The recession has hit everyone pretty hard over the last few years and for most people this has meant a tightening of purse strings. Living in London is really expensive, but just because the bankers are in a mess doesn’t mean that people shouldn’t enjoy themselves.
There are a lot of voucher websites out there with deals for loads of high street restaurants and brands. Basically it is even more important for all the big brands to fill their restaurant tables. In the past vouchers and meal deals, used to be …

London – the land of tea and crumpets, the Queen and the red phoneboxes. Every guide book will tell you to stop at Trafalgar Square or look around Harrods.
But if you want to try something a bit more, well, local, then try these places out. (Go on, they’re near the tourist stops you do want to go to…)
1. Franco Manca
London may not be known for its pizza, but that may change. Franco Manca in Brixton offers handmade pizzas on a slow-rising sourdough crust, finished with various seasonal toppings. All for …

Ever fancied learning something new but can’t commit to a full-time course? Then City Lit is a really good place to consider.
In brand new premises (a 6 floor huge purpose-built building), a vast improvement on the random sites it occupied before, you’ll find City Lit on Keeley Street, a five minute walk from Holborn tube.
Established in 1919, it’s now the largest adult education centre in Europe, offering day, evening and weekend courses. And luckily for its students, it’s always managed to attract the best teachers: Dame Edith Sitwell, T.S. …

Brian the pigeon is somewhat of legend amongst the London bloggers and if you spend some time on his pigeon blog website then you will realise why!
The pigeon blog is exactly what it says on the tin, a blog written by a pigeon with various amusing pictures of London life and comical comments from our feathered friends points of view.
The pigeon blog has been featured in loads of places such as the Times, the Guardian, Time Out and even has an accompanying online shop selling all sorts of pigeon related …

Words by JDG Chambers and images credited to Cynthia Chan
The trouble with late-night drinking in Shoreditch and the difference a few hours makes to New York’s Lower East Side.
The old lady of east London likes to be tucked up in bed by two a.m. Shoreditch, as the old lady likes to be called, leaves the late opening hours to her cousin across the pond.
To confuse matters, our politicians pass 24-hour licensing laws to abolish the binge-drinking race against last orders. We should be more continental, they tell us, take our …

Having traipsed along Oxford Street during the human traffic rush hours for a few weeks now, I feel more than experienced to vent frustrations with the zoo known as Oxford Circus and its surroundings. Top peeves:
1. Umbrellas: Emily Post should have written a book on Umbrella Etiquette. I nearly get an umbrella in the eye about three times a day. People should have to pass tests to own and use one. If you are walking and someone is nearby, raise your umbrella up. Please.
2. Arms as weapons: People who swing their arms …

Over the years I have had a few unusual flirtations with rock climbing, which have included dangling off a massive wall of ice in Peru, scampering up a free climbing wall in Greece and more recently donning a fetching t-shirt and taking part in a rock climbing competition in Mile End.
I wasn’t even aware the Mile End Climbing Wall existed until a friend suggested some rock climbing action as a birthday day out. The facility is situated close by to Mile End tube station on the central line and can …

If you find yourself in or around Old Street and the concrete peering at you from every angle is getting a little too much or you don’t fancy eating your sandwiches at your desk again, then you could do worse than sit under the trees in a little nook of calm called Bunhill Fields on City Road.
Bunhill Fields, formally known as ‘Bone Hill’ started life literally as a pile of bones, unceremoniously dumped from St Paul Cathedral when they were having a clearout in the mid sixteenth century. …