Emma Hughes

This is the life. While Kent is packed with fantastic seaside weekend getaways, it is hard to look past the charms of delightful Deal. Located less than 10 miles from Dover, Deal is just about as postcard-perfect as England gets, a picturesque town of charms and whimsy, not to mention good food and better conversation. The town has been a magnet for artists and writers over the centuries, and history tells us that creative types know a seaside stunner when they see one. While we don’t want to lurch too far into the cliches, Deal really does tick the ‘something for everyone’ box. Looking for a romantic couples getaway? A family adventure? Or maybe you want somewhere beautiful for some solo time? No matter the inspiration, you’ll find it in spades in Deal. Maybe we should have said you’ll find it in buckets and spades, but that would be too obvious. These are the best things to do in Deal right now. RECOMMENDED:🦪 The best things to do in Whitstable☀️ The best things to do in Canterbury🏘️ The best places to visit in the UK At Time Out, all of our travel guides are written by local writers who know their cities inside out. For more about how we curate, see our editorial guidelines.

Ever since Padella opened in Borough Market, and queues started to snake outside for its simple, affordable pasta small plates, London has become a city of pasta-fiends, lusting after linguine and Instagramming anelli. More and more hip Italian restaurants have opened across the capital serving up stylish, saucy, cheesy and downright-delicious strands of dough and we're stocking up on perfect fresh pasta from delis like Lina Stores and diving into the grand likes of Gloria – the most made-for-Instagram trattoria you'll ever see – in Shoreditch, which serves up double-portion carbonara from a giant cheese wheel. Here are the finest pasta places in town.  RECOMMENDED: London's best Italian restaurants. 

London's teeming with stuff to do, but its endless array of museums, parks and attractions can lose their allure for even the most imaginative city dweller. So when that wanderlust hits (and you don't fancy booking a flight to Porto) here's where to go for an easy weekend away, full of the UK's best restaurants, museums, shops, stunning scenery and hotels. When you want to get out of London without any faff, look no further than these gorgeous getaways – from cosy rural retreats to proper city breaks. This article includes affiliate links. These links have no influence on our editorial content. For more information, click here. RECOMMENDED: Stay nearer to home with 17 dreamy day trips close to London, or check out the very best walks near London.

Vienna is world-famous for grand hotels, like the five-star Sacher, but if you prefer to keep things a little more casual (or budget-friendly), the city has loads of fantastic stays to choose from, including fab design-led boutiques that won’t break the bank. Warm, personal hospitality is a big deal here in the Austrian capital, too, with lots of hotels offering complimentary teatime treats and guest-only happy hours. The lodgings on this list are also near many of Vienna’s top attractions, things to do and restaurants, which makes having a great time almost effortless. We regularly update these listings to reflect the most on-trend and unique stays out there. So without further ado, here’s our pick of the best, most interesting places to stay in Vienna. One of our favourites on this list (a luxurious hotel in a 19th-century building) is sadly no longer available but we've replaced with not one but two incredible new hotel properties we found. One is a sleek apartment building, ideal for couples and families, the other is an artsy one in the 7th district, Recommended: 🇦🇹The best Airbnbs in Vienna🏛Check out the best things to do in Vienna Who makes the cut? While we might not stay in and review every hotel featured, we've based our list on our expert knowledge of the destination covered, editorial reviews, user reviews, hotel amenities and in-depth research to find you the best stays. This article includes affiliate links. These links have no influence on our editorial con

'You can see Lewes lying like a box of toys under a great amphitheatre of chalky hills,’ wrote William Morris of this pretty patch of East Sussex. Less rowdy than neighbouring Brighton, it’s had a reputation as an arty enclave for the best part of a century, thanks to links with the Bloomsbury Group.  Of course, Lewes is largely known across the UK for its bacchanalian Bonfire Night celebrations, visited by people travelling from far and wide, but there's a hell of a lot more to the town then just fireworks. On our list you'll find vintage shops, a magnificent bakery, and the beloved Lewes Arms, the UK's most bonkers pub. Read on for the best things to do in Lewes.  RECOMMENDED:📍 The best things to do in Brighton📍 The best things to do in Rye📍 The best things to do in Hastings At Time Out, all of our travel guides are written by local writers who know their cities inside out. For more about how we curate, see our editorial guidelines. 

