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Oct 2023
33m 34s

London Cocktail Week, Ukraine’s Trains a...

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About this episode

This week, we welcome Hannah Sharman-Cox and Siobhan Payne, co-founders of London Cocktail week, into the studio to reflect on how the festival has evolved since it was founded 14 years ago. Also in the programme: Julia Lasica remembers her childhood train journeys through Ukraine, which often involved a signature packed lunch and Naomi Xu Elegant speaks to Daniel Sia of the Coconut Club in Singapore.

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