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Cecil Court: From Flickers Alley to Booksellers’ Row [VIDEO]
Posted in: Books, Features, Galleries & Museums, Movies & TV Shows, Places, Videos Tags: Antiquarian, Books, Bookseller's Row, Bookshops, Cecil Court, Flickers Alley, leicester square, Literature, second-hand books

Just minutes from Leicester Square station you’ll find a Victorian alley which inspired Harry Potter’s Daigon Alley. It’s the little-known birthplace of British cinema and film businesses were based there from 1897. The Victorian shop fronts now display antiquarian and second-hand books and all manner of trinkets, curiosities and unusual services – from antique military […]
Will the Festival of Brexit Divide the Nation or Succeed As a Unifying Showcase?
Posted in: Events & Festivals, Highlights, Shows & Exhibitions, Technology Tags: Brexit Festival of Britain, Festival of Britain, Great Exhibition 1851, South Bank

South Bank’s 1951 Festival of Britain may be the blueprint for a 2022 Festival of Britain and Northern Ireland Britain’s past Great Exhibitions were held as landmark events to showcase the nation’s arts and technology. The post-Brexit Festival of Britain and Northern Ireland planned for 2022 will be inevitably tied to the contentious EU referendum […]
London-based Iranian Model Hedi Naimi Seeks to Bring Her Nation and the West Closer Together
Posted in: Features, People Tags: Fashion, Hedi Naimi, Iranian model, London Fashion Week, Persian fashion

Model Hedi Naimi prepares for London Fashion Week next month on a mission to not only shine in the fashion world, but help mend relations between her home country Iran and the UK. She talks to What’s Hot London? about the recent tension between Iran and the West, her experiences modelling in her country and […]
Madame Tussauds Waxing Lyrical About the Missing Royals
Posted in: Galleries & Museums, Highlights Tags: Harry and Meghan, London attractons, Madame Tussauds, museum, waxworks

Some reports say the Harry and Meghan waxworks have been completely removed from Madame Tussauds now they have stepped down from Royal duties, others say they have just been moved a few feet away. There are even rumours they are in another room. So which is it? A Madame Tussaud’s spokesperson has confirmed they are […]
East End Communities Impacted by Recent Shop Closures
Posted in: Features, Food & Dining, Places Tags: Culture, Dining, East End, East London, F. Cooke, Food, Hackney, heritage, History, jellied eels, local history, Manze, Newham, Pie and Mash, shop closures, Syd's Coffee Stall, Tower Hamlets, Walthamstow

Falling demand for traditional East End food and drink options spells the end for many traders The East End is proudly associated with London’s working-class communities but in recent years gentrification, government infrastructure investment and other cultural and economic factors have transformed the demographic. Jellied eels and pie and mash are no longer so popular […]
Tech Innovations Coming to the Capital in the 2020s
Posted in: Features, Technology Tags: 5G, 8K TV, Flying Taxi, technology

The range of exciting new gadgets unveiled in the first month of the year is no surprise given the demand for all things new and fresh. The controversy surrounding 5G phones and mast transmissions still hasn’t died down and the black taxi protest over app-based cab services rages on. But by 2023 Londoners might soon […]
Did You Know the World’s First Museum Restaurant Is in the V&A?
Posted in: Features, Food & Dining, Galleries & Museums Tags: cafe, Dining, Gamble Room, Morris Room, museum, Poynter Room, Restaurant, V&A

With over 2.27 million objects, the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington is recognised as a world leader in collections of applied and decorative arts and design, but did you know it also has the world’s first museum restaurant? Its three opulently decorated Victorian ‘Refreshment Rooms’ were built in the 1850s and 60s, timed to […]
The 10 Most Broken New Year’s Resolutions
Posted in: Highlights, Sports & Fitness, Travel & Leisure Tags: 2020, Christmas, New Year's Resolutions

NEW year, NEW decade and the rush of resolutions have a NEW urgency as we usher in the 2020s. The list of resolutions ditched by the first week of February also pile ever higher. Here’s a list of the top ten. Get Fit The average gym looks like a WrestleMania battleground on Jan 1st with […]
Mad Hatter’s Gin and Tea Party (Theatre)
Posted in: Bars & Clubs, Drama & Theatre, Food & Dining, Reviews

Lots of gin and very little tea but hardly anyone was complaining. An immersive cocktail experience with a surreal and wacky Alice in Wonderland theme and the hosts delivering a five-star knees-up that mixed theatre with a cocktail party. The Cheshire Cat bar isn’t hard to locate in Notting Hill, minutes from Westbourne Park tube […]
Queen of Hoxton, Wizard of Oz Rooftop Bar (Bar)
Posted in: Bars & Clubs, Food & Dining, Reviews Tags: bar review, Queen of Hoxton, rooftop bar, Shoreditch, Wizasrd of Oz

Shoreditch’s showy Queen of Hoxton bar was never likely to go for a modest festive makeover so their garish Wizard of Oz-themed rooftop bar was no surprise despite the stairway to the rooftop painted the cheery colour of the yellow brick road from the movie and the rest of the bar decked out in bright […]