How to Do Afternoon Tea Properly
Tiered stands, proper brews and grand rooms: a short guide to London's most theatrical ritual.
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An Excuse for Champagne
Nobody really needs a reason for champagne. That is the secret of it. A glass of something cold and serious turns a Tuesday into an occasion, and the only thing standing between you and that small ceremony is the deciding to do it. London understands this better than most cities. We will toast a promotion, […]
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London in Summer: The Terrace Months
London does not do summer by halves, but it does do it briefly. For a few weeks the city forgets itself: the light stretches past nine, the pavements warm up, and everyone you know suddenly has plans that involve being outside. This is the season the rest of the year is quietly jealous of. It […]
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Behind the Unmarked Door: London’s Hidden Bars
There is a particular thrill in a bar you have to earn. Not the velvet rope and the clipboard, which only test your patience, but the door that gives nothing away. A buzzer beside a barber’s chair. A bookshelf that turns out to be a hinge. A telephone box at the back of a hot […]
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Seeing in the New Year in London
The mistake most people make on New Year’s Eve is treating it like one night that has to do everything. It cannot. A London New Year’s Eve is really three small decisions stacked on top of each other: where you start, where you land at midnight, and how far you are willing to walk between […]
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An Ode to the London Wine Bar
The wine bar is having a moment, and London is all the better for it.
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A Perfect London Rooftop, Found
The moment the sun comes out, London goes up.
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In Praise of the London Hotel Bar
No room in London does grown-up glamour quite like the hotel bar. Why they beat the restaurant bar, the two kinds worth knowing, and how to use one properly.
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