Dishoom – New Opening!
August 6, 2010 – 5:00 am | No Comment

Dishoom is a revelation in Indian cooking. Combing history, tradition and a genuinely patriotic love of food, this newly opened restaurant has already got the punters piling in.
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Pay Homage to the Literary Greats
March 30, 2010 – 5:00 am | One Comment
Pay Homage to the Literary Greats

It has been announced that Ted Hughes is to have a memorial in Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey. So what better excuse to visit the site where so many greats of our literary history are …

The Enchanted Palace
March 29, 2010 – 5:00 am | No Comment
The Enchanted Palace

Kensington Palace is being transformed into a magical world when The Enchanted Palace, a unique multi-sensory exhibition combining fashion, performance, and dazzling spectacle revealing Kensington’s magnificent State Apartments in a new light, opens on Mar. …

Chocolate Heaven
March 26, 2010 – 5:00 am | No Comment
Chocolate Heaven

If you’ve given up chocolate for Lent, then look away now. Honestly, you’ll only torture yourself. Because for one weekend only (cruelly placed when a large part of the population have given the addictive substance …

Old Oddities and Modern Marvel’s at The V&A
March 25, 2010 – 5:00 am | No Comment
Old Oddities and Modern Marvel’s at The V&A

The Victoria & Albert Museum hosts the first major exhibition of the most important 18th-century collector, Horace Walpole and brings together many of his fantastical objects. It restages Walpole’s eclectic collection and evokes the dense …

The Future of News
March 24, 2010 – 5:00 am | No Comment
The Future of News

So the news is dead apparently. Say farewell to your morning Metro read on the tube, your Evening Standard peruse on the way home, and your lazy Sunday mornings slurping coffee and getting croissant flakes …

Welcome to The London Daily, We Are London!
March 23, 2010 – 12:43 pm | No Comment
Welcome to The London Daily, We Are London!

Today our online magazine The London Daily has been officially launched, bringing tourists and Londoners exclusive information on the best events, entertainment and activities the capital has to offer.
Everyday a unique article will be posted, …

Zoo Lates at London Zoo Zoo Lates at London Zoo

Zoo Lates at London Zoon starting this Friday will also take place every Friday after from 5pm–10pm throughout August. This event is the most exciting way to explore the zoo after dark this summer. The …

Blakes Restaurant Blakes Restaurant

Blakes Restaurant is a snug hideaway inside the famous and renowned hotel, happily situated adjacent to the Blake’s bar. The Chinese room has a unique East and West feel meaning that you are transported to an …

The Scoop Theatre The Scoop Theatre

New open-air productions will be taking place at The Scoop this summer for another season of free entertainment. The Free Festival at The Scoop this year has to be a highlight in the London theatre …

The Great British Beer Festival The Great British Beer Festival

Officially Britain’s largest beer festival, the Great British Beer Festival starts tomorrow and finishes on 7 Aug to give boozy Britons the perfect excuse to celebrate the nation’s favourite beverage.
Over 450 real ales, ciders and …

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Friends—SPECIAL OFFER! Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Friends—SPECIAL OFFER!

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) is offering all readers of the Pocket London online magazine a special RPO friends’ package, which includes:
• two complimentary, top price tickets worth up to £55 each
• 50 percent discount …

Curb the Curves Cocktails Curb the Curves Cocktails

Everyone’s heard of Gizzi Erskine’s Cook Yourself Thin, but when it comes to drinks sometimes good habits go out the window. Particularly when it comes to a girl’s right to existence: cocktails. Notoriously sugar-fuelled, fat …