On DVD 21st February
Burn baby, burn

Let's get one thing straight: Flaming Nora is not an upmarket kebab house.

It's more like what you imagine kebab houses could have been if the fast food evolutionary process had taken a more, shall we say, civilised path.

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Last week for By The Bog of Cats starring Holly Hunter at Wyndham's, Under a Tenner collection at Design Museum and V&A's Beauty exhibition.

Critical review: Arts Theatre opens Corin Redgrave's one man Kenneth Tynan show. 7pm. Gt Newport St, WC2. 020 7836 3334 or online.

The first thing you notice is the whiteness of the walls. Boy, these walls are white, and that must mean they're clean! And it gets better. There's no perspiring hunk of unidentifiable animal flesh slowly revolving in the corner just fresh, juicy slivers of lamb and chicken and beef and fish (yes, even fish) sizzling away on open grills (separate grill for vegetarian stuff, of course).

We're running out of words and we haven't mentioned the sauces yet. The home made yoghurt and mint, the lemon and herb... and what about the fact that they sell Rizlas and chocolate bars in retro 'drugstore' sweet jars?

Super conductor Sir Charles Mackerras fronts this season of Die Zauberflöte at Royal Opera. 7:30pm. Bow Street, WC2. £7+. 020 7304 4000.

Homegrown jazz diva Elaine Delmar is at Ronnie Scott's. 8:30pm. 47 Frith St W1. £15

State of Undress - luxury lingerie

Can you tell we like this place? Can you tell we want them to open one of these right outside our front door? Can you tell we'll be insisting on taking all our friends there any time we go within spitting distance of Islington?

Did we mention how good the sauces are?

Flaming Nora
177 Upper Street, N1 1RG.

On DVD 21st February

Club faves, Mancs duo Mint Royale @Bush Hall. 7:30pm. 310 Uxbridge Rd, W12. £10. 08700 600 100 or online.

As always, Monday's 93 Feet East's free gig night. Tonight Fifty Views and Black Moses. 7-11pm. 150 Brick Lane, E1.

Boy rock quartet Rooster is at Electric Ballroom. 7:30pm 184 Camden High St, NW1. £9. 08700 600 100 or online.

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