Running parallel with New Bond Street and Cork Street is another classic address in sartorial matters, Savile Row, still the place to go for made-to-measure suits, for those with the requisite £2000 or so to spare.
The number of bespoke tailors may have declined, but several venerable businesses remain. Gieves & Hawkes, at […]

The famous Portobello Road antiques and flea market in Notting Hill takes place every Saturday although there are also stalls from Monday-Friday. Running from from Chepstow Villas to just under the Westway, it is a colorful, dynamic stretch of London that oozes trendiness and fun.
On Saturday, it’s huge, with over 2,000 stalls, […]

Anonymous and congested it may be, but Piccadilly Circus, is, for many Londoners, the nearest their city comes to having a centre. A much-altered product of Nash’s grand 1812 Regent Street plan, and now a major traffic bottleneck, it may not be a picturesque place, but thanks to its celebrated aluminium statue, popularly […]

Leicester Square was once upon a time a quiet place where Sir Isaac Newton resided. Today, it is possibly one of the most crowded places in London at the weekend.
Most of the West End theaters are scattered around the Victorian Shaftesbury Avenue. In the square, would-be theatre goers queue at the half-price […]

Soho is a region of central London, part of the West End, generally considered to be enclosed by Piccadilly Circus, Shaftesbury Avenue and Cambridge Circus to the south, Charing Cross Road to the east, Oxford Street to the north, and Regent Street to the west.
Soho has the densest concentration of restaurants, cafés, clubs […]

The normal ingredients of a traditional full English breakfast are: bacon, eggs, fried or grilled tomatoes, fried mushrooms, fried bread or toast, and sausages. Black pudding is added in some regions as well as fried leftover mashed potatoes(called Potato Cakes). Originally a way to use up leftover vegetables from the main of the […]

Covent Garden, London is famous for its shops, street performers, bars, restaurants, theaters and the Royal Opera House. Covent Garden is an Italian-style piazza packed with restaurants, bars and fashionable boutiques. Surrounded by Theatreland, in the heart of London’s West End, the area is recognized as the capital’s premier entertainment and leisure destination.
At […]

Going to a British pub, for a beer or food, is one of those experiences that you have to have in London. Partly because it’s tough to avoid, but partly because you will never have a hope of understanding Britain unless you’ve spent at least a little time in the pub.
Until recently, pubs […]

Smorrebrod is the Danish word for open sandwiches. They are a major part of the Scandinavian diet but no where else as much as in Denmark. Danes often enjoy Smorrebrod for lunch but also hold smorrebrod parties instead of smorgasbords. Smorrebrod literally translates as buttered bread but this is an understatement as the […]