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Circle13 are updating pétanque for a new generation At Circle13 in London Fields, a century-old French sport gets a contemporary makeover, with design-led interiors, Basque-inspired small plates and a refreshing approach to drinking 1 View

By: Lisa Wright

At Circle13 in London Fields, a century-old French sport gets a contemporary makeover, with design-led interiors, Basque-inspired small plates and a refreshing approach to drinking

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Can a chic new London bar make pétanque cool?

By: Lisa Wright

Circle 31 is a sexy, new London Fields bar determined to bring pétanque to the masses

NME

Lara Ricote always knew 'Break Clause' would be a hit

By: Lisa Wright

The stand-up leads Channel 4's bright new romcom

Slaughter and May

How to address the overlap between competition and data privacy laws? The EC and EDPB seek views (via Passle)

By: Rebecca Cousin, Richard Barker, Laura Houston, Bryony Bacon, Steven Miller, Lily Latimer Smith, Tim Blanchard, Will Manley, Nele Dhondt, Natalie Donovan, Lisa Wright

Is GDPR protection of personal data being undermined by the EU’s pro-competition data sharing obligations, or is the GDPR being used as a ‘shield’ to re...

Slaughter and May

How far will Farley go? Drawing the line on the threshold for GDPR compensation (via Passle)

By: Lisa Wright, Bryony Bacon, Tim Blanchard, Alex Buchanan, Emily Thornton, Nele Dhondt, Richard Barker, Richard Jeens, Laura Houston, Lily Latimer Smith, Steven Miller

Earlier this month, the Supreme Court heard Equiniti’s appeal in the Farley case, concerning compensation claims by police officers after pension statem...

The Observer - Observer Magazine

Albums of the week: Shovel Dance Collective, Anderson .Pa...

By: Ammar Kalia, Lisa Wright, Georgia Evans, Kitty Empire, Lewis Huxley

Shovel Dance Collective’s third album reworks traditional folk songs with left-field instincts. Plus, one to watch Dermot Henry

ShortList Magazine

How Peckham became London’s most exciting food destination: 5 places to go when you’re there

By: Lisa Wright

South London's culinary jewel

NME

Art-rockers HMLTD are waging war against conformity: “Instagram is destroying culture more than we realise”

By: Lisa Wright

Full of vampiric analogies, ‘ÜberGoth’ and a hefty splash of musical theatre, the South London quartet’s explosive new record is an active retort to the algorithm

Slaughter and May

Is a cyberattack inside information? FCA guidance helps clarify (via Passle)

By: Richard Barker, Richard Jeens, Lisa Wright, Nele Dhondt, Katie Kershaw, Tim Blanchard, Emily Thornton, Natalie Donovan, Alex Buchanan, Steven Miller, Bryony Bacon

On 30 September 2026, the FCA published guidance to relevant companies (issuers) on how to manage their inside information obligations if they are subje...

Mondaq

Blacklisted In Brussels: Green Claims After EmpCo

By: Steve Miller, Lisa Wright, Tim Blanchard

The EU has fundamentally transformed how businesses can make environmental claims, introducing strict new rules that ban common green marketing practices outright. With enforcement now significantly easier for regulators and fines reaching up to 4% of turnover, companies operating in EU markets face a dramatically different compliance landscape than their UK counterparts, where case-by-case assessment still prevails.