, the five-star Excelsior has welcomed everyone from Queen Elizabeth and Margaret Thatcher to Agatha Christie and Che Guevara. There’s even a wall of fame near the hotel restaurant, with black-and-white photographs of all the illustrious guests that have graced its doors.
A Chelsea Bloom: Sloane Place

3 weeks ago | arbuturian.com | Anna Selby

Spring is here and, for Londoners at least, nothing epitomises this more than the Chelsea Flower Show. This year it’s from the 20th to the 24th of May and, as always, in Royal Hospital Gardens, the lovely park that surrounds the home of the Chelsea Pensioners, built by Sir Christopher Wren in 1692. The grounds were originally pleasure gardens with a Rotunda used for balls and where the young Mozart performed for the fashionable 18th century crowds.
In Praise of the Pub: The Unruly Pig

1 month ago | arbuturian.com | Sophie Mclean

The humble pub is celebrated in a series of events this summer, Pub in the Park, the UK’s largest food and music festival tour, showcasing the best of British pubs, restaurants, and chefs. Ahead of its launch, Sophie McLean visited the winner (again) of the UK’s Top Gastropub Award to see what makes this national institution prevail…There’s nothing better than a decent pub. The very best are literally that – a public house.
New Zealand's Natural Wonders, Part III: Marine Wildlife

1 month ago | arbuturian.com | Anna Selby

When Captain Cook arrived in New Zealand in 1770, his botanist, John Banks, recorded in his diary that the dawn chorus that would awaken him each morning in Queen Charlotte Sound was the most melodious wild music he had ever heard, almost as if the birds were imitating small bells. Of course, there then followed an influx of European migrants who brought with them various animals that preyed on the birds many of which were defenceless – often ground nesting and even flightless.