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Photograph: WaitroseCalling all north Londoners with a penchant for posh nosh: there’ll soon be a new place to purchase your chargrilled artichoke hearts and Italian nduja paste, because Waitrose is opening a new shop in Cricklewood. Yep, the fancy supermarket […]
Photograph: Gail’s BakeryAh Gail’s, the mecca of bougie baked goods and posh coffee. Whether you’re a fan of its cherry and chocolate scones and chunky sausage rolls or not, the chain is becoming ubiquitous. Gail’s has 185 locations across the […]
Photograph: Giannis Papanikos / Shutterstock.comThis past week London has been record-breakingly hot – and some of city’s transport network has struggled to deal with the heat. Not only has much of the tube been baking but hot weather caused several services to […]
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Photograph: ShutterstockLondon is set for some more divine weather this weekend. Not (you’ll be glad to know) the suffocating 33C heat we endured over the bank holiday, but a far more bearable 22C-27C – the kind of heat that you […]
AppalachiaIt’s hot, it’s sticky and we’re not going to complain about it, because London in the sunshine is the greatest city in the entire world. Happily, there are some extremely fitting openings set for June, including a lavish ice cream […]
Photograph: Alick CotterillFor 10 years now the London Transport Museum has been hosting tours into some of our city’s most impressive abandoned underground structures via its Hidden London programme. Among the most notably tours are its End of the Line trips to […]
Photograph: BubalaBubala has been wowing plant-based punters and meat-dodgers with its Middle Eastern veggie fare since its first branch opened in Spitalfields in 2019. Its rich brown butter houmous, meaty mushroom kebabs and halloumi smothered in fruity jam garnered such […]