Dear Tourist,
We are not known for being welcoming to tourists here in London. We have no patience when they try to scan their paper tube ticket on the oyster card reader, or when they insist on holding hands so they don’t get separated or when they stand on the left of the escalator when [...]

So it turns out that many guidebooks are written by people who have never even been to the place. They are just cobbled together from other people’s research. This is no doubt one reason why the photos are ALWAYS SO RUBBISH. I can understand why. More often than not, when I ask to take photographs [...]

STACKED CHAIRS. I find stacked chairs so offensive, anywhere, anytime. I swear I’m not being “I don’t eat the blue M&M’s” about this. I just can’t bear stacked chairs. Chairs should never be stacked, it’s such a strange idea to pile furniture on top of itself don’t you think?

Here you will find ten of my handy tips on eating in expensive restaurants you can’t afford. It’s not that the food is always better, many of my favourite restaurants are some of the cheapest restaurants, it’s just that it’s important to be able to keep up and be in the position to say “Oh [...]