Harriet Scrumptious, Author at Secret London

Growing up in Manchester, UK, I have always had a love of music and culture (I happily include the Real Housewives franchises in the latter). After studying at University College London, and now writing from Barcelona, I cannot escape the city and love everything it has to offer me— from aperitivos to parties, and all the amazing people found in between.

Music Top news

Fabric nightclub is entering a partnership with St Paul’s Cathedral until 2030 — here’s all you need to know to dance to live music and electronic sounds under the iconic dome

fabric and St Paul’s Cathedral probably aren’t two names you’d expect to see in the same sentence. And yet, here we are. The Farringdon nightclub has signed a four-year exclusive partnership with the Cath...

Food & drink Things to do

This unpretentious wine tasting in Brixton is hosted by a stand-up comedian — and it’s the funniest way to escape pretentious London bars

If you’ve ever been marched through a mecca trail of the trendiest wine bars in London by your Hinge dates—only to pay £14 for a cloudy “natural” wine that tastes like the inside of a hiking boot—you’ll understand the c...

Culture Things to do

Inside the iconic London landmark which hosted the UN’s first public address — and lost England’s first, and only, World Cup trophy

Rising above Westminster with its magnificent domed ceiling and striking Edwardian architecture, Central Hall Westminster is one of London’s most impressive historic landmarks. While its grand interiors alone are worth...

Secret Guides Top news

London’s first one-way street was created in Mayfair because of a 19th-century science craze — the same obsession with electrified corpses that inspired Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’

It’s January 1803. At London's Royal College of Surgeons, a crowd gathers around the body of George Forster, a convicted murderer freshly hanged at Newgate Prison. Surgeons, physicians, aristocrats, and c...

Things to do

The Jury Experience in London is offering a 20% discount on its immersive and dystopian take on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein this June

More than 200 years after Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein, Frankenstein on Trial is putting its creator in the dock at The Jury Experience in London — and turning the gothic horror story into a chilling d...

Netflix just released the first teaser for ‘Bridgerton’ Season 5 — featuring the series’ first-ever queer love story

Today (March 24), Netflix has released a first-look teaser for the fifth season of Bridgerton, with Francesca (Hannah Dodd) and Michaela Stirling (Masali Baduza) stepping into the spotlight as the leads. ...