Historically an industrial no man’s land between Vauxhall and Battersea, Nine Elms is currently the most exciting development project going on in Central London. Having moved to the area last year, I was encountered with the same question over and over again, “where is Nine Elms?” With friends assuming it was a leafy commuter village…
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Spicy Meatball: London's Street Photographer
Thankfully Instagram isn’t just about millennials showing off their ‘better than you’ loves or pictures of food, it has become a show room for the creative work of all sorts of artists and landscape and cityscape photographers. Among the many of high res generic images of London, you’ll find some great photographers of the city…
The Alternative Guide to Greenwich
Ask any native Londoner which side of the river is better and you’ll instantly get a definitive answer (as well as the obligatory slagging off of the other side). I am a south Londoner born and bred, so naturally I think it’s best. But generally speaking it doesn’t have the best rep – Donald Trump…
A Tour of London’s Brutalist Architecture
Brutalism, love it or loath it, London is the spiritual heart of the architectural movement, so to celebrate the launch of its Atlas of Brutalist Architecture, a tome of a book mapping 878 Brutalist buildings by 798 architects in 102 countries, Phaidon organised a tour of the Brutalist masterpieces of London. So what is Brutalism?…
The Trials and Tribulation of a Food Judge: Judging Gelato
TV makes food-judging look sexy, glamorous, and deadly serious – is it in reality? My arse it is! In this case the reality was an entertaining fiasco. After starting thirty minutes late – admittedly on time by Italian standards – the twelve judges, among them a blogger, an Italian food importer, a BBC food reporter,…
We Speak to Virgilio Martinez
Arriving at 31 Rathbone Place, the home of Lima in Fitzrovia, I’m told, after some confusion as to who I was and why I was there, to make my way downstairs, where I should find Virgilio Martinez . Descending from the long white, naturally lit restaurant to the dark blue basement area with its own…