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It's that time of year again when the windows start fogging up, blurring the view into dimly lit coffee shops and crowded restaurants. In honor of the season for seeking the warmth of indoors and enjoying free heating for the small, reasonable price of a coffee, here are my top 6 recommendations for cozy coffee shops where you can loiter to your heart's content. Importantly, in today's economy, "small" equates to all your earthly possessions for an oat milk flat white, a nota

Drawing by Talloula Liveras-Dionysiou Was it one cup? Or maybe a cup and a half? I don’t think I’ve ever truly known the measurements of...

Photo by David Skinner via Flickr (licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Ah, Soho. The land of underground boutiques, cutting-edge eats and...

Photo by Pal Hanson, Courtesy of Southbank Centre “I think that might be the first time that someone’s started a question at the London...

London is renowned for its eloquent cultural engagement. Many contend that Borough Market is the centre of London's culinary culture. However, is this reputation genuine, or is it primarily influenced by Instagram stories? I have high standards for flavour, having been raised in a culture where food is not merely a necessity but also an experience. A supper feels like a warm embrace to me. Food has the ability to bring people together, fostering mutual appreciation and compre

F.K.A.B.A.M, Formerly Known As Black Axe Mangal, is outlandish, boisterous and brave; yet perhaps too compact. Located in a tiny space on Highbury Corner, Islington, Black Axe Mangal boasts a clear passion for open-flame cooking, offal, and flatbreads, all infused with strong elements of heavy metal and skate culture. The walls are adorned with graphic art, some of it quite eerie and eccentric, establishing the brand as anarchists before the menu even arrives. Don’t expect yo

Minimalist, sleek, and adorned in sage green, Blank Street Coffee is a Gen Z heaven. But why is it so popular, and where did it come from? Blank Street Coffee made its debut in London in the summer of 2022, and in just over a year, it swiftly asserted its dominance in the bustling takeaway drinks scene. It currently has 17 stores spread across central London, with an 18th to open imminently; yet stores typically run with only two employees per shift and are less than 350 squa

In early 2019, Donald Trump hosted a dinner at the White House for the Clemson Tigers college football team after they won the national...

Barbican Cinema launched their latest hand-curated season at the start of July with ‘Eat the Screen: Films to Feed Conversations About...

At the scrag end of Shoreditch, that part which is frequently advertised to tourists as ‘close to the remnants of the Roman road’, there’s a graffiti-doused Overground station which either leads to Hackney, or to Manteca. And good luck navigating the swathes of £4 flat white snobs and ethical start-up City boys on your walk of shame back to Liverpool Street. We booked Manteca as we knew it was previously lauded at length, not least by Jay Rayner who had praised it for its ve