Category: London

When the sun’s out, it’s time to get high. Head for London’s best rooftop bars and lofty terraces. We’ve rounded up the best for 2025. If you’re reading this in spring/early summer, make sure your sky bar of choice has

This feature first appeared in April 2024 on Londonist: Time Machine, our much-praised history newsletter. To be the first to read new history features like this, sign up for free here. Vegetarian restaurants might feel like a relatively new phenomenon,

London Calling at the Haymarket Hotel The newest afternoon tea menus to launch in London — including those inspired by spies, Shakespeare, and London itself. Book yourself in for a special occasion… or just because you deserve a treat. Tea

Campania, Shoreditch. Image by Lydia Manch. It’s that time of year again. No gas heaters needed. No blanket draped over the knees like an elderly dowager. Embrace the tiny window we have to bask outside, eating beautiful food in balmy

Umbrella Cider House has just opened up in Bethnal Green. A cider bar brewing its own booze has just opened in east London. Scant places are dedicated to the intoxicating apple nectar in London, but Umbrella Cider House in Bethnal

Pub plaques in the Lamb and Flag. Image: Matt Brown In celebration of the little-regarded pub plaque. Anything can happen down the pub. Lovers meet; ideas hatch; fights erupt; revolutions foment; friendships renew; communities come together. All of human life

Online sensation Sandwiches of History comes to London for a one-off live date in July. Let’s give this live show a go… Lunchtime historian Barry Enderwick — who’s made a name for himself by leafing through old recipe books and

Singburi is back on the menu this spring, as it reopens in Shoreditch. Image: Lydia Manch/Londonist If you were among the foodies mourning the closure of acclaimed Thai restaurant Singburi at the end of last year, cease those tears. It

Live art meets afternoon tea at The Kensington. London’s afternoon tea scene really gets going for the year in February, with Valentine’s treats, a rather retro sweet menu (served on the move, natch), and an afternoon tea themed on a

Looking for flowers to go with your chocs? Check out our pick of London’s best florists. Who doesn’t heart chocolates. Image: DeRosier Looking to buy a box of chocolates in London, and a supermarket selection just won’t cut it? Get