The jewel of Forest Hill, the Horniman Museum, has a beautiful Butterfly House—and it’s just reopened to the public. Now open daily from 10:30am-4pm, The Butterfly House at the Horniman…
Forget the Oxford vs. Cambridge Boat Race: this caprine alternative is a charming east London tradition. Taking place at Spitalfields City Farm just off east London’s Brick Lane on Sunday, March…
London’s baa-miest tradition makes a return for 2019. Way back in the 1100s, someone – who I suspect wasn’t listening properly – told the Worshipful Company of Woolmen that it was…
Three-year-old Staffordshire terrier Willow was a very naughty dog but also a good dog. Adorable dum-dum Willow managed to clamber onto her own roof on Hackney’s Alkham Road last Sunday, June…
When you’re alone and life is making you lonely you can always go – downtown? No – Hackney City Farm! This Secret London-approved recipe for happiness and wellbeing is one…
For a lot of Londoners, the prospect of getting their own cat often can’t be a reality – that’s where Lady Dinah’s Cat Emporium comes in. This place is a…
Ophidiophobes, look away now. A boa constrictor, apparently belonging to nobody in particular, was seen on Leytonstone High Road yesterday where it caused quite a stir, because, honestly, SNAKES?!…
Prince Hummus is the prince of our hearts. It’s a fairytale story. This little kitten, you see, was not born in a great palace. Instead, he was found abandoned, in…
Have your moment of zen with these London-centric ways to find inner peace. City living can be a stressful old lark sometimes. Whilst we get the best of UK culture…
If urban foxes give you the heebie-jeebies, then you’d have liked London even less back in the day. That’s according to a fascinating timeline of Britain’s climatic…
