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Welcome to Versus, where Londonist takes like for like and decides which one is more likeable. As anyone who has already visited the Cologne Christmas market on the Southbank can attest, the annual German invasion is now well under way. (One can only assume they’ve come to …

It’s hard to think about an objective review when you’re floating on 4,000 litres of pungent mauve cocktail, becoming slightly dizzy as you spin around on your orange raft and the heady smell of punch wafts into your nostrils. In fact, it’s very hard to …

School of the future? For some students in West London, Christmas really has come early. Gumley House Convent School in West London has lent thirty lucky pupils iPhones to test their usefulness as a teaching aid, hoping that applications, “such as the periodic table and …

It is hard to doubt that for Sam Galsworthy and Fairfax Hall, lifelong friends and spirits experts who have worked at Fuller’s and Diageo, founding the artisan distillery Sipsmith was what they were born to do. Inspired by our city and its long, tempestuous history …

Punchbowl by Rodney Sanches via Picassa For most people who hear the phrase ‘fallen in the drink’, it seems like nothing more than a quaint euphemism for getting rather wet. For jelly mongers Bompas and Parr, however, it seems to have been something of an …

Londonist loves to eat. And we like to cook as well. Hey, we just like food. But we thought for a change it would be nice to catch up with some of the dudes and dudettes who really feed London – its chefs. It’s easy …

Remember these fellows? Unless you suffered concussion during the Umbrella Jousting at this summer’s Olympiad, you’ll probably recall that the people behind The Chap magazine are pretty good at putting on a party. Londonist Towers have thus been filled with a haze of celebratory pipe …

Set in the appropriately spooky location of the Royal Victoria Patriotic Building, this Halloween-themed Beer festival features a spine-tinglingly good selection of real ales from all corners of the UK. Hosted by bar/restaurant Le Gothique, the festival concentrates on dark and winter ales, although there …

From delicious and daring ‘cocoa-centric’ restaurant menus to full blown chocolate art, this year’s Chocolate Week is certainly demonstrating how versatile (and tasty) the stuff really is. Continuing this theme in style, the lovely people at Divine chocolate last night invited us to find out …

There are few things in life better than chocolate, which is why we’re so excited about ‘Chocolate Unwrapped’, a dedicated chocolate show running between 10th-11th October at the Mayfair Hotel that’s designed to kick start Chocolate Week with a gooey bang. Alongside an interesting programme …