Sabah Osman

When Riley Davies started posting freestyle rap videos as ArrDee from his Brighton bedroom during the pandemic, he didn’t know where it would take him. Since then, his unique blend of rap, garage, and bassline has gained a huge amount of traction, with viral tracks like ‘Cheeky Chappy’ helping him amass a huge TikTok following, which now stands at a cool 1.8 million.  As the 21-year-old’s career rapidly took off over the next couple of years through a string of hit singles and collaborations, one sweat-drenched Brighton club became something of a sanctuary amid the whirlwind. The Arch, a no-frills rave venue on the city’s seafront, kept the rapper grounded in his roots and connected to the local scenes that first inspired his sound.  Now an internationally touring artist and with a new drum ’n’ bass collaboration with K Motionz and Riko Dan dropping on May 24, ArrDee still looks to The Arch as a vital part of Brighton’s cultural fabric. As he tells us, The Arch is the antithesis of the VIP nightlife he’s increasingly exposed to – and that’s exactly why he loves it. ‘The Arch is right on Brighton’s promenade, opposite the famous pebble beach. From the street, it’s pretty unassuming – just a door leading into what was once an archway under the road. But head downstairs and you enter a long, low-ceilinged room centred around the DJ setup, with a little balcony area if you want some space from the dance floor heave.  ‘Other Brighton clubs can feel quite studenty, playing pretty b

If you thought you knew everything there was to know about London’s iconic fish and chip shops, get ready for a delightfully effervescent twist on a classic. An intriguing culinary collaboration will see renowned Italian prosecco brand La Gioiosa team up with legendary British chippy Kennedy’s to launch a ‘Fizz and Chips’ deal.  On June 6, for National Fish and Chips Day, Kennedy’s will debut an exclusive prosecco-battered fish and chips, replacing the traditional beer batter with one made from La Gioiosa’s premium prosecco. The limited-time offering, available for two weeks, aims to marry the crisp, palate-cleansing bubbles of the Italian sparkling wine with the indulgent richness of the classic fried dish. ‘We’re always exploring innovative ways to elevate our menu while staying true to our British roots,’ said David Campbell, owner of Kennedy’s. ‘When La Gioiosa approached us about this fun partnership, we knew the delicate but vibrant prosecco could add an exciting new dimension to our signature fish and chips.’  The deal will also feature a 20cl bottle of La Gioiosa Prosecco and is the latest example of London chippies elevating the beloved comfort food. From the upscale Finos chainlet battering their cod and haddock in breadcrumbs to Poppies serving up masterfully crunchy bites dressed in prosecco batter, the city’s chippies are enjoying a gourmet renaissance. So will Fizz and Chips spark a permanent prosecco-battered revolution at chippies across the city? Only time wi

Attention Billie stans! Ahead of the May 17 release of her highly anticipated third record Hit Me Hard And Soft, your fave popstar is taking immersive album promo to the next level. Eilish is hosting a series of one-night-only full-album listening parties that promise to utterly blow your wig off. Next Thursday (May 16) and Friday (May 17), hundreds of Billie Eilish’s biggest Londoner fans will get first listen to the entire new record in an audio-visual spectacle at Coal Drops Yard’s Lightroom. The immersive venue will be transformed into a ‘vast and mysterious world’ created by Eilish to suit her new record’s ’diverse yet cohesive’ collection of tracks. RECOMMENDED: How to get tickets for Billie Eilish’s 2025 UK tour in London. Lightroom’s cutting-edge projection mapping and soundsystem will apparently let fans experience Hit Me Hard And Soft exactly as Eilish intended – listened to gaplessly from beginning to end while being, well, hit both hard and soft by its daring sonic and lyrical twists and turns. In other words, expect these listening sessions to be a stunning sensory overload that’ll make you feel like you’ve temporarily been uploaded into Billie’s offbeat pop brain. Image: Spotify / Billie Eilish With multiple showings across next Thursday and Friday (May 16 and 17), a few hundred Eilish obsessives will get to attend each one-off spectacle ahead of the album drop. Agonisingly, the first batch of tickets went to Billie's top Spotify followers. But a number of spo

