Having trouble finding a quiet picnic spot in London, courtesy of lockdown and with restaurants off the menu? We all know the usual al fresco hangouts: Regent’s, Hyde Park, Richmond and St James’s Parks, as well as Hampstead Heath, Primrose Hill and Kew Gardens. But there are also plenty of smaller or more unusual green

Eltham Palace is one of London’s unique gems, a historic venue where Art Deco London is living it up with its medieval ancestors. Imagine a hotsy-totsy sleepover with both Henry VIII and Hercule Poirot. You have a coupe de champagne in one hand, and the ivories tinker away in the background. A lemur called Mah-Jongg

I asked some of London’s top bloggers to come up with that one place that should be on every visitor’s radar – a must-see London gem. Imagine you only had half a day to spare in the city…here’s a curated list from those in the London know. I hope you enjoy jaunting around the city

You’ve got 12 hours in Covent Garden. Maybe you’re a tourist with a tight London itinerary. Maybe you’re a local who’s walked through the piazza a hundred times and never stopped. Either way, the question is the same: how do you spend one day here without wasting money on overpriced street performers and souvenir tat?

Most people walk past 2 Pearson Square without a second glance. It’s a glassy office block near Oxford Street, home to dentists and dermatologists. But inside its ground floor sits one of London’s most ridiculous interiors — a tiny chapel covered in gold mosaic, Italian marble, and enough Byzantine bling to make Istanbul jealous. The

I’ve taken every speedboat ride on the Thames at least twice. Thames Rockets, Thames Jet, London Rib Voyages — the works. Here’s the thing nobody tells you: most people book the wrong one and spend £40 getting wet and bored. I’m here to fix that. Thames Rockets runs the fastest passenger boats on the river