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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 …

You don’t need to be a Guinness heiress to know that alcohol and vehicles are usually a catastrophic combination. Despite this, however, the clever chaps behind Hendrick’s gin have teamed up with flamboyantly innovative jelly-makers Bompass & Parr to show us how it should be …

After last week’s competition, Londonist are delighted to continue their series of Alan-related contests by offering you the chance to see Alan Titchmarsh speak at Battersea Power Station this Wednesday night. The former Ground Force presenter, an unexpectedly prolific author who has written seven novels …

As part of the SW11 literary festival, which kicks off today, the curly haired wonder that is Alan Davies will be speaking about his new memoirs, ‘My Favourite People and Me’, which was published last week and covers the early part of the comedian’s life. …

From crisp whites to intense reds, it seems like there’s a wine to please everyone, but with so many places around the capital offering what they claim to be the best selection, and Chateau Enfield still several years away from production, it’s hard to know …

As you’re probably aware, Londonist is a great fan of London’s independent bookshops. Imagine our excitement then, that between 6.30pm-8.30pm tonight the excellent London Review Bookshop in Bloomsbury is offering a 10% discount on all books, CDs and DVDs, alongside free wine and a selection …

There may have been more of them this summer than you could shake a freshly sharpened quill at, but there’s still at least one more that might merit your attention. The SW11 Literary Festival, running between 7th and 30th September, offers a vast array of …

Dogs by Jane Hoskyn via the Londonist Flickrpool As the light finally flickered out from the famous neon sign of the Walthamstow Stadium last year, most of the media attention was focused on the lamentable death of a 75-year old venue that had seen the …

We’re delighted to inform you that, after the International Olympic Committee’s deliberations, women’s boxing has been awarded a well deserved place in the 2012 London Olympics. Three women’s weight classes will be added to the boxing events, something made possible by the removal of one …