You’d have been forgiven for assuming the London Eye was always supposed to be a permanent fixture of the capital’s skyline. The observation wheel has dominated the Southbank for over two decades, becoming as familiar to London’s scenery as St Paul’s, Tower Bridge and the Houses of Parliament.  But incredibly, until very recently the Eye was actually still operating under a temporary license, which required extensions every few years. Well, that’s the case no more. This week Lambeth Council finally granted permanent planning permission to the gigantic big wheel. Rejoice!  The move isn’t exactly surprising. The Eye isn’t so much a fleeting pop-up attraction as an inescapable part of 21st-century London life. Providing tourists with an Everest-like uphill perspective for their selfies, the metal monster has woven itself into the fabric of the city.  Crucially, making the Eye’s status permanent allows its owners to finally push ahead with much-needed renovation plans, ensuring the humble big wheel can keep serving great glamour pout on Instagram for years to come. Making the Eye permanent is also a nod to the attraction’s role as a hugely popular draw supporting businesses across the entire buzzy Southbank. The council approval includes requirements that one per cent of the Eye’s annual turnover gets funnelled back into up-keeping the public spaces surrounding it. So, raise a flute of the finest fizz to London’s loftiest observational big wheel becoming an eternal fixture! After

Glasgow searching for some low-cost sun, sea and sand this summer, your options just got a little bit better. EasyJet has launched new holiday routes from Glasgow to two short-haul beach destinations that should satisfy any cravings for vitamin D.  The budget airline’s new routes will take Glaswegians to Enfidha in Tunisia and Larnaca in Cyprus – and both services are now up-and-running. EasyJet’s twice-weekly flights to Enfidha will whisk travellers off to the gorgeous Gulf of Hammamet region, nicknamed the ‘Tunisian Saint-Tropez’ for its vibrant medinas, bustling markets, lively nightlife and 10km stretch of breathtaking sandy beaches. Flights operate year-round every Thursday and Sunday, with return fares starting from just £77. If you’d prefer a beachy European summer escape, EasyJet has also launched twice-weekly flights from Glasgow to the Cypriot city of Larnaca on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Return fares start at just £47, making it an absolute steal. Larnaca serves as a perfect base to easily reach popular coastal hotspots around the island, like Ayia Napa and Paphos. With year-round sunshine, Cyprus sells itself as ‘Europe’s sunniest island’, so visiting the place practically guarantees you a tan.  Photograph Shutterstock.jpgLarnaca beach These two new routes are part of easyJet’s expansion at its Glasgow base, adding a sixth aircraft serving 86 routes across 19 countries. According to Mark Beveridge, managing director of Glasgow Airport, the additional EasyJet servi

London Heathrow has been officially named one of the best airports in the world in the 2024 World Airport Awards. Receiving praise for it its wide range of amenities, efficient operation (well, when staff aren’t on strike) and good connections to central London, Heathrow came 21st overall – up one spot from the same ranking last year.  The top three airports globally in this year’s World Airport Awards were Doha’s Hamad International Airport, renowned for its modern facilities and excellent customer service, followed by Singapore Changi Airport – a frequent top ranker praised for its top-notch leisure amenities – and Seoul Incheon Airport, hailed for its spotless terminals and smooth transit experience.  As for London's other major airports? Gatwick came in at 48th, while London City ranked 82nd. Perhaps unsurprisingly, neither Luton nor Stansted (both of which had entries in a recent list of the country’s worst airport terminals) made the cut.  While Heathrow’s 21st place showing might not sound that impressive, it’s not to be sniffed at. And the airport is aiming higher in the near future, pushing forward with an ambitious multi-billion pound expansion that includes a third runway and increased capacity.  You can read more about the full 2024 World Airport Awards on Time Out here.  Did you see that the National Theatre has just announced its autumn season? Plus: 5 London nightclubs are the best in the world. Stay in the loop: sign up to our free Time Out London newsletter

For many Brits, a warm, flaky Greggs sausage roll is the ultimate portable breakfast or lunchtime treat. But are all Greggs sausage rolls created equal? Two mates have taken it upon themselves to discover by embarking on an epic and potentially health-ruining ‘Greggs Pilgrimage’ to visit every single one of the bakery chain’s 2,450 locations across the country. Tom Saady-Gardiner and Milo Fletcher, self-proclaimed ‘Greggs connoisseurs’, have been meticulously taste-testing sausage rolls up and down the UK, judging each one on taste, temperature, freshness, variety, and staff friendliness. Their rigorous reviews are chronicled on wildly popular Instagram account @greggspilgrimage. According to their quest, the nation's premier sausage roll is right here in London. The duo’s top-scoring Greggs is located in Westminster, earning an eye-popping 8.9/10 rating. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greggs Pilgrimage (@greggs_pilgrimage) ‘The number of sausage rolls I’ve eaten over the years is definitely in four figures, but it’s worth it to become a Greggs connoisseur,’ Milo, who hails from Manchester, told the Sun. ‘Anyone who’s eaten more than one knows they’re not all the same – so we decided we’d prove a point.’ Tom added: ‘We keep a spreadsheet of all the outlets we’ve visited and the scores we'’e given to keep proper league tables.’ Their intricate scoring system even includes poetically written tasting notes like this one from

