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Photograph: Cktravels / ShutterstockThe Italians know exactly what they’re doing when it comes to making things taste good. Pizza? Tick. Gelato? Tick. Coffee? Double tick. Luckily, you don’t have to be traipsing the cobbled streets of Naples to find good Italian espresso. Us Brits […]
Photograph: Markus Mainka / Shutterstock.comThere is no greater feeling than setting off on holiday and knowing you’re getting bang for your buck on flights and accommodation. Which is why, each year when Skytrax reveals its list of the ‘best low cost […]
Photo: Johan PerssonGiving one of his trademark hard stares to the competition, Paddington the Musical confirmed itself as the hottest theatre ticket in London right now with a triumphant seven wins at last night’s prestigious Olivier Awards, which were broadcast […]
Photograph: ShutterstockSouthwest London’s crep game is about to go up a level, because the doors of a shiny new Sports Direct store have swung open in Kingston-upon-Thames. Spread across two floors on Market Place, the new sportswear shop spans 31,000 […]
Image: Foster Partners Back in June 2025 the government revealed which architects had been chosen to design the incoming Queen Elizabeth II memorial, commemorating the late monarch who died in 2022. Celebrated architects Foster Partners, the people behind the Gherkin […]
Photograph: Berkeley Homes From James Bond, to Slow Horses, Brits famously love a good spy story. Soon a new museum will open in the capital unveiling some of Old Blighty’s wartime secrets: think espionage, deception and histories that have been hidden for 70 […]
Photograph: Feilden Fowles ArchitectsIt was a sad day for south London when, in March 2024, we had to wave a temporary goodbye to the Horniman Museum’s overstuffed walrus. The marine mammal, which lacks its characteristic wrinkles as a result of […]