LDN: HOT OR NOT

Introduced my former secretary and her husband to an extremely satisfying Indian 'tapas style' meal, meaning lots of little morsels ...

Exmouth Market is a nightmare to navigate on a cold rainy evening if you're not familiar with it, so I was grumpy to begin with. Inside ...

I like a restaurant with cream leather booths and flattering lighting, especially when I'm having a bad skin week. And the cooking cert...

I love Harry Potter books and I can normally grit my teeth through the films (Hermione is particularly annoying). So the latest Harry Pott...

French champagne - tick. Large freshly shucked oysters - tick. Swanky department store - tick. But unfortunately that wasn't enough fo...

A white-tableclothed cafe to rest weary shopping feet after tramping around Portobello Road market and the Notting Hill shops. Sherryl and ...

Gail's Bread was opened by Gail Stephens, founder of Baker and Spice (another HOT entry) and you can tell from the quality and the dis...

It amazes me that sometimes it is cheaper to see world-class theatre than it is to go to the movies in London. For 10 pounds I went to see ...

This is the place for the ultimate dinner + movie date. Breezily hip on Portobello Road (where everyone is glamorous), delicious unpretenti...

Where to go on perfect sunny Sunday? Trip down the District Line to Kew Gardens, one of the world's leading botanic gardens. You have t...

There's nothing more warm-fuzzy than eating a 3 course dinner where the profits go towards charitable work. No, not another Jamie Olive...

Steamy and sexy (and that was just the first 5 minutes in the nude shower scene) this was the Ravel's Carmen reimagined in a small Ameri...

A free exhibition of facts about the speed, size, density, diversity and form of seven global cities (including London), and it was cool to ...

I know it’s a chain but fantastically French nonetheless. For afternoon tea skip the scone (singular) with jam for a ridiculous £3.50, and h...

A 4 hour talk and food demonstration about the raw and living food philosophy – basically, that to get the full nutrients of food it should ...

I know a bank where the wild thyme blows/Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows/Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine/With sweet mus...

I'd been planning on visiting for a while, as I walk past the sleek modern canal-side dining room every day on my way to Paddington stat...

A bit of light fluff for a weeknight - attractive people singing, tap dancing, telling corny jokes and a simple happily-ever-after storylin...

The key to a great pre-theatre restaurant is fast efficient service - nothing more stressful than having to scoff down your meal and then sp...

Thanks to Amanda, managed to talk our way into Cherry Jam for 'Sandra's party'. Underground: Alcoved couches, pumping music, a t...