If you were born after 1996, chances are your primary experience with the O2 Arena involves snagging concert tickets or braving the crowds to grab a cheeky Nando’s before a show. But the O2 hasn’t always been this way – and in recent days, archival photos of the venue have been unearthed from its inaugural year. This alternative reality has Gen Z’s collective head spinning. We’re talking about the venue’s original incarnation as the Millennium Dome – a wildly ambitious exhibition meant to celebrate the turn of the century by taking visitors through 14 crazy ‘zones’ dedicated to lofty concepts like work, play, rest and… the ‘Mind Zone’?  The £1.2 billion tenet-like structure opened in 2000 with immense hype, only for the expensive party to quickly become one of Britain’s most significant cultural cringe moments. Now, two decades later, newly resurfaced images of the surreal interiors are zapping the zoomer psyche.  Just finding out what used to be inside the O2 Arena before it was an arena and I’m losing my mind what https://t.co/WLqwRuXIQX — Will Rayner (@WillRayner__) April 30, 2024 ‘I just learned what used to be inside the O2 Arena, and I have so many questions,’ @zoomerbaffled tweeted with seriously cursed footage of the Body Zone’s human anatomy exhibits. The Rest Zone’s odd narrated sunset experience could have been better in their eyes. ‘Bro, what am I even looking at here?’ @zenchlurl asked alongside a truly unhinged video clip. im in sensor

You know that one distinctly phallic, glass-covered skyscraper that punctuates the City of London skyline? The one that looks like a giant ribbed pickle that fell from the heavens? Yep, that bizarrely beloved building nicknamed ‘the Gherkin’ is finally getting its first makeover since it came onto the scene in 2004. The controversial giant tower designed by Norman Foster at 30 St Mary Axe will be renovated from top to bottom in the coming years. And while the exterior upgrades sadly won’t transform London’s favourite horticultural hard-on tower into something even more delightfully off-piste – like, say, an enormous glittering corn on the cob – there are still some juicy makeover details to go over. On the inside, the Gherkin’s outdated 2000s office interiors are set to get a major modern refurb to turn the space into swanky new ‘smart building’ digs. That means sustainability upgrades like LED lighting, new ventilation systems, and plenty of luxurious tech integrations to appease the city’s most demanding bankers and legal eagles. On the outside, the tower’s signature glass panes will receive a thorough polishing to boost energy efficiency. The dome is sprucing up its unmistakable, erm, bulbous shape by getting reglazed with some spiffed-up panelling. Further down, the pyramid-shaped base structure will get new curtains walling for a sleeker finish. You’ve got to admire the audacity of that phallic architectural flex. The multi-million-pound project wraps in 2025, securing t

Alright, nature lovers, brace yourselves for some bleak news from Kent. Hoad’s Wood, an ancient bluebell woodland that should be a pristine retreat for locals, has been transformed into an illegal dumping ground of epic proportions. We’re talking thousands of tonnes of fly-tipped waste piled up to 25 feet deep in areas, practically smothering those famous blue flower carpets under a massive mound of rubbish. Grim. According to Hoad’s Wood campaigners trying to #RescueHoadsWood, up to 30 trucks were rocking up daily last summer to unload all the sketchy waste. These days, locals describe wading through ‘murky blue’ contaminated pools of water, with the area giving off a delightful rotten eggs stench strong enough to waft into their homes. Ah, the sweet smells of nature. Ancient bluebell woodland smothered in illegal waste as campaigners tell authorities - @SteveBarclay @DefraGovUK @EnvAgency - to 'do the right thing' https://t.co/RKs2Gc51P7 — Rescue Hoad's Wood 🍃💚🍃 (@rescuehoadswood) April 29, 2024 Sadly, it’s taken bleeding ages for the authorities to step in. The Environment Agency was first tipped off in August 2022 but only blocked access to the woods in January this year. As naturalist Chris Packham raged on X: ‘Where is the accountability? Where is the law? Where is the respect?’ ​Preaching to the eco-conscious choir there, Packham. Still, the EA reckons it is ‘pushing forward with investigations’ into the illegal dumping, while the local council insists it ha