I like to show my couchsurfers a good time, so this weekend I took advantage the most talked-about new openings – Summer Tales in Old Street and the coolest new speakeasy in town, Kansas Smitty’s Bar on Broadway Market –…
If “Treat yo’self” is your motto, East London has plenty to offer you this spring. Here’s a round-up of my weekend of brunching at Blixen, sunbathing at Netil360, drinking Negronis at the #RediscoverRed Campari pop-up and seeing The Mayor of…
If you’re a Londoner pretending to know his/her shit about nightlife, you’ve probably heard of Street Feast , the “International Capital of Night Markets” that started in Dalston and is now popping up all over London, from Battersea to Lewisham…
A new Oriental eatery has set up shop on Shoreditch High Street, promising to pair up black charcoal Chicken burgers with Japanese whiskey. Here's my review of Bull In A China Shop after its opening weekend.
In case you haven’t noticed, it’s Easter. No, I’m not particularly excited about Jesus’ return from the dead, although I don’t personally hold anything against him. However, I have been giving up desserts for Lent as a personal challenge for the…
Last Saturday, Shoreditch’s McQueen bar hosted Wasted Chic, a pop-up sample sale where up and coming designers sold funky clothes under £100. Cocktails and money were flowing. The sample sale was one of the greatest people-watching occasions I had been to in…
If you’re too tired to make a rave out of your weekend, the  Pillow Cinema in Shoreditch is the place for you. Head to the former Shoreditch Overground station near Brick Lane and you’ll be invited to an event in full East…
A sold-out workshop at Frame Shoreditch taught me and a room packed with girls (and a guy) how to dance like Beyoncé. Sort of. We all knew Beyoncé was flawless, but no one in London as yet had thought to bring…
Cereal fans in London will now have a new home: Brick Lane’s Cereal Killer Café, a rainbow of affordable cereal from all over the world packed with quirky breakfast memorabilia. A creation of Northern Irish twins Alan and Gary Keery,…
The famous Snatch quote: “Yes, London. You know: fish, chips, cup ‘o tea, bad food, worse weather, Mary fucking Poppins… LONDON,” couldn’t be further from the truth right now: the capital of the United Kingdom is one of the world’s…
