Georgie Mortimer, Author at Secret London

By day, Georgie is Executive Editor at the Secret Media Network, overseeing Secret cities in the UK and beyond. Outside of work, she's Mum, overseeing two energetic boys (which is frankly far more challenging). She enjoys the finer things in life, like red wine on a school night and eating Ben and Jerry's straight from the tub.

The London Cocktail Bar That Will Leave You With The Opposite Of A Hangover

This is serving oxygen-enriched drinks that will reduce fatigue and boost your immune system. We'll tell you straight up: these cocktails don't contain alcohol. But they do contain a foamy substance that combines liqu...

Watch The Night’s Watch Join Forces With The British Army At The Tower Of London

Celebrating the long awaited arrival of Game of Thrones season 8, the Night's Watch joined forces with the British Army in a surprise military performance. Tower of London visitors got a big surprise as the British Arm...

Escapes

A Regular Steam Train Service Will Run From Waterloo Station This Summer

This new steam train service is pretty magical, and you don't have to run through any brick walls to board it. Departing from London Waterloo and heading west to Windsor, the Royal Windsor Steam Express will run all su...

Things to do

The London Coffee Shop That’s Making The World A Better Place • Black Sheep

As coffee shops go, Black Sheep really stands out from the crowd. Black Sheep launched five years ago, after two blokes decided they were totally over their desk jobs and got into coffee instead. Very early on, they kn...

Food & drink

Move Over Cereal Killer Café, There’s A New Cereal Bar In Town

Cereal ice cream? Sign me up. The whole city went crunchy nuts at the announcement of a cereal bar opening back in 2014, but over the years, Londoners' capacity for surprise has significantly decreased, and such odditi...

Food & drink

A Meatball Restaurant With An Underground Cocktail Bar Is Opening In The City

A meatball restaurant is opening in the City and, rather excellently, it's called Ballroom. Ballroom is the brainchild of bar and restaurant entrepreneur Christian Arden, who spent his childhood in the Italian town of...

Things to do

This South London Tattoo Studio Is Inking People For Ridiculously Good Prices

Been dreaming of ink but have a bank balance that makes your heart sink? Lucky for you, our friends at Fever have an . For less than half the price of your average tatt, London artist Ricky Williams is offering piec...

Things to do

There Are ‘Book Fairies’ On The Underground And What They Do Is Lovely

Books on the Underground is exactly what you might think: free books left on the tube for finders to keep... ...at least until they've finished reading it. They're then encouraged to return it to the Underground for an...

A New 1,000 Foot Glass Skyscraper Is Set To Become The City’s Tallest

A new skyscraper named 'The Tulip' is set to tower above the City of London. Designed by Foster+Partners – the same architectural firm behind the Gherkin – the Tulip will be made from concrete and glass and is destined...

Toilet Charges At London Train Stations Have Finally Been Scrapped

Early last year, Network Rail announced that they'll be abolishing toilet charges at major London stations – and the day has finally come! Do you own a bladder? Do you sometimes have to pee? Do you find it wildly incon...