This week, Boris Johnson has been considering a decision that will affect the future of London’s most famous nightclub. If the Mayor grants planning permission for a huge development of flats opposite ...

Along with the rest of the capital’s Heath walkers, both occasional and regular, I first encountered Funny Weather, NW5’s entirely delightful new coffee shop and bookstore, after a blustery circuit of ...

“I wanted to open somewhere you can just hide away,” says Jon Spiteri, resplendent in pink, as we lounge by the marble fireplace in Clerkenwell’s buzziest dining room. “We chose the word ‘club’ only ...

With long embedded memories of North London’s loftiest village being home to chains like Cafe Rouge, Caffe Nero and Pain Quotidien, it’s refreshing to see that in the last few years it’s been ...

For years I lived on Grafton Terrace, where West Kentish Town blurs into Gospel Oak on the cusp of swanky old NW3. In fact, I remember, back in the noughties, one estate agent even trying to sell me ...

Seven long years ago, we wrote a paean to the watery arrival of London Shell Co, a floating seafood restaurant at Paddington Basin helmed by a brother-sister duo, Harry and Leah Lobek (read the ...

‘This is me being photobombed by Marie, With my Dad’s lorry outside the house on 64 Allcroft Rd,’ says Stan Tear.

Where exactly is it? Just where Back Lane tumbles down to meet Flask Walk, this most romantic corner of Hampstead is like being on holiday: the cobbled pedestrianized street, boutiques, the musty ...

Warning: this article contains adult themes and sexual language. Some things are reliable in life. The Wizard of Oz at Christmas never fails to make me tearful. Cat videos on Instagram always raise a ...

Camden Town from Hampstead Road, 1780. Note the words ‘A change for the worse’ at the top. Image: British Library Camden Town is famed for its pubs, from unreconstructed Irish bars to the most ...

Take a good look at this main image, which, with its outline of the proposed tower blocks, pretty much sums up the controversy around the Murphy’s Yard development. Its aim is to transform a huge ...

First thoughts? It’s so like the Highgate Road original that it’s almost discombobulating. With its dark mahogany panelled walls, green lacquered ceiling, battered counter and dark wooden boards, this ...