London Life Blog Posts
The Magical Lantern Festival – London
The Magical Lantern Festival at Chiswick House and Gardens, how best to describe a brisk evening spent wandering among huge, rainbow coloured works of art representing the silk road and spreading messages or peace and [...]
The ArcelorMittal Orbit – The slide of your life
The ArcelorMittal Orbit, whether you think it odd looking, slightly crazy, or just plain eccentric the tangled and looping mass of red and grey is the UK's tallest and a new (ish) landmark within London's much changed [...]
The Sky Garden – Fantastic views over London for FREE
It was a surprisingly sunny Sunday in London when I took my better half to experience The Sky Garden at number 20 Fenchurch Street, Aka 'The Walkie Talkie'. It's a strange looking building. Truth be [...]
The Redbull Soapbox Race @ Alexandra Palace – London Life
The Redbull Soapbox Race is a highlight of the London summer scene. It's fun, wacky, competitive but at the same time not too serious. It's a great day out, and not to be missed. The [...]
An elementary guide to finding Sherlock Holmes in London
I'm sure there are many a' post on the internet about Sherlock Holmes, and where exactly in London you can visit set locations from the show, swot up on Holmes trivia, and even see the [...]
The Aeronaut – a night of Hula, Fire, Contortion and Comedy
The Aeronaut in Acton, west London ... This is like the most f*cked up Butlins ever Please excuse the profanity above, its not normal that I open a blog post in such a way, but [...]
Loving LEGO: The Art of the Brick exhibit @ The Truman Gallery
LEGO forms some of my earliest childhood memories. I can vaguely remember spending one Christmas at my cousins house where I received a great, huge LEGO castle as a present from my parents. Needless to [...]
Apres Ski @ Bodo’s Schloss, London
I am yet to go snowboarding this season, although to be fair the snow is only just starting to fall across most of Europe's premium boarding spots. But, does the fact that I have not [...]
My London Drive-in Cinema Experience
Ha! ... and she actually thought I was taking her shopping. An evening of shopping just after payday? Not a chance! I wasn't been mean though, it wasn't a tease. We were heading towards the shopping [...]
An East London Street Art Tour
Avoiding the tube strikes was a minor miracle, avoiding the floods was other worldly. We could not escape the wind and rain however, and so upon exiting Liverpool Street station it was hold onto your [...]
#LaplandinLondon at the BelowZero IceBar
Combine travel bloggers, a few cocktails, the theme of Lapland, plus a crash course in ice sculpting and what do you get? Polar bears ... and the odd piece of male anatomy. Sometimes I wonder [...]
Flying high over London with The London Helicopter
Eek, a ride on the London Helicopter. It sounded as terrifying as it did exciting. Its not that I'm afraid of heights, I'm just not their biggest fan. As the rotary blades spun at what [...]
People of London, lets Stik together
Lets Stik together hey? London is a place of many people, many cultures and many beliefs, but that doesn't mean we can't all get along right? Despite my usual hit and miss spelling and grammar, [...]
Eating my way through east London
I like food, a lot. I'm also quite fond of London. Therefore you would imagine that combining the two would prove a most satisfactory way to spend a day. You would be right! Last weekend [...]
Holi Colour Festival, brightening up London
The Holi Festival in London, colourful to say the least! 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... COLOOOOOOOOUR! Screams the MC as everyone of us in the 15k strong crowd goes wild and launches a rainbow [...]
Experiencing Nerdvana at London Comic Con
"Looks at all these nerds" Screams a young hobbit and he and his hairy feet scurry past my friend and I into a sea of other beings not of this world. A group of Stormtroopers [...]
The Ealing Jazz Festival
The Ealing Jazz Festival is just one of numerous festival that have taken/are taking place in London this summer. It may not be the best known of the capitals festivals, but its probably one of [...]
The London Anniversary Games 2013
London 2012 was incredible, simple as. The Olympic and Paralympic games created an atmosphere within London the likes of which I have never experienced before in my lifetime. The city and indeed Great Britain united [...]
Live Photos from MCM London Comic Con 2013
As a huge fan of the US comedy 'The Big Bang Theory' I was never going to miss comic con once it had crossed the pond and hit Blighty. Aside from my undying love for [...]
The View From The Shard
The View From The Shard ... its not too bad. In fact is just a little bit special. Earlier this week I was lucky (understatement) enough to be invited to a sneak press preview of [...]
Enchanted Woodland at Syon Park (@Londonsyonpark)
Enchanted Woodland at Syon Park is a 1.1 mile long nature walk which takes place of a Autumn/Winter evening against a backdrop of beautifully lit parkland and architecture. I'd wanted to take Esther last year, but [...]
Transport options from London airports to central London
Why write about Transport options from London airports to central London? It's London, surely you just get a cab don't you? Straight from the terminal to your cosy hotel, hostel or apartment. Oh I wish [...]
London 2012 Paralympics through Instagram
The London 2012 Paralympics kicked off this past Wednesday (Aug 29th), and despite missing out of tickets to the Olympics, I was lucky enough to snare a couple of day passes to the Paralympics for [...]
Visiting Wembley for the London 2012 Olympic football
On the 9th August 2012 the Japanese womens football team and the USA womens soccer team (you and I know both know it's really called football and not soccer, but 'm gonna let it go [...]
Harry Potter Studio Tour
So last week I went on the Harry Potter Studio Tour. Awesome! It's well documented that i'm a bit of a nerd. Is it right for a 28 year old man to like Harry Potter? [...]