420 day has been occurring in Hyde Park for several years now in protest to Cannabis Prohibition. This is an account of what happened when I ventured into the famous event on the 20th of April 2013 I woke up late, not just a little late, but overslept big time. I [...]

Apparently today’s recent grads will be 54 years old by the time we can afford to buy our first house, according to a report from the Housebuilders Federation. Welcome to Generation Rent, you’d better get used to it. Sky high house prices, a housebuilding slump, an ageing population and poor [...]

Being originally from the county of Kent just south of the Nation’s capital there are several things that naturally, an outsider will have to adapt to when spending large amounts of time in London. Whether it be the crowds of people pushing their way onto the tube, the Tap in Tap out [...]

Somewhere in the back streets of Dalston, in the strangely decorated back room of a small pub, something exciting is happening. The Hunting Party are playing at The Shacklewell arms and everybody is nodding in reluctant approval. They have been accepted and it is easy to see why. They mix [...]

There is no doubt that the craze for trendy fusion dining has made its mark on the gastronomic landscape in London, with the likes of Nobu and Hakkasan establishing themselves as popular and fashionable establishments. Coya, located on Piccadilly  fits the trend (and, incidentally, is owned by the same group that [...]

Afternoon tea was once a thing of the past. A whimsical, quaint way to pass the time for elderly ladies and spinsters. A few years ago it was only found in Agatha Christie novels and in period dramas on TV, but now, well now, it’s a different story… London has [...]

Before the NUS demo in London on the 21st of November, across the internet, people popped up on basically every media outlet, describing why they wouldn’t march/didn’t think we should. Among the most wide-spread of these was the parody twitter hashtag #Deluded2012 (as supposed to the NUS official hashtag #demo2012). [...]

I saw an article in the newspaper recently about SITCOMs. No, this isn’t a reference to funny television programmes; rather it refers to Singletons In their Twenties or thirties Clinging On to Memories. SITCOMs are people who can’t find the right partner because they miss their previous lovers. This got me [...]