The ever-romantic city of Vienna is home to a whole array of fantastic cultural attractions, from beautiful cathedrals to fairytale palaces. You can head there with a strict itinerary or spend your days strolling through the city, admiring architecture and popping into local museums. But whatever your day-to-day plan is for the city, you’re going to need to load up on some snacks to fuel your days, right? Fear not, Vienna has great food, too, in buckets. So whether you’re looking to sip coffee in one of its cafés, get stuck into some authentic Austrian food, or have a go at some Michelin-star dining, let us help. Here’s the best places to eat in Vienna this year.  RECOMMENDED:📍 The best things to do in Vienna☕ The best cafés in Vienna🏘️ The best Vienna Airbnbs🏨 The best hotels in Vienna This guide was recently updated by Vienna-based writer Susanne Garber. At Time Out, all of our travel guides are written by local writers who know their cities inside out. For more about how we curate, see our editorial guidelines.

Sure, Vienna’s mostly known for its coffee culture and its fabulous museums. But don’t be fooled: A night out in the Austrian capital is plenty of fun. This city knows how to party, too. But before you get stuck into its nightlife for an all-night extravaganza, you’ve got to check out its bars, obviously.  In Vienna, you’ll find everything from glitzy rooftops to innovative cocktail bars, as well as a ton of daytime spots for your post-lunch beer fix (or if you want to feel like a true Austrian, a Marillenscnaps). Whatever you’re in the mood for, here are the best bars in Vienna right now.  RECOMMENDED:🪩 The best nightlife in Vienna📍 The best things to do in Vienna☕ The best cafés in Vienna🏠 Vienna's best Airbnbs This piece was written by author and travel writer Emma Hughes. At Time Out, all of our travel guides are written by local writers who know their cities inside out. For more about how we curate, see our editorial guidelines. 

What an incredible city Vienna is. Once referred to as the Capital of the World, Vienna is a place that resonates with the soul long before you arrive here, such is the power of its reputation and aura. You might feel familiar with much of the Austrian capital already, be it the glittering State Opera, the engaging museums, unbeatable coffee houses, and all the rest. Vienna is a place that everyone must visit at least once in their lifetime. With a roster such as this, it can be difficult to identify exactly what the best attractions in Vienna are. Vibrant and cosmopolitan, there’s so much more to this charming capital than the picture-postcard sights and bucket-list things to do. The restaurant scene is as good as any other, for a start, and a night out in Vienna is a night you won’t forget in a hurry. RECOMMENDED: Full guide to the best things to do in Vienna This article includes affiliate links. These links have no influence on our editorial content. For more information, click here.

Fun fact: the New Forest is, well, not new at all. Created as William the Conqueror’s hunting ground, it’s now one of the UK’s biggest and best-loved national parks, encompassing parts of Hampshire, Wiltshire and Dorset. Covering some 300 square miles – it stretches from the Solent all the way up to Salisbury – it’s a beguilingly wild tapestry of woodland, heath and shoreline.  RECOMMENDED: The 10 best Airbnbs in the New Forest

Nestled in the Shropshire Hills, the historic market town of Ludlow seems to have it all within its cosy reaches: a huge ruined castle, hundreds of listed buildings, cobbled streets and world-class restaurants. It's also the ideal base for country strolls that end in pints of ale in snug, old pubs or - alternately - newly established breweries. Switching off is guaranteed, as Ludlow’s streets are rarely crowded. That is, unless you visit (along with 20,000 others) for its annual food festival.  RECOMMENDED: Discover Cheltenham, Cardiff and Snowdonia. 

