Florals and Royals at this Summer’s RHS Events
While the Duchess of Cambridge wowed visitors to Chelsea and Hampton Court flower shows with the Back to Nature garden she helped design there’s one more RHS floral bonanza to…
Out & About
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Where to go and what to do covering restaurants, exhibitions, theatre, club nights, movies, concerts, bands and events!
ULI Notting Hill
ULI is a modern pan-Asian local eatery, found just off the Portobello Road, offering an array of traditional and freshly made healthy home-style dishes from Singapore, Malaysia, China and Thailand.…
A Right Royale Tea and Show
How do you fancy sharing tea time with a gin-soaked aristocrat and her gambler husband Lord Marmaduke Right who have drunk and bet away their fortune and whose rat-infested stately…
Hands Off! The Ultimate Lazy Dining Experience
‘That sounds weird,’ frowned a friend when invited to a meal that we’d eat with no hands. Not our hands, anyway. We’d be fed by servers, popping morsels of sushi…
Under Starter’s Orders – The Jockey Club Proves a Winner When it Come to Hospitality
You’ve begged, borrowed or bought the big, blowsy hat or fashioned the flamboyant fascinator into shape. The strappy stilettos and divine dress are on trend for a day at the…
Quant’ing for Nothing at The Pelham
From mini-dresses to vibrant prints and makeup, Dame Mary Quant has inspired generations of fashionistas since bursting into the UK conscious in the Swinging Sixties. Paying tribute to one of…
Theatre: Light In The Piazza
Tender, sweet – if a tad saccharine – and sunny sums up the lavish musical extravaganza now at the Royal Festival Hall on London’s South Bank. American girl meets Italian…
Women Making History at Trooping The Colour
If there was ever a time when we needed an injection of national pride, it’s now. With only a few weeks until another unelected Prime Minister takes office, and with…
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…
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…
