Category: Lifestyle
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Energy drinks have changed – Here’s what to reach for now and how many are too many
Feeling low? Supermarket fridge aisles are aglow with energy drinks promising an instant boost. The effects of caffeine on the body aren’t always favourable — that much is hard to ignore – but even the most health-conscious among us occasionally needs a little pick-me-up to shake off that sluggish, heavy-lidded feeling and get on with…
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Poolhouse is London’s most glamorous new venue – and yes, you’re there to play pool
The team behind Topgolf and Puttshack have a clear formula: take something familiar, strip it back, rebuild it properly, and make the room beautiful while you’re at it. Poolhouse – their latest venue, now open at 100 Liverpool Street – applies the same logic to pool. Twenty tables across 21,000 square feet, AI-assisted gameplay, a…
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Here are three fresh vegetarian recipes for spring, straight from Farmer J’s new cookbook
Spring blesses us not only with some much longed-for rays of sun and longer days, but with a bounty of bright, colourful seasonal ingredients that can liven up any plate. Even if you feel like you’re singlehandedly keeping Hello Fresh in business, it’s hard not to be inspired by some of the lovely produce we…
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Weezie’s is the new thin-crust pizza spot to land in Eccleston Yards, from the team behind Amie Wine Studio
There are certain parts of London that just have it figured out. Eccleston Yards – that quiet, cobbled pocket of Belgravia – is one of them. It’s the kind of enchanting summer place where you pop in for a glass of wine and somehow end up staying for three hours. A lot of that is…
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The Cellar Club: There’s now a cocktail bar hiding under one of Bermondsey’s best restaurants
Flour & Grape has been one of the better Italian restaurants in South London for years. But the most exciting thing about it right now might actually be what’s underneath it. The Cellar Club just opened in the basement, and it’s a proper cocktail bar – not a refined hotel bar with a posh menu,…
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We visited El Siete, Soho’s new underground agave bar – here’s why you should too
We visited El Siete, Soho’s new underground agave bar – here’s why you should too Tucked beneath the much-loved taco spot El Pastor on Brewer Street, El Siete is one of Soho’s newest underground drinking dens – a low-lit cocktail bar devoted almost entirely to the world of agave. The two-weeks old bar, opened on…
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April in food: London’s top new restaurants and bars to try this spring
April is the month Londoners collectively lose the plot. The clocks go forward, there are two consecutive days above 14 degrees, and suddenly everyone’s convinced it’s rooftop season, booking outdoor spaces and showing up in a t-shirt and a light jacket. It’s a delusion, but a productive one – and this April, the openings are…
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We tried Tamila, the new South Indian hotspot in Soho – here’s what you should order
Described by the founders as a “modern curry house,” Tamila has had an impressively swift growth trajectory. From a street food stall at Hackney Bridge in 2021 to three permanent outposts by 2026, its expansion points to a clear appetite for a more contemporary, distinctly British-Indian way of eating. Helmed by Tamil chef Prince Durairaj…
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Strike while the iron is hot: We visited Flipdog, the new Shoreditch bar making cocktails with an iron poker
As keen self-proclaimed cocktail connoisseurs who have done our fair share of laps around London’s bar scene, we’re always on the lookout for the next bar that will shake things up – quite literally. Because in a city where bartenders clarify and ferment almost everything under the sun, innovation isn’t always easy to come by.…
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Afternoon tea at Mariage Frères: It’s a full Bridgerton moment, but don’t wear a corset
How many times have you absentmindedly wandered around Covent Garden? Dozens, if not hundreds, we would guess. And yet, if you’re like us (embarrassingly), you may never have noticed that just a stone’s throw from the square sits Mariage Frères, a five-storey townhouse serving over 1,000 varieties of tea. Upstairs, the Salon de Thé offers…
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