An insider’s guide to eating, shopping and finding some fun in King’s Cross’ Granary Square (and a bit of Coal Drops Yard). A superb mix of shops, restaurants, bars and cultural attractions, Granary Square and the almost indivisible Coal Drops Yard, can at times seem like London in a nutshell. They weren’t always the tarted-up …
Your guide to finding the finest lobster in London. Yep, we get it – that craving to really live the high life, to put on your fancy shoes, step out and sip on champagne and order… lobster. The bountifully clawed shellfish is a funny one. It wasn’t until fairly recently in culinary history that it …
London’s scariest bridge is back up to its old tricks – freaking out the pedestrians of London. Have you tried to cross Millennium Bridge in the past few days? If so you’ll have probably been faced with no choice but to take the long route to the south side of the river: Millennium Bridge has …
Bedbugs in London: Are they coming and what can you do to prevent them? If you’ve been watching the news recently you’ll have probably seen the news of bedbugs rampaging through Paris, causing problems for the powers that be and itchy night’s sleep for travellers. The pests have been spotted in hotel rooms, cinemas and …
Your guide to the sumptuous brunches and beautiful breakfasts Covent Garden has to offer. Breakfast – the most important meal of the day. We’re inclined to agree, especially when they come as wonderful as they do in Covent Garden. The area is known for its great restaurants and bars, but what about when the hunger …
London is going to be home to a new multidisciplinary festival of African culture, and it sounds like a pretty inspiring celebration. Hot news from the future, folks. Some creative types are launching a brand-new festival of futurist black culture. The event will become a fixture of the calendar on a biennial basis and run …
The grizzly history of Aldgate’s ‘pump of death’ and why exactly its water tasted so good. We love London for all its quirky sites. So many of the things you walk past in this city seem to have a weird and wonderful story attached to them – and quite often you never even know it. …
The best places to catch fireworks displays in London for 2023. Time to don your cosiest jumper and listen out for the familiar sounds of crackle, pop, boom! Yep, bonfire night is on the horizon. And of course, London has so many events to choose from. Are you willing to travel across the city for …
We explore the history of a bomb shelter right beneath Clapham Common, why it’s there and how it came to be. What if we told you that there’s a massive set of tunnels right beneath Clapham Common? We bet your response wouldn’t be ‘well duh’, not unless you think we’re talking about the Underground that …
From classic arcade halls to gaming rooms for hardcore players, it’s all here in our guide to London’s gaming bars and cafes. Born in Asia, and slowly making its way to the fore in the rest of the world, gaming cafes have been making a silent rise in London. Not long ago you’d have been …
