From Michelin stars to Maltby Street Market, our guide to all the best places to eat in Bermondsey. Bermondsey is one of the places you should go to find a fine dinner south of the river. Being just off the main hub of eating and drinking that is Borough/London Bridge, the restaurant scene has enough …
Alastair Reid Schanche
Your body is a temple. Keep it that way with our guide to the best healthy restaurants London has to offer. What’s the secret to good food? The answer you’ll commonly get to that question is something along the lines of: lots of butter and lots of salt. We don’t necessarily disagree (there’s a time …
Discover London’s villages – the havens of tranquillity tucked away in the heart of the big city. It’s commonly said that London is as much a series of villages strung together as it is a city. That’s a saying that’s probably truer than most people realise. Many areas of the capital began life as sleepy …
How many Big Ben facts do you know? If you’re any kind of Anglophile, or a Londoner yourself, you’ll know what the Houses of Parliament’s clock tower looks like, and you will probably have heard it chime too. What else is there? Well, how about Big Ben’s history, and how Big Ben got its name? …
Our guide to the top house-sitting platforms for finding London house-sitting jobs. Out of a house for a short time? Coming to London on holiday? Perhaps you’re off on a trip and want someone to take care of the manor while you’re gone. Whatever your reasons, house-sitting is becoming more and more popular in London. …
Looking for the best things to do in London in September? Don’t miss the best things to see and do in the capital this month with this handy guide. We don’t know about you, but we can’t quite believe how fast this year is going. September sees the tail end of festival season (though, it’s …
There’s a summer-long events programme underway at Barking Riverside and it’s looking very exciting. Here’s what’s going on at the Summer Sessions. *sponsored by Barking Riverside Limited* Hot news from east London: Barking Riverside’s Summer Sessions – a programme of events along the riverfront, are in full swing and it looks brilliant! It’s already underway …
As Take a Moment returns, you can get your picture on London’s most iconic advertising screens. Picture this: you’re walking through Piccadilly Circus and there, on those iconic big screens, is your very own face. Sounds too good to be true? Well, over the next few months, it could become a reality. Art of London …
A free festival of black British culture is coming to London. Here’s what you need to know London’s getting a new festival. Black on the Square will celebrate the city’s black culture, gathering people from the African and Caribbean communities at Trafalgar Square to showcase some of what they do best. The festival has been …
Our guide to the best London pubs owned by celebrities. London is never short of two things: celebrities and pubs. It was only a matter of time, then, until some of these celebs started to get stuck into the pub trade. We’re not guaranteeing you’re going to spot the celebs behind the bar, but it …