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London Bermondsey London. I’ve written before about how it’s so easy to miss parts of a city you’ve lived in, a city you were born in. Particularly when that place is London. With a population bigger than most countries in Europe, a history that punches hard and a present that pulses with change, it’s fair to […]

UNUSUAL ART IN LONDON: CONRAD LONDON ST JAMES HOTEL REVIEW The Conrad London (technically the Conrad London St James Hotel) has all you’d expect from a classical luxury London hotel. Creams, golds, attentive service, fast wifi, in-room coffee units and an impressive concierge. The Blue Boar Bar, on the other hand, delivers a a deliciously […]

TRAVELSHOOT REVIEW: THE SECRET TIP OK. So here’s something I never thought I’d do: set up a photoshoot with a professional photographer to take photographs of… myself! Kids, I grew up in an age when photographs had to be printed. When you had to pay actual money to see them and when it was all […]

This review experience of the Pullman London St Pancras Hotel is part of the “Our World Is Your Playground” project with Global Nomad and The Pullman Life Hub. Just like every review, though, I write what I like and no messin’about. The Pullman London St Pancras Hotel in Review I’ve been thinking a lot lately […]

It takes a little while to appreciate what Z Shoreditch gets right. Not because things go wrong, at all, but more in the self-confident way the hotel knows just who it’s for – and who it’s not. It prides itself on affordable luxury – a much maligned phrase – but here’s how Z Shoreditch interprets […]

Shepherd's Bush is not where most people venture on their first trip to London. Not because...

In a quiet street in a great big city, The Arch Hotel goes about its business. Bursting with flowers, plush sofas and strange mirrors, it’s a boutique hotel that’s paid attention to design without losing its focus on the hospitality that matters.  The Arch Hotel London in Review I stayed in the Welbeck suite, where […]

Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests; snug as a gun. On Sunday evening, something surprising occurred. I went to The Savoy (itself extraordinary,) I laughed with friends (happily less rare) and I won an award. A rather prestigious award. And surprise bubbles around me even now. Best Travel Blog 2014 Surprise […]

A Striking Boutique Luxury Hotel in the former home of the Morning Post Newspaper, built in 1907  First, Aldwych There’s a majestic curve of road that sweeps through central London called Aldwych. Like many a place in this grand old capital, it has a name designed to fox outsiders. And even insiders in this case […]

The London Bridge Hotel lives next to London’s record breaking The Shard and is only a hop, skip and a jump away from London Bridge…in all its forms.  London Bridge Hotel London Bridge Hotel, cunningly situated on London Bridge Street, just metres from London Bridge station and – you guessed it  – London Bridge itself, […]

As a Londoner, you miss out on London at its polite and polished best. The London that would turn up to a job interview. The London you would

How do we know when we've arrived when we travel? Because we recognise the image we've already seen. We think we're chasing new experiences but

Ah, London. According to some things I read, there’s nothing but high rise buildings, reams of cement and formulaic, biscuit-cutter hotel rooms, unless you happen to be connected to royalty. Well, step into the immaculate Lincoln’s Inn Fields, where a square patch of grass that’s seen more attention than Kate Middleton’s wardrobe wins the accolade […]

What should you do once you’ve seen the classics? With Big Ben, Westminster Abbey and

A golden sofa waits in the lobby of the Radisson on Mercer Street, its spine forming a glamorous backdrop that

There are hotels. And then there are hotels. Places so imaginative, so extraordinary and so unusual that they stand out as experiences in their

A clock plods through its strict rhythm as the clink of china echoes through

Emerging from Clapham Junction's grey and predictable train station, I saw him straight away. A scarlet...

The true City of London, or the Square Mile, forms the financial heart and hub of London. It's a place of steel and glass, of suits and speed

London. A vast metropolis with skyscrapers, a spaghetti-tangled underground system and arguably more than four international airports, not to