No plans for this weekend and fancy a day out south of the river? You should get down to the Balham and Tooting Carnival, South London’s first annual local carnival. It’s on this weekend, 30th & 31st August, 11am - 7pm on both days.
This multi-cultural event aims to foster community spirit with music, cuisine, arts […]

Let’s face it. Eating out is decadent. There’s only so many ways one can justify going out for a meal rather than cooking for oneself. A celebration such as a birthday is always fine, but as reasons dwindle, justifications get more dire– a lack of time or simply the want of novel […]

London’s Regent St will be host to The Regent Street Festival: A Great British Experience on September 7th. Touted as one of the biggest, free, outdoor events on the calendar, Regent Street will be closed to traffic from 12 noon to 8pm facilitating marching bands, fanfare trumpeters, pipe bands, live music, dance performances, a veteran […]

Heading to the Notting Hill carnival this weekend? Wondering where to go? We’ve got some ideas that might help you out.
Fancy a few drinks? Westbourne Studios is a popular spot, guerilla1 thinks it’s the best bar in West London. What about the tasty cocktails recommended by Mez at E & O? Or Mau Mau Bar […]

“Credit crunch” this, “credit crunch” that…it’s all we hear about these days. London’s always had a reputation for being pricey, and in these troubled financial times it’s even more useful to have an eye out for a bargain. When it comes to eating out the capital can be as expensive or as cheap […]

Covent Garden Night Market has returned, revisiting its heritage as the original larder of London with London’s only food night market, and this year including a kitchen theatre fronted by celebrity chefs.
We went along on Friday with some of our blogger friends, including: Julia of A Slice of Cherry Pie, Helen of Food Stories, Ros […]

How do you feel about your local pub? Has it changed since you started using facebook and other social networking sites? Do you go less, or more, or are things just the same?
The Greene King recently commissioned a report by the Social Issues Research Centre which investigated the impact of online social networking on […]

And so a London legend has reached its final chapter. Covent Garden’s Coffee, Cake and Kink, which bills itself as “the only kinky café gallery in the U.K.” gave its farewell party on July 23, 2008 following a protracted legal battle with its landlord.
Though the café’s closing date is imminent, it still has events […]

Think of Peckham, and news stories on knife crime and failing schools might pop in to your head. It’s undeniably one of London’s troubled areas, but there’s actually a lot more going on in SE15.
Take The Spike Surplus Scheme, a community-led organisation that’s been offering “affordable and free-where-possible services to the local community” for […]