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If there’s one universal hobby amongst Brits, it’s snooping. From judging houses you pass on your commute through boroughs you can’t afford to live in, to taking tours around palaces and historic houses, we love a good nosey around somewhere new. Luckily, a festival basically dedicated to this particular pastime is heading our way. The London Open House Festival will be ret...

Last week, I made my West End debut at the London Palladium. Well, kind of. I was on stage in a scaffold cage with around 74 other members of the audience of Jesus Christ Superstar watching Sam Ryder making his West End debut as Jesus.

Many Londoners know Sam Ryder as 'that long-haired guy in the spangly suit who almost won us Eurovision'. Now, the Brit-nomi...

You can barely exist in London without someone mentioning they’re training for a Hyrox. Whether you’re in the pub or the park, someone will casually bring it up, or be donning merch items from competitions they’ve completed, or you’ll be scrolling through a dating app and seeing i...

Is your idea of hell a sugary cocktail which tastes like the liquid version of a pack of Haribo sweets? Is your dream drink garnished not with a cherry, but a pickle or a tomato slice? If so, you’re in luck, because savoury cocktails are taking London by storm. Yes, certain bars have ...

If you want to make a bet with yourself, or with someone else about to buy a mechanical watch, make this one: that the sales assistant will not mention that, in addition to the price you pay for the watch, you’re also committing to spending several hundreds of pounds every few years just to keep the thing going.

Like any mechanical device — your car, for example — a ...