Easily overlooked in favour of the hugely hyped Cotswolds, the Surrey Hills offer the ideal break from London. It’s just a short train ride to Dorking, a Georgian market town with bags of independent spirit, which makes the perfect base for exploring nearby Box Hill and the myriad shops, cafés and pubs in this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Its proximity to London also means it’s ideal for anyone looking for a spontaneous day out. Here are the best things to do in Dorking right now. RECOMMENDED: Explore more things to do nearby in Surrey, Kent and Hampshire      

While you can’t guarantee sunshine in the city, there’s one thing London can definitely deliver: damn good ice cream. And we’re not just talking scoops here. From macaron ice-cream sandwiches to old-school sundaes (knickerbocker glory, anyone?) to full-on ice-cream cakes, we’ve got you covered with the ultimate list of London’s best ice cream. Grab a spoon and dig in. Want more ice cream? Read about London’s late-night ice-cream spots and best ice-cream shops.  

Sambal Shiok is one of my favourite London restaurants. A quick glance through my phone’sgallery shows that I’ve measured out the past five years of my life in laksa spoons. Here’s the first ever bowl of fiery, coconut-enriched noodle soup that I ever snapped, sitting at the bar in the bright red-and-blue room on Holloway Road in 2018, a week after Sambal Shiok opened – it was the earliest I’d been able to get a seat, so instantly popular was owner Mandy Yin’s new bricks-and-mortar outing (she’d previously run sell-out pop-ups). Here are two identical shots, snapped four months apart: one a celebration on the night I finished my first novel and the other a consoling hug in a bowl while I waited to hear if it had sold to a publisher. There has barely been a big moment in my life, happy or sad, that I haven’t marked with a pilgrimage up the Piccadilly line. Surely all of this ought to disqualify me from reviewing the place? The opposite, I argued toTime Out’s food and drink editor – as someone who’s been going at least once a month since Sambal Shiok launched, ordered from them during lockdown and even had a bash at making my own version of the signature nyonya curry laksa at home (mixed results, I don’t think I’ll be offered a job any time soon), I’m better placed than almost anyone to deliver a well-rounded verdict. A meal here feels special but still accessible  So, here I was again, sitting at the counter on a busy Wednesday night with a pal who’s almost as much of a Samba

If you had your first taste of nasi lemak in London at any point between 1973 and, say, the late 1990s, chances are it was at Satay House. The much-loved Paddington restaurant – still going strong half a century after it was founded – put Malaysian food on the capital’s map. Now, it has a younger sibling, Sudu, helmed by brother-and-sister duo Fatizah and Irqam Shawal, children of Satay House’s owners. To get there, come out of Queens Park station and turn left onto Salusbury Road, fast becoming north-west London’s foodiest street (Milk Beach, The Salusbury Wine Store, Michiko Sushino, I’m looking at you). Where Satay House is a riot of glossy reds, Sudu keeps it more casual with exposed brick walls and bistro-style wooden chairs. This laid-back approach is mirrored by the menu, which takes its cues from Malaysian kopitiam (traditional coffee shops) and hawker stalls.  Meat falls apart under the fork in the richest, most aromatic sauce, which sings with lemongrass, galangal and chilli I’m a card-carrying member of the Sambal Shiok fan club but I’ve only been to Malaysia once, so I head to Sudu with a Malaysian-New Zealander friend who’s spent part of her life in Sarawak, Borneo. She gives a thumbs up to the ikan bilis kacang – crispy anchovies and peanuts – that we order while we strategise. The beef rendang, the stuff of legend at Satay House and cooked here to the original family recipe, is an absolute triumph; meat falls apart under the fork in the richest, most aromatic

