For the past week, I’ve been obsessively reading a book I got for Christmas called Mudlarking: Lost and Found on the Thames, by expert mudlarker Lara Maiklem. It’s…
If you thought today’s Apple stores, those vast sleekly designed spaces used as shrines to the iPad, iPhone, are the first Apple stores in history, it’s time to…
Nobody could create a party shoe quite like Thea Cadabra. From bumper cars and space rockets, to rainbows and clouds, palm trees and suspender belts, Thea Cadabra -…
Man, butchers’ shop interiors have gone downhill since the Victorian times – if this perfectly preserved example in north London is anything to go by. Look at it!…
Here are some fun facts about the London Underground to impress people with at your next dinner party: only 45 per cent of the London Underground is actually…
I just read that around seven million small businesses are at risk of closing due to the Covid madness. Now more than ever, it’s our turn to support…
If like me while you’re browsing around a gallery or museum you often wonder what’s going on behind the scenes, you’ll love this documentary series. Secrets of the…
London has no shortage of bookshops you can easily spend hours peacefully browsing, but there’s one – with a twist – that melts my heart a little more…
I love getting dressed up and going to the theatre (box of Maltesers in handbag). But… even with a great play in full swing, I can’t help getting…