Summer In The City at London Bridge’s Riverside Festival
‘When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life, for there is in London all that life can afford,’ reckoned the great writer Samuel Johnson. Three centuries…
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June food adventures with Eat with Ellen
Erm, where is the summer? According to my diary, we’re supposed to be planning barbecues and enjoying long evenings with chilled drinks in our hands. Instead it’s pouring with rain…
The Exploding Popularity of Microfestivals
Micro-festivals have exploded in popularity in the UK festival scene and Tom Kerridge’s pop-up touring ‘Pub in the Park’ festival is leading the charge. Belle visited the festival’s first location…
London’s Best Rooftops This Summer
The weather gods are up to mischief: Spring sprung in the warmest ever February; fooled us it was summer at Easter; then switched to winter for the May Bank Hols.…
Festival Vibes in the Heart of Camden
Missed out on Glastonbury tickets? Dreaming about Coachella? Don’t throw your wellies away just yet. If it’s summer festival vibes you’re after, you might just find them a little closer…
A Mead Education at “Upstairs @ Coal Rooms”
Before we rocked up at Gosnell’s “Upstairs @ Coal Rooms” I didn’t have the faintest idea about mead. I thought of it as a rarely-consumed drink, once quaffed by Vikings.…
Masala Magic at Shola
Late night greasy takeaways have given curry a bad name for years but Aida Khan, a former banker who hosted a food show on Pakistani TV, is set to change…
Cabaret Chaos with Little Death Club
Cabaret chaos comes to London and has landed on the South Bank with an orgasmic splash. The Underbelly Festival, which runs till September 29, has erected the Spiegeltent to host…
May food round-up with Eat with Ellen
Greetings Belles and Beaux from a lovely Cornwall where I’m generally eating all the food and drinking all the drink in a little spring break. I haven’t forgotten you, though,…
Fancy Fish at Fancy Crab
Just one of three restaurants in London serving the Red King Crab, Fancy Crab in Marylebone is well worth a visit. The restaurant is bright and airy, mixing modern clean…