Arrr, shiver me timbers, if it isn’t International Talk Like A Pirate Day today - a time to celebrate all things buccaneer. A day to dress like a pirate, act like a pirate and even think like a pirate - and there’s no need to be alone! Avast, me hearties, it’s also day […]

This weekend in London, as part of the Thames Festival, Southwark Bridge is going to be closed to motorists and transformed by a team of artists for an all day feast with dancing and entertainment from 12pm to 10pm - the Feast on the Bridge.
Southwark Bridge will be set with 170 tables and there will […]

Breakfast is the meal most likely to be hurried at home, grabbed on the way to work or skipped altogether. It’s a poor show for what’s supposed to be the most important meal of the day, but luckily not everyone treats it with such disregard.
London Review of Breakfasts began in 2005, a blog set […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]