Kim Bansi, Author at Secret London

Kim is the Editor at Secret London, but has also written for Metro, Refinery29, Breathe Magazine and Mashable. Outside of work you can find her at a dance class or planning her next holiday!

Sports Things to do

Here are all the best places to watch the World Cup in London this month

There's no feeling quite like clutching a pint, surrounded by your fellow supporters watching a match on the big screen. And with the FIFA World Cup well and truly underway, and England now into the knoc...

Culture Music

After a three-year campaign this Grade I-listed London building where The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix played is finally getting a blue plaque

If I told you Buzz Bingo in Tooting was getting a blue plaque, you might be a little confused. However, the building has played host to some of the most iconic musical artists to exist, including The Beat...

Sports Top news

Could we get an extra bank holiday if England win the World Cup? Here’s what you need to know

Packed pubs. Everyone wearing football shirts. Late-night pints with friends. World Cup fever has truly taken over the capital. England had a great start to the tournament with a 4-2 win over Croatia,...

Sports

Panama-England at the World Cup: kick-off time in the UK, where to watch on TV, the stadium and possible line-ups

England arrive at the Meadowlands with the simplest of equations: avoid defeat against a Panama side already heading home, and Thomas Tuchel's team will almost certainly top Group L. The Three Lions s...

Sports

Everything you need to know if you’re planning on queuing at Wimbledon this year — timings, what tickets are available and more

If you didn't manage to get tickets in the ballot for the world's favourite tennis event, Wimbledon, there is still one way to get yourself in, and, in my opinion, it makes the experience even better. Wha...

Food & drink

A secret dining room serving bowls of spicy tteokbokki is hidden behind the shelves of a London grocery store — here is how to find Your Mum’s Kitchen

Tucked away at the back of a tiny supermarket in South Hampstead, you can find a five-table restaurant serving home-cooked Korean meals. To reach Your Mum's Kitchen, diners walk through the aisles of SK M...

Some schools in London will close due to the rare red weather warning — here is the full list

While most Londoners spent most of the year wishing for warmer weather, while we were experiencing one of the wettest years on record, many might be wishing for more rain to return as temperatures soar to...

Culture

This Bermondsey estate has been transformed with 300-flags to support England’s football efforts – and its just received an award for its community spirit

With England's second match in the World Cup taking place tonight, football fever is well and truly taking hold of the nation, and no more so than on the Kirby Estate. Residents of the estate, famous...

Escapes Things to do

After being closed for 3 months you can now visit this 200-year-old “Indian palace” hidden in the Cotswolds just 90 minutes from London — and it inspired the Royal Pavilion in Brighton

When we think of the Cotswolds, we usually picture honey-coloured stone cottages with wildflowers growing in the garden, but Sezincote brings a little piece of India to the English countryside. India...

Passengers are being urged to only make essential rail journeys as a rare red weather warning hits the UK — here’s everything you need to know

Many of us will have woken up this morning in a sweat, despite the fan blasting all night and the windows thrown wide open. Welcome to a British heatwave. With a red weather warning being issued by th...