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Ronnie Scott's
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| 47 Frith Street |
The legendary Ronnie Scotts has been a Mecca for the international jazz community since 1959. Created by music-lovers for music-lovers, it has played host to almost half a century of the biggest names...
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Unusual New Year Events
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Let your fantasies run free at the largest fetish ball in Europe this New Year's Eve, courtesy of the devoted deviants at Torture Garden. This event attracts thousands of revellers each year to bre...
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Scott's
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| 20 Mount Street |
The latest creation from the organisation behind The Ivy, Le Caprice and The Wolseley is this fabulously luxurious fish restaurant. Scotts was originally an oyster warehouse, but the only signs of its...
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The Dining Room at The Goring
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| 15 Beeston Place, Grosvenor Gardens |
Cheek by jowl with Buckingham Palace and owned by the same family for three generations, The Goring is part of the British establishment. Appropriately, given its royal neighbour, Viscount Linley is r...
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New Year Bar Nights
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Flying the flag for those who wish their uni days had never ended - Infernos is putting on another New Year's party which any student union in the country would be proud off. The only thing that'll...
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Seamus Ryan Sunday Shoots
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| 7 Ezra Street |
Like most things on and around Columbia Road, Seamus Ryans studio is only open on Sundays. The rest of the time Seamus works on high end international advertising campaigns and editorial shoots for cl...
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Sea Life at Chessington World of Adventures & Zoo
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| Leatherhead Road, Chessington, Surrey |
Watch sharks swimming overhead and tickle the tummy of a sting ray at the aquatic Sea Life centre at Chessington World of Adventures & Zoo. Opened 15th March 2008, the Sea Life Centre houses over 20 m...
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London Education
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London is one of the most exciting places to study in the world. Foreign language students flock to the capital for world-class tuition, accommodation and the superlative social life on offer. Our gui...
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Transport Information for New Year
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In recent years getting around the city on New Year's Eve has been made simple. Mayor Ken Livingston has again secured a deal with the Transports for London and the Rail and Maritime Union ...
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Sketch - The Lecture Room and Library
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| 9 Conduit Street |
There are three restaurants in the madly trendy Sketch complex (as well as an art gallery, tea room, patisserie, two bars, and a magical land of talking animals and witches... probably...) and this is...
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The Kitchen at Parsons Green
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| 275 New Kings Road |
The Kitchen at Parsons Green is a new kind of food store, opened in July 2008 by Michelin-star chef Thierry Laborde and Natalie Richmond. Whats different about The Kitchen? Its Michelin starred cookin...
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Saatchi Gallery
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| Duke of Yorks Square, Kings Road |
The Saatchi Gallery re-opened on 9th October 2008 in the former military barracks of the Duke of Yorks Headquarters. The 70,000 square feet represents a significantly larger space than its previous 40...
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Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's
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| 53 Brook Street, Mayfair |
Take Londons most temperamental and talented chef, add the citys most elegant location and finish it off with some fantastic food and sublime service. Gordon Ramsays marriage with Claridges has proved...
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Babylon at the Roof Gardens
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| 99 Kensington High Street |
Richard Bransons rooftop restaurant-come-nightclub at Kensington Roof Gardens is a favourite with the glam girls of Kensington, who can be seen at all hours sipping cocktails in the Spanish garden, or...
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Sunday (UP) Market at the Old Truman Brewery
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| 91 Brick Lane |
For all you fashion and flavour-istas out there, heres another stop-off on your list. This market is a treasure trove of jewellery, vintage clothes, handbags, accessories, lamps, art and photography,...
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Marcus Wareing at The Berkeley
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| The Berkeley, Wilton Place, Knightsbridge |
Expensive but brilliant. Superchef Marcus Wareing engages in daily feats of culinary magic in the opulent splendour of the Berkeley Hotel. Changing its name from Petrus and moving out from under the G...
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Satay House
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| 13 Sale Place |
Theres been a smart refurbishment and reopening at this much-loved Malaysian local, but fortunately nothing seems to have really changed, apart from a some smart design-work on the walls. The open kit...
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1880 at the Bentley
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| 27-33 Harrington Gardens |
The grandiose interior of this spacious basement dining room has been described as Versace on acid, but dont let the glitter daunt you. Known for its grazing menus of up to 10 trim courses and quintes...
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Wild at Heart at Liberty
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| Regent Street |
Wild at Heart put the fresh back into fresh flowers. Each bloom is of a very high quality and is always meticulously selected. Their fresh approach to flowers (be them gifts, arrangements or installa...
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Galvin at Windows
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| 22 Park Lane, Hilton |
There are two genuinely terrifying things about the Hiltons 28th-floor restaurant: the first is the sheer distance from the ground; the second is the scale of the bill. Chris Galvin is most famous for...
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Homage at the Waldorf Hilton
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| 22 The Aldwych |
Homage is located in one of the stately ballrooms of the Waldorf Hilton right next to Covent Garden. As you might expect, it is a prestige restaurant which has set itself very high standards in the pr...
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The Pilates Room
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| 9 Filmer Mews |
The Pilates Room is a favourite with Fulham ladies, offering an excellent range of gentle matwork and floor Pilates. They specialise in ante-natal exercise and getting new mums back in shape. The clas...
