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Our Disturbing Pornhub Habits

By Joss Bassett 11 April 2018

Pornhub has become well know for their analyse of the porn searches of their users and the strange, amusing and sometimes down right politically hypocritical results it has thrown up. Over the years we have learnt that in the UK we are the second biggest consumers of porn on Pornhub after the USA, spending an…

The UK's Sex Toy Map

By Joss Bassett 11 April 2018

The good people at Carvaka Sex Toys have been analysing the searches for sex toys on their site and have found some pretty interesting things, and it looks like London may be rather vanilla in its sex toy tastes. So what, with a tongue in cheek (though hopefully not chauvinistic) take, can we read into…

Oh My Dog! Hotdogs

By Joss Bassett 10 April 2018

An apt name, Oh My Dog, because, oh my god these hotdogs are good. Based at the KERB Camden Market, they also set up shop at the Southbank summer food market under Charing Cross railway bridge next to the Bleecker Burger popup. They offer three choices: the Oh My Dog, Deputy Dog and the Chilli-Steak…

The Boulevardier

By Joss Bassett 6 April 2018

2017 was unquestionably the year of the Negroni; it was hard to walk past a bar in London last summer and not see it listed as one of the cocktails on offer. Invented, as the story goes, for Count Negroni in 1919 when he asked the barman to make him a stronger version of his…

A Day Out in Mayfair

By Mayfair Curated 6 April 2018

Need some weekend inspiration? Spend your Saturday moseying around Mayfair’s delicious cafes and museums. Breakfast: Açai bowls, creamy green smoothie bowls, slow-cooked pineapple compote porridge, smashed avo on sourdough, peanut butter raspberry sourdough bagels and homemade beans on toast 😍😍😍Say hi to our new breakfast menu at the delis 👋🏻 Who’s coming down to…

Andrew Edmunds

By Joss Bassett 5 April 2018

Opened in 1986 in an 18th century townhouse and with an historic print shop of the same name next door, Andrew Edmunds is one of the last bastions of old school Soho restaurants among a sea of new chains and trendy spots. The restaurant is quaint and bijou set across a number of small rooms…

The New Fourth Plinth

By Joss Bassett 4 April 2018

Trafalgar Square’s fourth plinth, originally intended for an equestrian statue of William IV, has become the leading public art installation in London. Started in 2005, the rotating commission has led the way in London’s pubic art commissions, to the point that the streets of our city are now awash with temporary and permanent art installations.…

Wet Shaving – The Basics

By Ollie Gane 4 April 2018

There are few things in life that one can do everyday to make themselves feel like a king at such good value than wet shaving. A wet shave is an art form that seems to have been lost amongst men born after the 50’s, though new brands like Harry’s are targeting millennials with success. The…

Dukes

By Joss Bassett 3 April 2018

The bar at Dukes is agreed by all to be one of the finest in London. It comprises a collection of three small Edwardianesq rooms, their walls dripping with portraits and etchings, and low lighting, The head barman, Alessandro Palazzi, is one of the most highly respected and admired cocktail makers, as well as a…

London Characters: Wispy Lady

By Matthew MacLachlan 30 March 2018

The second character I happened across was a day after the first, whilst my father and I were cycling past an oast house set in deep countryside by a reservoir. I say ‘deep countryside’ but, as the astute reader knows, such hardly exists in the immediate bestrew of London, and so I ask graciously, with…