As invitations go, ‘brunch in Clapham’ is generally about as appealing a prospect as ‘sexual health check’. (I live there, so I’m allowed to say that.) The words conjure visions of men in pink shorts howling maaaaaaate! at each other and the inexplicable hundred-metre queue for #nomnomnom waffles at The Breakfast Club. There is, however, an exception to every rule. And that exception is Juliet’s Cafe and Bar. You might recognise the name: the original Juliet’s Quality Foods in Tooting is one of south-west London’s best-loved (and best-looking) brunch spots. It’s run by the founders of Milk in Balham, that very cool purveyor of dishes like buckwheat pancakes with Amarillo peaches and matcha craquelin choux. It would sound a bit contrived if it wasn’t faultlessly executed – but it is, all of it, and all the time. So Juliet’s 2.0 has an impressive pedigree. It’s also got by far the nicest site of the trio, occupying the café space at gallery-slash-shop Studio Voltaire. On a sunny Saturday morning the courtyard was shady and deliciously cool; a fountain splashed, plants drifted in the warm breeze and Clapham High Street felt a world away. Inside were long canteen-style tables, a blackboard menu and the nicest team, who made me a flat white so velvety that I forgot to be annoyed by the lack of a handle on the cup. At the weekends, both the breakfast and lunch sections of Juliet’s menu are available all day – the former expands on the OG Juliet’s fancy-crispy-things-and-eggs-on-toa

Women’s charities and refuges are struggling to meet demand in the wake of government cuts. So thank goodness for Luminary Bakery, which has set up shop to work with women who have experienced domestic violence, homelessness, sexual exploitation and crime, training them to become professional bakers. As well as getting to grips with sourdough starters, trainees at the Scandi-style bakehouse learn about marketing and budgets and get one-to-one support to help them back on their feet. How can you help? Easy: drop by the Stoke Newington café to stuff your face with cake (it’s open seven days a week). Or you could make the trip for a baking class, order a birthday cake or splash out on afternoon tea and eat your own weight in fresh mini sandwiches and sweet treats. There’s also a brand new branch at 47 Chalk Farm Road, Camden Town.

First up: Mother isn’t easy to find. It’s a candlelit cavern under an arch near Battersea Power Station, which throws Google Maps into a bit of a panic. When you get there, you learn that its schtick is seawater-sourdough bases that have, apparently, blown Copenhagen’s mind. This reflects not especially well on Danish pizza, because the menu reads much better than it tastes. Scorched without and chewy within, they look the business, though seasoning is an issue. An oozy buffalo mozzarella-topped one ticked all the boxes, but the ‘Nick Says It’s Good’ (mozzarella, cauliflower, green olives, anchovies, capers, chilli, pecorino) was oddly underpowered. From the starter section, bruschetta with porcini, ricotta and rocket was four gritty mushrooms and some bag-end leaves atop what tasted like fridge-cold Philly. The chickpea version, a smear of hummus on woolly bread, was another heart-sinker. Even the burrata was weirdly tasteless. The best bits were the tiramisu, which came in a 1980s-style coupe glass, and the staff, who couldn’t have been lovelier. On a Friday evening Mother’s long tables were crowded with Nappy Valley families, headed up by parents who were too busy trying to stop little Fergus and Minty dousing themselves in chilli oil to pay much attention to the food. Maybe that’s for the best.

There hasn’t been a time in living memory when NHS staff have been under such critical pressure, or working in such potentially hazardous conditions. As a city we’re overwhelmingly grateful to everyone who makes up our health service – and more and more London cafés and restaurants are finding ways to thank them.  At Pret all hot drinks are on the house for NHS workers, who’ll also get everything else half price. Paul Bakery is also offering free takeaway tea and coffee for NHS workers at all its branches. Clapton Thai street food pop-up Krapow is running a similar brilliant initiative – show staff your NHS badge and they’ll take 50 percent off your bill, including booze. Shoreditch Grind, Exmouth Market Grind and Greenwich Grind are also serving free takeaway coffee to all NHS workers, and Quartieri in Kilburn will make your pizza half-price if you’re employed by the health service.  In Tottenham, famous Ghanaian bakery Uncle John’s is offering NHS staff a free loaf from any of its ranges (the sweet bread stays fresh for 14 days) from today onwards in its store on West Green Road. It’s also planning to supply food boxes to local councils to give to care homes – get in touch if you’d like to arrange a drop-off. And in Fulham, The Prince on Lillie Road is keeping its five food traders, which include Patty & Bun and Nonna Tonda, open for delivery and collection – and if you work for the emergency services, the latter will give you a slice of pizza on the house. Another of The P

