On July 7th 2005, the day of London's Tube bombings, we didn't have Twitter. And I remember how, even though I was one stop from Aldgate when the bomb went off, I had no idea what was going on because I was too close to the ...
The Nature of Tweeting in a Crisis
Thoughts
Oh, Sweet Brown, you make us so happy. The clip that spawned a thousand memes, there are only two responses to this video. One is, "pfffft, how have you not SEEN this already?" and the other is a howl of absolute glee, ...
Sweet Brown: Ain’t Nobody Got Time For That
Fun
Spring is upon us, which means it's almost time for the Oxford and Cambridge Goat Race!
No that's not a typo. We did say Goat Race. Spitalfields City Farm holds their annual (now into its fifth year) event to raise funds ...
Oxford & Cambridge Goat Race
See & Do
We chat to Lauren Pears, the woman behind London's future cat cafe, a haven full of coffee and kitties - she talks to us about business plans, animal obsessions, crazy ideas, and internet felines...
London is a city of ...
I Can Haz Cat Cafe?
People
I can remember when I first read the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It was the early 1998, and I was on a bus going home from high school. The book, recommended to me by a friend, was glued to my face the whole ...
There's something about a collar clip that reminds me of the days of fob-watches, hair combs and pocket squares. Tiny little details that just add a little something to an outfit. These ones, from a range by The Make Box ...
Collar Clips from The Make Box
We Love
As part of the TV Series Festival at the Ciné Lumière (within London's Institut Français), actor Hugh Bonneville answered questions put to him by television reviewer Boyd Hilton - and members of the audience - about his ...
Q&A: Hugh Bonneville at the Institut Français
People
Caroline Nitsche remembers those much loved pick-a-path storybooks from childhood, and considers the valuable impact they had on her imagination...
I have a special place in my heart for Choose Your Own Adventure books. I ...
Choose Your Own Adventure: Story of my Life
Thoughts
It began with the movie Babe, and ended with a pig farm in the back garden. When Olivia Mikhail's daughter saw the film about a pig, she longed for a pet one - but after trying to find pigs in London proved a difficult ...
Kew Little Pigs: London Micro Pig Breeders
See & Do
Book appreciator Simon Tierney-Wigg looks back to his first audiobook and explains why it will always have a special place in his ...
Listening to the Story
Thoughts
Bread and I have an agreement. I don't keep bread in the house, and bread won't tempt me to devour a whole loaf in one sitting. But some situations call for a lovely bit o' bread - like when it's cold out and I have soup for ...
Claire’s Emergency Bread
Taste
