The Chocolate Festival returns to Southbank Centre for its annual Christmas celebration this weekend. The festival offers an ideal opportunity to discover the goodness of real, artisan, fine chocolate as well of course as being a chance for total, justified indulgence and a perfect opportunity to bag some thoroughly irresistible Christmas presents. The only problem will be not eating the prospective presents!
Chocolate is a passion that deserves to be indulged and what better time than Christmas to celebrate the joy of chocolate and share it with your loved ones. This …

London is one of Europe’s top cities when it comes to poker games, with a little something to appeal to players of all levels and bankrolls. Unlike some areas such as Monte Carlo that cater more to the high roller, London casinos have plenty to offer the casual player just looking for a cheap and friendly tournament or cash game to take a seat at. Any of the casinos listed below are a great place to start as far as getting a taste of the London poker scene and all …

There are so many attractions in London that when you live in the big city, there are plenty of great places to visit that simply slip through net. Kew Gardens was a prime example of one these places that I had never got round to visiting, until recently that is …
On a recent Saturday morning we popped on the overground with a couple of friends and worked our way across London from Hackney to the posh climates of Richmond. Kew Gardens is pretty easy to locate once you stumble …

I recently attended a pinhole photography course run by the guys at Photography Course London. I had experimented with pinhole photography in the past with various levels of success, but by the end of this one day course I was creating some impressive images and armed with the tools to build my own pinhole lenses and keep experimenting.
Pinhole photography has been around for a long time; however the introduction of digital single lens reflex cameras over the past few years has lead to a growing digital pinhole photography scene. Digital …

This photo was taken by steve9567 on flickr

Approximately 950,000 Australians visit the UK each year and there are more than 106,000 Aussies that currently live in the ‘motherland.’ Of those, almost half live in London. Whether it’s historical, cultural or family ties, Australians still have a strong connection with Britain.
When this connection lures them to the British Isles, London is usually the first destination. But London is a vast metropolis and it can be difficult to know where to start.
Look at many London travel sites and you’ll see …

Photo from Founding Farmers
London is becoming littered with pop-up cinemas along the lines of Secret Cinema. Sofa.com have been running pop up films night where you get the chance to win tickets to a night out at their Chelsea Showroom.
The prize up for grabs is ten pairs of tickets to watch some films with your friends while lounging around on the massive luxury sofas they sell.
The latest film night is James Bond themed, which includes a professional barman making loads of Vodka Martinis (shaken not stirred) and some slap …

Halloween is upon us again and everyone seems to have gone crazy for it this year with shops full of gruesome costumes and decorations!
Unfortunately though there is some bad news, the world is ending on the 30th of October 2010, zombies are set to kill us all.
This is obviously quite sad but there’s nothing we can do so there’s no point getting all miserable about it.
The good news is that while the rest of the world freaks out and cries and stuff, you can gather together all the …

The 6th London Tattoo convention is running at Tobacco Docks on the 24th to 26th of September. The London tattoo convention has grown in size rapidly and is now packed full of guest artists.
Tattoo Conventions are an ideal opportunity to scope out tattoo artists and speak to them in the first person. Also conventions are usually packed full of info, gear and freebies from tattoo parlors and new tattoo shops from all over the world.
At this year’s London tattoo convention their will be live music, food and drinks and appearances …