In times of sadness and uncertainty, we like to bring you good news when we can – and right now there’s no shortage of Londoners doing exceptional things to look after each other. Top of our list is Lina Stores, which announced yesterday that, although its restaurants are now closed to diners (its two delis are still open for now), it has created a donation page to provide free food for Londoners hardest hit by the current crisis. And incredibly, it’s already raised more than £11,000.  The fund, which has been set up to support hospitality workers who have lost their jobs and those in at-risk groups, will be spent in its entirety on supplies and staff to produce fresh handmade pasta and sauces. Anyone who donates more than £20 will get 20 percent off in Lina Stores’ restaurants throughout the reopening period, whenever that may be. ‘We want to look after London – the community that has supported us for over 75 years. Please donate what you can, there are many people who are without jobs and at risk as a result of this global crisis,’ the restaurant has said. We couldn’t agree more. For details and to donate, click here. Find out how to support your favourite restaurants. This Hackney kitchen is crowdfunding to cook meals for vulnerable Londoners.

Last night the news that up to 40 London Underground stations could soon be closed until further notice to help manage the spread of Covid-19 started circulating on Twitter. This morning it became official, with TfL posting a press release stating that from today (Thursday March 19) it will be running a reduced service that will ensure London’s key workers – we’re waiting for confirmation of who that includes and will update you as soon as we know more – are able to make essential journeys.  From Friday morning (March 20) the Waterloo & City line will shut down, and on Friday and Saturday nights there will be no Night Tube or Night Overground. London Underground staff are being redeployed to support the remaining services elsewhere on the network. Meanwhile, the stations that could be closing from today are:  Bakerloo Kilburn Park Warwick Avenue Regent’s Park Charing Cross Lambeth North   Central Holland ParkQueenswayLancaster GateChancery LaneRedbridge Circle  BayswaterGreat Portland StreetBarbican District  Gloucester Road St James’s Park Temple Mansion HouseStepney Green Bow Road  Jubilee  Swiss CottageSt John’s Wood Southwark Bermondsey  Northern HampsteadTufnell ParkChalk FarmMornington CrescentGoodge StreetBoroughClapham SouthTooting BecSouth Wimbledon   Piccadilly  Bounds Green Manor House Arsenal Caledonian RoadCovent GardenHyde Park Corner  Victoria  Blackhorse Road Pimlico  ‘People should not be travelling, by any means, unless they really, really have to,’ says May

Its markets have been keeping Londoners well-fed for years, and to mark the opening of a new permanent home in King’s Cross, street-food supremo Kerb is giving away 200 free lunches today, Monday March 2, and the same number again tomorrow. That’s right: two. Hundred. Free. Lunches. Today, and tomorrow. Good eh?  Just 150m away from its old home in Granary Square, the new Kerb will run from Monday to Friday, from noon until 2pm, in Lewis Cubitt Square. It will host build-your-own Hawaiian bowl merchant Lords of Poke and burrito truck Luardos. The rest of the spots will be allocated on rotation to Kerb traders and inKERBators, up-and-coming street-food stars from Kerb’s acceleration scheme.  What are you waiting for? Get down to King’s Cross and get in the queue. We’ll see you there... You can now find Kerb King’s Cross at Lewis Cubitt Square.  Here it is: our guide to London’s most delicious street food. King’s Cross is changing – here’s everything you need to know.

Rain or no rain, spring is always a magical time at ZSL London Zoo. But this year it’s looking extra special, thanks to some brand new residents – a family of seven super-cute red river hogs. Ava, Cameron, Pedro, Penny, Phoebe, Shane and Tommy arrived last week from ZSL Whipsnade, London Zoo’s sister property near Luton.  Red river hogs, also known as bush pigs, are native to Africa and most commonly found in Guinean and Congolian forests near rivers and swamps. They look a bit like wild boar, but with distinctive tufty ears and striped faces. Their favourite things to snack on are monkey nuts – they’re keen on crunching through the shells.  The ZSL hogs have very different personalities, but they’re all big eaters and love afternoon naps (same, tbh). They’ve been keeping busy ripping apart straw bales and blowing bubbles in their water trough. And as a heartwarming video posted on the zoo’s official Instagram account shows, right now they’re rootling around in piles of woodchips made from old Christmas trees.  Find more perfect London days out for animal lovers. Go for a frolic at one of London’s city farms.

