A lot of things change when you move to London. Free time becomes a faint memory, money goes and stays gone (as does your dignity on public transport) and the few friends you have suddenly become your lifelines. But wha...
Post-Christmas blues can be a serious blow to what was once a happy and festive spirit. As the tree begins to brown (depending on how long you’ve had it, obvs – and if you’re anything like us, this doe...
There are some things that non-Londoners will just never understand. Like the feeling of tremendous triumph you get when you just about manage to slide through the tube doors before they close, Indiana Jones style, or t...
Never mind the North/South divide in London…this is summin’ else! It’s a whole other world up there. Sometimes for the best, and sometimes erhm…not. 1. Moustaches up North: necessary for w...
It’s something we all aspire to. Some say you have to have lived here for 5 years, others say 10. Frankly, we haven’t a foggiest, we just know that if you do these things, it’s probably safe to say tha...
Will they? Won’t they? It’s like (a far less loveable) Ross and Rachel all over again…with “WE WERE ON A BREAK” still not quite cutting it. Breaks, unless KitKat inspired, are never a good...
Oh poor little old us. Always starting the New Year with such high hopes and expectations of a ‘new year, new me’, inundated with celestial visions of morning runs, green juices and one glass of wine at the...
Single bells *sob* single bells *sniff* single all *sob* the way…ok, perhaps we’re exaggerating a teeny bit, but all you loved up couples with your S.O’s and your ‘shared advent calendars’...
We’ve got a bit of a love-hate relationship with London at Christmas over here at Secret London. Christmas lights? Yes. Shopping on Oxford Street? No, no, please god no. In spirit of our conflicting emotions, here...
They may be miles apart in terms of, erhm, mileage. But Scotland and London aren’t really so different after all. Unnecessary and totally ridiculous (but immensely fun) pop-ups? Check. A native accent that’s...