Are you the person who likes to think they know all the hidden independent culture spots of London? Me too, but are you aware that there’s a place to share that hard-earned knowledge (not smugly) with others? It’s called Great Little Place and it’s a crowd-led guide to ‘charming and  unusual places to go’. Places like this…

19 Princelet Street

…and a gazillion bars and restaurants.

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Trend: Punched pictures

Did you see Evander Holyfield on Celeb Big Brother, claiming to have punched a horse? Liz Jones wasn’t happy, and his defence that it was his horse didn’t sway her one bit. My point is that we all want to punch something every so often, but let’s keep it to inanimate objects shall we? A […]

Still in business

Booze food and hair upkeep. All things I could have told you lie in the hearts of Brits, before I looked at this nice little piece in the Express. It’s about the shops that have survived up to 300 years on the British high street and is, I guess, as revealing about our culture’s tastes […]

Embroidered photographs

When I was little I had a postcard of a Flamenco dancer – in gaudy, gorgeous saturated 70s colour – and the skirt of her dress was embroidered. I loved it – the ‘real’ quality of the dress, even while it made the photo somehow more unreal. I used to love rubbing my finger over […]

Shop: Dick’s Edinburgh

I was back in Edinburgh at the weekend, the town of my student years and first three flat shares – the first of which you can on our instagram. It’s Georgian and what a beauty. Imagine having to readjust expectations for renting in London on a journalist’s starting salary – HA. Anyway, while roaming the […]