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. …
Londonist last week in numbers, translated into a picture… 1934 was the year Charlie Chan came to London, as discussed in the latest Londonist Film Club 206 locations mapped on our amazing Sherlock Holmes map! 9 pubs for November , recommended by our friends at …
Comptoir Gascon is probably more famed for its ultra-lux lunch menu and provisions. But the home of the £14 “Signature” duck burger (which – with pan fried foie gras – makes a bacon double cheeseburger seem like diet food for paupers), provides the right setting …
23rd April is Shakespeare’s official birthday, and bizarrely also the date he died. Very strange. He shares his birthday with other great luminaries such as Roy Orbison, Shirley Temple, Lee Major and Michael Moore. It’s also the accepted date for the death of Saint George …
The proles won’t like this: 2012 jobs are being advertised down under. Mystery continues to surround the little lost Indian boy. Smithfield traders want the C-Charge waived. A new centre for the Creative Industries, Metropolitan Works, has opened on the Commercial Road. Let’s face it …
93. Acton’s Phantom Monks Alongside white and grey ladies, the ‘monk’ has to be one of the most symbolic of ghostly legends around Britain. Such figures signify the peace and tranquillity of old abbeys and priorys, as they walk or glide, like shadows, adorned in …
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