Soak up the last of the summer sunshine on Wednesday with the Portman Village street party on Seymour Place and New Quebec Street. This little cluster of hipstertastic shops and restaurants is spilling out onto the pavements in a blaze of free food and drink, …
Image by Tomasz Tom Kulbowski from the Londonist Flickr pool Hackney Wick is quite possibly the most fashionable place on the planet right now, and therefore it’s no surprise that its new monthly flea market contains some seriously stylish tat. Below-the-knee vintage pencil skirts, ultra-high …
Got lots of cash? Like novelty jewellery? Have fond memories of playing with Lego (or, indeed, still indulge in occasional construction play sessions?) Then LIsa Taylor’s Lego rings will appeal to you. The silver rings will sell for £50.00 each, available exclusively at Selfridges, from …
Impression of St Giles’ Circus redevelopment The New West End Company presented “West End 2020“, its vision of how the central London shopping streets will look a decade hence, at the House of Commons last night. The key points: New space for pedestrians, with pavements …
Photo / Jon Smalldon The New West End Company, which represents businesses around W1, is talking about dividing the Oxford Street pavement into lanes: one for speed-walking commuters, the other for dawdling window shoppers. It’s not a new idea. Nearly a decade ago, local traders …
Crown Estates is looking to sell a minority stake in Regent Street to unnamed foreign investors. The leviathan landlord’s ambit includes such tenants as the Apple Store, National Geographic, Hamleys and Ferrari. Healthy sales, probably due to the weak-pound-attracts-tourists effect, have raised the street’s worth …
We’ve had our eye on The Old Lamp Shed for a while, but somehow a lampshade hasn’t been quite the item to inspire us to splurge out a lot of cash. That could change, though, with the introduction of the Handmade Tube Map Lampshade. Based …
A new pop-up shop raising money for young people affected by cancer opens just off Carnaby Street today. The shop is part of charity Trekstock’s 10,000 Hearts T-shirt campaign and will also host DJ sets and serve as a gallery for specially commissioned art work …
Harrods’ door policy scuppered two runners on the scout for rehydration and a snack last Friday on the grounds that they were excessively sweaty after a 20 mile run. Whilst ‘sweat’ isn’t detailed on the dress code, it forbids “athletic singlets, cycling shorts and dirty …
The Twinings tea shop and museum is a tiny gem, often overlooked and overshadowed by its neighbours on the Strand. Inside, however, this narrow outlet tells a different story. At the front, people stock up with tea that will easily last them years, but towards …
Citing record sales figures, the chief executive of Foyles has indicated that the bookseller may open a new store in Islington. The literati of N1 lost a bookshop last year when Borders closed, though Waterstones remains and Camden Passage has lots of second-hand and antique …
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