London’s Best Blooms

Grey. Cloudy. Drizzly. These are the words many attach to London with a grunt or a groan. How little they know… Colourful. Bright. Blossoming. These are the words that really apply to London at this time of year, because come rain or shine (fingers crossed!), London is about to burst into a beautiful bloom ofContinue reading
Top London Parks for Running

36,000 runners have bagged a bib for this year’s London Marathon on Sunday 21st April. It’s one of the world’s top running events and every year almost double the number of available places are bid for by participants from all over the planet. There are the serious front runners with records and reputations and theContinue reading
5 WAYS TO SAY ‘WORLD’S BEST MUM’

This one’s for every mum out there. A perfect Mothers’ Day with elastic hours, no expense spared and anything possible, because – at one time or another – our mums have pulled out all the stops for us! Oh to be flung again. By Philippe Put. Breakfast in Paris Somewhere in the great big mysticalContinue reading
The ten weirdest museums in London

The V&A, the British Museum, the Natural History and the Science Museum. They may be the royalty of London‘s museum scene and worthy monarchs, we grudgingly admit, but can they offer you Winston Churchill’s dentures, your own blend of gin and more sewing machines than an All Saints shop front? No, they cannot. But theseContinue reading
Flickr Friday – Snowy Britain

With the weather in the British Isles taking a nippy turn, we thought it was worth reminding everyone just how beautiful and magical the United Kingdom can be when snow starts to fall. Please enjoy this unusual collection of frosty images, and have a wrapped-up weekend. Black are my steps on silver sod; ThickContinue reading
