Smithfield

More Londony trivia for a Monday morning.

That’ll be bacon, sausage, eggs, tomato, white and black pudding, hash browns, minute steak, kidneys, baked beans, fried bread, liver, mushrooms and a pint of Murphy’s stout.

Over 250 nursing staff excised by financial scalpel.

This week in London’s history:

Chops from Smithfield, Oysters from Borough Market, cocktails in Soho – it’s a food lovers tour of London. Luckily for those not willing to delve into the tourist dens that this would require though, Mark Hix’s new cookery book from the Oyster and Chop House …

Photograph courtesy of Le Café Du Marché Executive Chef Simon Cottard has been working at Le Café Du Marché for 20 plus years. With three venues under one roof, his top position keeps him active, which seems to be just the recipe for his success. In …

If like @LaLaLollyWood and @distella you bemoaned the inclusion of les frites Francaise in our search for London’s Best Chips, then maybe these will be a little more to your taste, since The Fox and Anchor near Smithfield market only does proper English (if you …

Chances are you’ve never noticed the Farmiloe Building. Its frontage on the Smithfield end of St John Street is typical of any ornate Victorian warehouse building in this area. But step inside and you’re in a different world. The whole edifice is one giant film …

If you both missed out on Blur at Hyde Park last summer and seeing the documentary ‘No Distance Left To Run’ when it hit cinemas for a short run last month, then the mighty Pure Groove is the ultimate location to head to tonight. From …

In a world where independent record stores are finding it harder and harder to survive, we tip our hats wholeheartedly to Pure Groove who, since moving into their swanky new Smithfield premises are constantly coming up with new reasons to get us in their doors. …