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Gordon's Wine Bar

By Joss Bassett 23 May 2018

Founded in 1890, Gordon’s Wine Bar is thought to be the oldest wine bar in London. It’s great charm is that little has changed since its founding, and never will. The place oozes with history; the building was the home of Samuel Pepys in the 1680s and the home of Rudyard Kipling around the time…

Indulgent Dum Dum Doughnuts

By Jemima Cox 22 May 2018

It’s fair to say that we live in the age of the rebirth of the doughnut. In the UK it started with Krispy Kreme’s arrival and then the influx of Instagram pictures of the work that American artisan bakers undertook. Inspired, our bakers and street food stalls in markets across London took up the challenge,…

Sneak Peak - Swan Lake Rehearsal (Royal Opera House)

By Samuel Edge 18 May 2018

On Wednesday last week, courtesy of the recently established Young Philanthropists programme at the Royal Opera House, I had the privilege of watching a working rehearsal of the highly anticipated, new production of Swan Lake, which has been years in the planning. We were the first people, who were not staff of the Royal Opera House, to see a…

J Sheekey Atlantic Bar

By Joss Bassett 17 May 2018

Still known to many of us as the Oyster Bar, the Atlantic Bar is one of the best places for fish in London. Over the last few years it has doubled in size inside and the terrace has been opened all year round to accommodate the ever dedicated crowd flocking to the bar housed to…

3&6

By Joss Bassett 16 May 2018

The newest addition to the drink and dining options at Fortnum & Mason is the 3’6 Bar (Three and Six Bar), found on the third floor by the Gentleman’s Department. This cocktail bar is wonderfully relaxed with its antique globes, books and fun fair table top toys. The name is derived from Fortnum’s 1930s home…

M (Victoria Street)

By Joss Bassett 15 May 2018

Since the second branch of M opened on Victoria Street it has overshadowed its elder sister in The City. Wine Bar, Raw Bar, Bar, and Grill restaurant, the site is deceptively large; like an iceberg most of it’s submerged (underground not water, thankfully!). In no way is it a cheap place, the wines are all…

We look back at - The Worst Food Festival EVER (possibly)!

By Steven Shakeshaft 10 May 2018

I, my better half, and a few friends recently attended an event called “Shake Your Patty Burger and Milkshake” food festival. It was to be ‘the best burger joints and shake-makers in London’ with guest DJs and booze to make it a proper adult day out. Run by FatBoiz Dinner Club, the venue for this…

Caring For Your Shoes

By Ollie Gane 9 May 2018

If you have invested in your shoe collection now all you need to do is look after them. Shoes, like suits, should not be worn consecutively for more than one day; this is to allow them to dry out and the leather to rest. This article covers polishing, storage, shoe trees, shoe horns and repairs to…

Il Vicolo

By Joss Bassett 8 May 2018

Tucked away down Crown Passage, a narrow hickledy pickledy ally running off Pall Mall parallel to St James’s Street, among the pubs, Davy’s Wine Bar, tailor and sandwich shops, is an Italian restaurant named Il Vicolo. Family run for some 20 years now, and listed in the Michelin Guide many times, it’s an unsung and…

Rochelle Canteen at the ICA

By Joss Bassett 3 May 2018

On The Mall and tucked under Carlton Terrace butting up against the Duke of York steps, you’ll find the Institute of Contemporary Art. Not a gallery that will interest all, its exhibits are exceptionally modern. Among the works they have shown are performance art, films, and an old cathode ray TV showing static in a…