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In a city as old as London, you can bet that quite a few of our buildings and venues have some pretty impressive stories to tell. In particular, London's many magnificent boozers, some of which date back...

Bookworms and bibliophiles of the , please avert your eyes from whatever book you're currently devouring, and listen up. You're probably well aware that London's literary offering is pretty darn impressive. From huge bo...

There are plenty of reasons to look forward to the month of March. The days start getting longer, the weather starts getting warmer, it starts becoming socially acceptable to eat Easter eggs for breakfast. But I'm about...

is a nice reset month and all, but this is when the year truly starts to get going. There are plenty of things to do in London this February, from the classic Valentine's Day-coded plans to a frightening play at the We...

Despite writing for Secret London and doing our best to uncover all of the city's hidden gems, we're still constantly caught dead in our tracks by discovering . Whether it's a we walked past on a whim, , or a charming...

While most of your literary-based activities will be done in solitude, tucked away in a corner with your face buried in a paperback, it's always nice to gather with fellow lovers of the written word. Deptford Literature...

When it comes to authors who are household names, they don't come much bigger than Agatha Christie. In fact, the storytelling giant that has given us the tales of Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot, and more is the bestselling...

Bookworms, bibliophiles, and - well... anybody that enjoys banging on about how great is as much as I do; you're going to want to hear this. The best independent bookshops on the planet have just been crowned by Cultur...

There's nothing quite like witnessing a bookshop thrive. Round Table Books CIC has been providing a space for all since opening in Brixton Village six years ago, but they've outgrown their current site (read: thrived a...

Backstory, a lovely independent bookshop in Balham, has crunched the numbers, and there's only one way to beat Amazon on Christmas book orders: wine. Owner of the shop, Tom Rowley, has worked out that around 120,000 Lo...