I’ve lived in and around London all my life and raised both my boys here, and I still find something new most weekends. So when friends ask me what to do with children in London, my answer is always the same. You could stay a month and not run out, …
There are more than 20,000 restaurants in London, so let me say this plainly: no guide can list them all, and the ones that try tend to fill up with places nobody who lives here would choose. This one is different. Everything below is somewhere I’ve eaten, across years and …
Ham House is a Grade I listed, 400-year-old Stuart mansion on the south bank of the Thames in Richmond, and one of the easiest National Trust days out from central London. Allow half a day. Start in the gardens, head inside when the house opens late morning, then finish by …
When I first read JK Rowling’s The Philosopher’s Stone back in 1997, I – along with what felt like the rest of the world – was completely hooked by the story of a young wizard whose adventures would go on to spawn a worldwide phenomenon. Years later, I found myself …
Life can get busy… And sometimes all it takes is a change of scenery to sharpen the mind, to give you a fresh perspective and to de-stress. But sometimes it’s not possible to go away for a night or a long weekend. That’s why day trips are a great compromise. …
Every time friends visit London for the first time, they ask me the same thing: where do we even start? And I get it. London is vast – overwhelming, even. You can stare at a map of the Tube and feel like you need a month just to scratch the …