London’s biggest barbecue festival is back for 2023. Here’s all you need to know – including some world-class chefs you need to watch out for. Barbecue lovers and general fans of London’s food scene – it’s time to get excited, and hungry. From the 31st August – 3rd September Meatopia is back on the menu. …
Alastair Reid Schanche
All the best from the boot-shaped nation – these are the top Italian restaurants in London. London has a giant community of Italians – and they love to eat. Which is only ever a good thing… because we love to eat their food. There’s nothing better than the simplicity of Italian cooking when you’re in …
Buying or renting in London? We feel your pain. We spoke to some experts on the current housing market to tell us the tricks to buying, renting and building in London. Here’s what they had to say. Whether you’re renting or buying, navigating the murky waters of London’s housing market can be difficult, especially in …
Wanna see what Londoners got up to in the Victorian Era? Now you can. We love London’s history and so we are getting pretty excited to take a look back into it. The occasion? Victorian Vauxhall – South London’s Victorian revival fair. Each year they take over Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens and turn the place into …
The ultimate guide to eating dumpling of all shapes and sizes in London There’s a special place in our hearts for the dumpling. They’re somehow so simple and yet unbelievably delicious. Thankfully London is full of Chinese restaurants, and as such anyone who feels the same way as us has plenty of options when it …
A massive new club from some much-loved organisers is set to open in Tottenham’s old Ikea. Grand news for London’s clubbing community: It’s been announced that the massive warehouse once home to Tottenham’s Ikea will be turned into a 15,000-capacity music venue. The news is cherry-topped by the fact that the group behind this new …
We explore a fantastically well-kept gothic graveyard and fill you in on how it came to be. London’s history never fails to pique our interests, and call us weird but that’s especially true when it comes to the city’s cemeteries. No really, hear us out. A lot of people have lived in London over the …
A 900 year old street party is to be revived in London this month. The City of London is planning to revive a very very old street party that hasn’t been held since the Victorian era. Yep, they’re bringing back Bartholomew Fair – and with plenty to look forward to as well. What’s Bartholomew Fair?. …
The Barbican Estate is moving into phase two of its touch up. Here’s what’s going on. The City of London has given the go-ahead on the second phase of the Barbican Estate’s makeovers and improvements. The plans to protect a structure that’s become the poster child for brutalism were put in place nearly a decade …
Just in case you were in any doubt we put our heads together and came up with 9 reasons why London is the best place in the world to live. London. The Big Smoke. The Swinging City. Londinium. However you refer to it, we’re in little doubt you’re talking about the coolest city in the …