markets

A lesser-known market with huge potential.

From Camden to Brixton.

Foodies jostle brollies for the best fare

Listen to London expert Simon Crutchley talk wax lyrical about London’s markets.

Whether you buy into the birthday of baby Jesus, cave in to the commercialisation or attempt an atheistic avoidance of the event, it’s difficult to ignore the shopping when loved ones are angling for gifts. Top load on mince pies and mulled wine and feel …

Described by its founders as a cross between a farmer’s market and a supermarket, Union Market opened up earlier this year in the former ticket hall of Fulham Broadway station. The Grade II-listed hall, which was closed in 2003 and replaced by a hideous shopping …

If you fancy getting crafty in London this weekend, there’s plenty on offer, especially if you’ve got a sweet tooth. How about cupcake decorating with the Cocoa Box in Hampstead? Instead of heading to the pub on Sunday evening, join Lisa and her team for …

The Evening Standard notes a potential harbinger of commercial conformity on Portobello Road, as chain retailer AllSaints opens a new store on that most ramshackle of markets. The ‘street where the riches of ages are sold’ is a place of barrows and stalls, of small …

By deluxis Proof that we’re thinking more locally and sustainably comes from a new study carried out on behalf of the South East Food Group partnership, that says 2 out of 3 Londoners buy, or would like to buy, more local food. It also finds …

If the idea of going to the country over the weekend is just a bit too involved, heading over to Old Spitalfields Market today might be able to give you some illusion of escaping the big city. Though billed as “the Countryside Comes to Spitalfields,” …