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Photo by Chris Osburn Here’s how to have a picnic and leave the worry about cleaning up to someone else, in this case, Bloomsbury bake shop owner, Bea Vo. For £9/picnicker, Bea supplies an easy to tote basketful of picnic essentials including a blankie, utensils …

Thumbs up Boris photography by Chris Osburn and includes Charles Saumarez Smith, CEO, Royal Academy of Arts; Yves Carcelle, Chairman and CEO, Louis Vuitton; Margot Heller, Director, South London Gallery; Boris Johnson, Mayor of London; Ralph Rugoff, Director, Hayward Gallery; Susan Whiteley, UK Managing Director, …

Photography by Chris Osburn Londonist is just back from enjoying an agreeable lunch at Clerkenwell Road’s newly opened Vietnamese eatery, Cafe VN. Starting with a course of refreshing and especially flavourful prawn summer rolls (two rolls cut in half, £3.95) and ending with a filling …

Photography by Chris Osburn Is Tuesday the new Thursday? That seems to be what the folks behind The Tasting Sessions want us to believe. Londonist is just back from the latest instalment of these boozy mingle fests. This one, choco-infused thanks to chocolatier Damian Allsop. …

Photograph of Cass Titcomb courtesy of Canteen With four locations in London, Canteen provides Londoners with “simple British food” in tastefully casual settings. Chef Patron Cass Titcomb has been with the small chain from its 2005 start. After a recently and terribly filling lunch (we …

Photography by Chris Osburn Well, the weather may yet deem us Londoners unworthy of a proper summer, but for a seasonally inspired taste of sunshiny goodness, Wahaca‘s new summer menu guarantees to add thoughtfully prepared warm weather dining with lots of irresistible sabor to the …

Photograph courtesy of The Coach & Horses There’s no shortage of quality pubs in Clerkenwell, with a good number of them boasting a reputation for slinging delicious hash as much as for pulling proper pints. One of the most celebrated of Clerkenwell’s gastronomically oriented pubs …

Photography by KhrystaSyndrome Looks like the Tasting Sessions ladies are at it again. This time, mixing in some fine chocolate with their classy drinks. Not so hot off the heels of their Towards a Fluid State festival (but absence has only made our hearts grow …

Image courtesy of The Langham London Perhaps it’s only fitting that the place to first commercially offer afternoon tea in London should now be recognized as having the best in town. Serving London socialites and fancy pants hotel guests since 1865 (when this newly found …

Image courtesy of Shoreditch House Shoreditch House has recently launched Shoreditch Rooms, bringing 26 bedrooms to the East End’s glam private members club (we actually bumped into a minor TV sleb in the lift during our visit this afternoon). Only open a few weeks, rooms …