Exploring London: Putney Walks
I pull up my hood and head out into the rain, stroller covered, baby asleep. It’s early on a mid-week […]
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London Events: A Night of Rogue Opera – Carmen
It’s been a long time since Jorge wrote a guest post for me, but when an opportunity came up to
Small Business Breakfast: Wild Fawn Jewellery
I met Emma a few years ago at a London Local Etsy Team meeting in the garden of The Chelsea
Small Business Breakfast: Shoshy Cadoodle®
Meet Shoshana Bratton, a talented, creative Londoner with a great sense of humour that shows through in her illustrations. She
A Frosty Sunrise Walk in Bishops Park, London
At 34 weeks pregnant, in anticipation of what is soon to come, I’m making sure to appreciate more than ever
Exploring West London: Battersea Park & Imperial Wharf
London – this sprawling city crammed with double-decker buses and high streets and a skyline that’s constantly growing with more
Visiting London’s Thames Barrier & Farmopolis
There is stillness, a silence, around the Thames barrier. If you stop to listen more closely, all around you’ll hear
Exploring London: From Westminster to Chinatown
“In people’s eyes, in the swing, tramp, and trudge; in the bellow and the uproar; the carriages, motor cars, omnibuses,
A London Walk: From South Kensington to World’s End
True summer has finally arrived in London. Evenings are warmer this week, so I decided to take the long way
Exploring London: Eel Pie Island
In deepest Twickenham, along the muddy Thames, you’ll find a narrow, faded-green footbridge that leads to a magical world called
A Rhododendron Walk: The Isabella Plantation, Richmond Park – London
“Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” – Henry
Exploring London: Bethnal Green & Columbia Road Flower Market
As I walked up Bethnal Green Road, there was no doubt I was back in the trendy, refreshingly diverse, colourful,
Village Vibes in London’s Harrow on the Hill
Northolt Road, the main high street in South Harrow that greets you when you walk out of the station, has
A London Walk: From EC1 to Embankment
Home to one of London’s oldest street markets, the northern bit of Whitecross Street in EC1 is bustling on a
Petersham Nurseries: A Pretty, Peaceful London Escape
This blog is bursting with blooms lately. If you came looking for the gritty, grimy side of London, you’ll have
Chelsea Flower Show & Chelsea in Bloom
London is urban. It can be a bit scruffy and rough around the edges. It’s full of city-grime, big hulking
Exploring Earl’s Court, London
One of the reasons I love to travel is because everything I see in those moments is completely new to
Colourful London: Scenes from a Quiet Notting Hill
Just 48 years ago, back in 1968, George Andrews moved out of number 157 Portland Road in London’s Notting Hill.
Stories from Central London
I’d nearly forgotten the silence of the rush hour commute. I’d forgotten the gentle sway of hundreds of thousands of
Colours & Character of Chelsea, London
It doesn’t have the grit, rawness or street art that continually draws me back to east London. It doesn’t have the trendy