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The Spa at Mandarin Oriental
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| Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, 66 Knightsbridge |
The vitality plunge pool, amethyst crystal steam room and zen colour therapy relaxation area are all part of the experience at The Spa at the Mandarin Oriental. No plain old relaxation area here - the...
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Riverside Studios - Theatre
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| Crisp Road, Hammersmith |
Excellent small studio theatre staging innovative comedy and more serious productions. The Riversides location on the Thames in Hammersmith makes it the local theatre of West Londons media / BBC popul...
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Agua at Sanderson
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| Sanderson, 50 Berners Street |
Walking into the clean white space that is the Agua Spa at the Sanderson is instantly calming, relaxing and heavenly. There are 14 private treatment rooms, a steam room and a gym with state-of-the-art...
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Lotus Rooms at Bam-Bou
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| 1 Percy Street |
Small, sumptuous bar hidden away above a restaurant in an original Georgian townhouse. On the ground floor this sprawling Soho Georgian townhouse hosts an elegant French-Vietnamese restaurant. Tucked...
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The Fish Shop at Kensington Place
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| 201 Kensington Church Street |
The tidy little fishmongers attached to the landmark Kensington Place restaurant does a roaring trade. Since much of its stock at The Fish Shop at Kensington Place is used by the restaurant, theyre ab...
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Konstam at the Prince Albert
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| 2 Acton Street |
Locally sourced, seasonal food is the environmentally friendly focus at this well known restaurant on the corner of Kings Cross Road and Acton Street. Its fame was helped, in part, by BBC series the U...
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Meals at Heal's
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| 196 Tottenham Court Road |
Oliver Peyton clearly picked up his ideas about naming businesses from somebody in the hairdressing trade. Meals at Heals now joins his In the Park as one of the worst-named restaurants in the capital...
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Rex Whistler Restaurant at Tate Britain
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| Millbank |
The Rex Whistler Restaurant at Tate Britain gets its name from the specially commissioned Rex Whistler mural, The Expedition in Pursuit of Rare Meats, which provides more than something pretty to look...
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Benugo Bar & Kitchen at BFI
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| Belvedere Road, South Bank |
Benugo is a high class chain of cafes selling handmade sandwiches, salads and desserts. What makes it stand out from the over-crowded coffee shop market is in the quality of ingredients used - no limp...
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Byron at The Intrepid Fox
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| 97-99 Wardour Street |
The latest Byron burger offering has opened up in Soho at the site of the old Intrepid Fox pub and offers a downstairs bar and a stylish, New York-style tiled eating area with booths and tables in fro...
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Matter at the O2 Arena
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| Peninsula Square |
A taste of 22nd century clubbing (with prices to match), Matter is more than just the most futuristic nightspot in London - its the most advanced in the world, even putting Tokyo and Singapore to sham...
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Alain Ducasse at the Dorchester
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| The Dorchester, Park Lane |
Alain Ducasse is the most successful restaurateur in the world, with fifteen more Michelin stars worldwide than Gordon Ramsay. His first London operation, earning him two of those stars, is a hyper-mo...
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Butcher at Leadenhall
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| 7 Leadenhall Market |
This excellent butchers within the beautiful Leadenhall Market continues the long tradition at the market where British food has been sold since the 14th century. The Butcher at Leadenhall specialises...
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K Spa at K West Hotel
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| K West Hotel & Spa, Richmond Way |
Book in for some freeze-thaw action at the K Spa at the K West Hotel, an oasis of calm in a stylishly modernised former BBC office block in Shepherds Bush. The basement spa is the first in London to...
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Cheese at Leadenhall
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| 4-5 Leadenhall Market |
Dedicated fromageries are rare in London, but with around 100 different British and continental cheeses on offer, they dont come much more dedicated than Cheese at Leadenhall, Leadenhall Markets smell...
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The Deck at the National Theatre
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The Deck is a modern roof-top venue with stunning views over the Thames, available for hire at the National Theatre, part of the Southbank Centre which runs a vibrant arts and entertainment programme....
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A Grelha at The Gun
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| 27 Coldharbour, Docklands |
Flanked by the Thames, the dome of The O2 and Canary Wharf, the Martin Brothers have turned The Gun in Docklands into one of the citys finest gastropubs. The huge outdoor terrace offers a great view o...
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Laduree at Harrods
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| 87-135 Brompton Road |
This famous French patisserie dates back to 1862, when Louis Ernest Ladurée, a miller from southwest France, created a bakery at 16 rue Royale in Paris. Their English off-shoot is suitably situated in...
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Stoke Newington International Airport
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| 1-15 Leswin Place |
No airplanes take off from Stoke Newington International Airport. And theres no point looking up departure times here. Instead turn up for live performances by local artists, impresarios, musicians, a...
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Hotels
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Where to stay in London.
Discounts on London hotels...
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New Year in London 2006
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London is the best city in the world in which to celebrate New Year. As Big Ben strikes midnight, the enormous display of fireworks that explode into a spray of vibrant colour over the Hous...
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New Year in London 2007
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Or is it called New Year 2008? Everybody we ask seems to have a different opinion.
Anyway, whatever it's called, if you're after giant raves, great food, or something completely different, you've co...
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