In Los Angeles, there is a Jewish cafe/restaurant called Canters which is a staple in old Hollywood. It’s full of screenwriters in big white trainers and khaki shorts writing C-list scripts about zombies (there’s a huge market for zombie films in LA). It’s bright and full of booths and the staff are older than most [...]

http://www.shockandsoul.co.uk/
100 Islington High Street, London N1 8EG
020 7359 1490
Monday – Tuesday 11am – 7pm Wedneday 11am-8pm
Thursday – Saturday 11am-5pm Sunday 12pm-6pm

This is the kind of place I’d recommend if you were looking for something random like say, a dressmakers dummy or an antique mousetrap. It’s effectively a junk shop but really well organised and edited to only the best stuff without charging a fortune for it. Needless to say they always have vast amounts of [...]

Tucked behind Upper Street, Pierrepont Arcade is a collection of little antique and vintage shops. Tiny but stocked to the rafters, I always come across something to take up space in my closet that I will never actually wear, be it a Barbie themed charm bracelet or a mirrored waistcoat to go with my recent [...]

Now I know I said that I wouldn’t mention parks and the only reason I mention Hampstead Heath is because I got lost there the other day trying to find Kenwood House with Drage who wouldn’t admit he had no idea where he was going. Well I decided that on a sunny day it’s worth [...]

Let it be known in no uncertain terms that I will never under any circumstances go anywhere near a multiplex cinema. I would rather trek to north London to a little gem known as the Phoenix Cinema. Built in 1910 and surviving two world wars, it’s believed to be the oldest purpose built cinema in [...]

77 Highgate West Hill, Highgate, London, N6 6BU
020 8348 7346
Monday – Saturday 11am-11pm Sunday 12pm-10.30pm Food served 12pm-10pm

http://www.hollybushpub.com/
22 Holly Mount, Hampstead, London, NW3 6SG
020 7435 2892
(Bar opening hours) Monday -Saturday 12pm-11pm Sunday 12noon to 10.30pm
(Kitchen opening hours) Monday – Friday 12pm-4pm and 6pm-10pm
Saturday, 12pm-10pm Sunday 12pm -9.30pm

Half speakeasy half colonial clubhouse, this little art deco bar takes you back to 1930’s New York during the prohibition. It also reeks of British colonialism with leaf-shaped fans attached to the ceiling. The intimate atmosphere, flickering tea lights, subtle seediness and decadence remind me a bit of the kind of place you would find [...]

Oh good Lord, I had another total freakin’ break down, I just spent £100 on a t-shirt. Okay so the cotton feels like silk and the heavy studding weighs down like chainmail, actually no this is a bargain it’s so beautiful. I tried it on thinking I CAN NOT spend £100 on a t-shirt, I [...]