Earth Hour is an annual event organised by the WWF that sees millions of people all around the world switching their lights off in recognition of the issues facing the planet. This year, Earth Hour will be taking place on March 28 between 8.30pm and 9.30pm, and there’s a host of events planned in London to mark it.  As well as a live countdown from the huge screens in Piccadilly Circus, there’s going to be a conceptual pop-up shop opening its doors on Carnaby Street, a silent disco in Covent Garden and, most excitingly of all, we reckon, a bike ride through the darkened city in association with safe-parking provider Cyclehoop. The details are still being finalised, and we’ll update you as soon as we hear more – but in the meantime, you can read all about the event here.  Earth Hour started 13 years ago in Australia, and now sees landmarks including the Sydney Opera House, the Great Pyramids, the Eiffel Tower and the Empire State Building switching off their lights to raise awareness. ‘We’re sending a powerful message to our local and global leaders that saving our home should be at the top of their agendas,’ the WWF has said. Here’s how to make the most of London after dark. Get back to nature in these secret London green spaces.

It’s only been going since 2018, but All Points East has well and truly established itself as one of London’s best festivals. The ten-day extravaganza is returning to Victoria Park this year from May 22 to May 31, and the likes of Tame Impala (May 23), Massive Attack (May 24), Kraftwerk (in 3D!) (May 29) and The Kooks and The Wombats (May 30) have already been announced. Now, the acts for the Friday (May 22) opener have been announced – and we’re pretty excited.  Topping the bill are indie stars Bombay Bicycle Club, whose 2019 tour sold out within minutes of the tickets going live. They’ll be sharing the stage with south London legend Loyle Carner, plus Nadine Shah and Lianne La Havas and lots of others.  We’ll update you with all the news as we have it – but in the meantime, you can buy tickets here and visit the website for all the info.  All Points East takes place in Victoria Park between May 22 and 31. Read all about it here.  Check out the best London festivals. Find the party further afield in our 2020 festival guide.

With 30 adrenaline-fuelled rides and a practically London location, Thorpe Park is a forever favourite. But when it reopens for the season in a month’s time it’s going to be unveiling a next-level attraction: the world’s first live ‘Black Mirror’ experience, inspired by the groundbreaking TV series. Details of the Black Mirror Labyrinth are being kept tightly under wraps, but we’ve been told that the maze is set to feature ‘cutting-edge visual technology’ and ‘sensory-defying environments’. The aim is to keep your grip on reality as an ‘unpredictable digitised dimension’ tries to suck you in – how well do you really know yourself? (Ooh.) Thorpe Park is set to reopen on March 27, and it’s expected that the Black Mirror Labyrinth will be up and running from then onwards. We’ll keep you posted...  How about trying an extreme London fitness class? These are the best theme parks in and around London.

In a city that’s not short on eye-catching openings, it takes a lot to turn heads. But that’s exactly what Chuku’s – Tottenham’s new Nigerian tapas restaurant – has done, with its pastel pink look. The first bricks-and-mortar venture from siblings Emeka and Ifeyinwa Frederick, who ran a massively popular Hackney pop-up offering ‘a taste of Lagos in the heart of London’, Chuku’s serves up what the pair are calling ‘chop, chat, chill’: authentic small plates served against a backdrop of Nigerian chillout beats and Nigerian-inspired art. Emeka spent some time living in Spain, where, as Chuku’s website puts it, he ‘fell in love with the relaxed, social tapas dining culture’ – so everything’s designed to be shared.  Photograph: Chuku's Signature dishes include beef meatballs peppered with suya spice blend and sticky caramel chicken wings infused with northern Nigerian peanut spice mix. Half of the menu is plant-based, with vegan options ranging from sweet okra and fried plantain to fluffy yam dumplings with egusi (melon seed) and spinach stew, and slow-cooked honey beans and corn. For dessert, how about plantain waffles or gluten-free yam brownies? And then just sit back and take in the dreamy, pink interior while you digest. Photograph: Adam Scott Over the past few years, N15 has well and truly established itself as one of London’s best food postcodes, and Chuku’s looks like it’s going to fit right in.    Check out our insider’s guide to Tottenham How many of London’s 100 b

