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Chefspective: Prahlad Hegde, Executive Chef at Bombay Brasserie

Long time Executive Chef at the well established Bombay Brasserie, Prahlad Hegde chats about his career and shares a few basics tips about how to best prepare Indian and South Asian dishes at home.

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Hand-Drawn Maps Of London: South Kensington

More ‘hand-written’ than ‘hand-drawn’, today’s map gives a real insider’s guide to Albertopolis. Turns out the area contains much more than dinosaurs and BBC proms.

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The Architecture Of Bling Comes To Brompton Road

The “Brompton Diamond”, pictured above, a nine-story residential building, has been approved by Kensington & Chelsea council. As the name would suggest, it’ll be built on Brompton Road, just a short distance from Harrods and the upmarket stores of Knightsbridge. Curiously, this isn’t the first …

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Kensington House For Sale At Bargain Price

Estate Agent Overload by blech It’s enough to get first-time buyers legging it down SW7 way, chequebook in hand: a two-bedroom period terrace house on Crescent Place (a “quiet no-through road”, according to the estate agent), within walking distance of Harrods and the Kensington museums, …

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Ask a Concierge: Tony Rossi, Concierge from Crowne Plaza London Kensington

Photograph courtesy of the Crowne Plaza Welcome to our third instalment in Ask a Concierge, our series of interviews with concierges of London’s hotels. Starting out at the Holiday Inn Kensington which has recently relaunched as the Crowne Plaza London Kensington, Tony Rossi will celebrate …

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Photo of the Day: Victoria and Albert Museum

You never know what might be lurking above you in SW7. Footsteps are captured wandering over head in the V&A. Photo by Malcolm Edwards via the Londonist Flickrpool.

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Steel at The Royal British Society of Sculptors

The Royal British Society of Sculptors? No, we hadn’t heard of its existence either. Well, if there exists a Royal Society of Holographers, there must be a Royal Society for this slightly more ancient artistic medium. With its headquarters tucked away in on Old Brompton …