On a dowdy mid-week evening we headed down to Volupte Lounge, tucked away in the middle of central London, just off Fleet Street. As soon as you step into the place you can smell decadence, glamour and general fanciness.
Originally burlesque started out as a form of entertainment for the working classes and as a way to ridicule the upper classes. It originates from the US and usually involves lingerie, tassels, striptease and a good ounce of comedy. Volupte Lounge has the perfect amount of all of these things!
Watching a burlesque …

There are bucket loads of iphone apps out there some useful some funny and some pretty crap so instead of trawling through all of them I have painstakingly but together this list of 20 London related apps which will help save you some time, money and give you some ideas for things to see and visit in London….enjoy
1. Lonely Planet
Although a little pricey this guide comes with the reassurance of a larger brand. Offering content as good as their written guides with additional functionality including location based views which guide to …

We turn up early at the designated meeting point at Tower Hill underground station just as it starts to rain, the busy tube station seems to be churning out unbelievable large amounts of confused tourists, all eagerly reaching for their pack-a-mack rain covers.
Everyone seems to be eyeing each other up nervously under the picturesque backdrop of the Tower of London, waiting for the Jack the Ripper tour to start. Suddenly the numerous umbrella wielding tourists converge on a couple holding Jack the Ripper tour maps and it becomes clear this …

The London Great Gorilla Run is being held in late September (the 26th) and has been running for over five years, no pun intended! The event has helped to raise millions of pounds for endangered mountain gorillas of which they are only around 700 left in the world. Over 3,000 people have completed the run in the last five years and the unique fun run has even set a Guinness world record for the largest gathering of people in gorilla suits!
The premise for the run is simple and a great …

Ben and Jerry’s are one of my favourite companies ever, so I thought I would write a little about some of the events they regularly hold in London annually. What’s not to like about ice cream, smoothies and all the chocolaty goodness of their sugary offerings.
First up is the Sundae Festival which is being held on Saturday and Sunday the 25th and 26th of July this year and is usually held around mid Summer each year. The Sundae festival is basically two days of music and ice creams and fingers …

The London Tattoo Convention will take place in late September of this year and will be the fifth year in the events history. Usually located at the Truman Brewery in East London the convention will be moving to the Tobacco Dock close to Tower Bridge.
During 2008 the convention attracted over twenty thousand visitors and has been steadily growing as a popular international event for the past few years. Hopefully the larger the event gets and more press coverage it receives the more famous and mainstream it becomes, which will encourage …

As London is such a big place to visit and live in you never seem to run out of things to do, however if you are lacking some London inspiration check out this random A-Z list of places to visit and things to see in the capital.
I always find that there are loads of things left to see and visit but can understand that the overwhelming choice in the capital can be stifling for some people. Perhaps you could use this random list as a way to picks things out …

The Carnaby Street Vans store opened in December 2003 and has become a firm favourite on the cosmopolitan street ever since. The epitome of self expression and rebellion - the store fittings reflect the brand’s ideals extremely effectively.
Founded in 1966 by Paul Van Doreen in California, the Vans brand has always been associated with skateboarding, BMX and other extreme sports. Also, ever since Sean Penn donned a pair of classic black and white slip-ons in ‘Fast Times at Ridgemount High’ whilst playing the typical surfer Jeff Spicoli, the brand has …