The Coach & Horses, the storied Soho boozer that’s regularly named as one of London’s best pubs, has shocked its many fans by announcing that it’s bringing an end to its Wednesday round-the-piano singalongs.  The musical knees-ups, which are open to ‘people from all walks of life and of all singing abilities’, have been cherished as one of the last remaining fragments of ‘old’ Soho. But singer John Orchard, who performs at the pub, announced on Instagram that tonight’s will be the final one. ‘The last Wednesday sing-along, for the foreseeable future, is this week on February 26 from 9pm until 11pm,’ he wrote.  View this post on Instagram The LAST Wednesday SING-ALONG, for the foreseeable future, is THIS WEEK on 26 February from 9.00pm until 11.00pm. Come down to the @thecoachandhorsessoho - the pub, that's just made it into the @evening.standard TOP THREE PUBS IN LONDON (thank you @dvh_ellis) for the second year running - to be a part of #London #SingAlong history! The #CoachAndHorses legendary #SingAlong will continue EVERY Saturday from 7:30pm until 11.00pm. Photo: @andyhollingworth1 A post shared by John Orchard (@sing_along_a_john) on Feb 24, 2020 at 11:56am PST The blow follows news last year of the end of the tenancy of the Coach’s landlord of over ten years, with the place becoming a managed pub within the Fuller’s group.  So get down there if you can tonight and show some support to a true London institution. But if you can’t make it, don’t be too dow

If you’re a dog person, nothing’s guaranteed to make your morning like getting a lick from a canine commuter on your way to work. And while the rest of us love to moan about the tube’s patchy air conditioning and the baffling dearth of Northern line trains at rush hour, it seems that four-legged passengers might have an altogether rosier experience: a study has just named the London Underground the world’s best subway for dogs. Woof! View this post on Instagram Excuse me 👀 this isn't the way to the park... A post shared by Winston (@winnythecorgi) on Oct 16, 2017 at 7:06am PDT The im-paw-tant announcement was made by London rental company Essential Living, which scored ten different underground networks on a range of criteria, including the areas that pets are allowed in and whether muzzles are mandatory. London was the only city to score ticks across the board. The least dog-friendly systems are Shanghai, Beijing and Mexico City’s underground networks, which don’t permit pets anywhere.  View this post on Instagram Just met this absolute sweetheart on the tube. Look at that face! 💖🐶💖🐶 #dogs #dogsofinstgram #dogsonthetube #dogsontheunderground A post shared by Emily Dukes (@emilydukes91) on May 16, 2017 at 12:06pm PDT Getting around the city with your pooch can still be fraught with logistical difficulties, though: dogs, other than trained assistance animals, should never stand on escalators because of the risk of their claws getting caug

Love beer? Love breakfast? Love doing your bit to beat food waste? Well, it’s your lucky day – beloved crumpet-slingers Warburtons have teamed up with Toast Ale to create the UK’s first-ever beer brewed with bakery leftovers.  The limited-edition Session IPA, which comes in at 4.2%, has been brewed with crumpets that didn’t quite make the cut looks-wise but still taste delicious, and might otherwise have been scrapped. The science part: Toast uses them as a substitute for some of the malted barley you’d ordinarily find in the beer, extracting starches and sugars and breaking them down into fermentable ones.  ‘Our mission remains to brew beer that is planet-saving and palate-pleasing, and we couldn’t be more excited to venture into the world of crumpets,’ says Toast’s James King. And yes, it goes perfectly with a plate of everyone’s favourite buttery roundels.  The Toasted Crumpet Session IPA retails at £28 for 12 330ml bottles – to find out more and stock up, click here.  Drink straight from the keg at London’s top taprooms It’s official: these are London’s best breakfasts