The Bath House banya: Contrast therapy in Belgravia June 9, 2026 Contrast therapy is big business. Steve Dinneen visits The Bath House banya in Belgravia for a traditional sauna and icy plunge It is hard to overstate the meteoric rise in the UK’s hot and cold therapy business. The number of Finnish-style public saunas has grown from around 45 in 2023 to more than 700 today, [...]
Nail your hospitality package this summer with Exact Lifestyle June 9, 2026 A hospitality package can make or break a trip to a summer sporting event. Exact Lifestyle can make sure everything goes according to plan With Exact Lifestyle, I have spent years arranging access to some of the UK’s most sought-after events, from sporting finals to sold out stadium gigs. Over the years, I’ve learnt that the [...]
Portugal holidays: why The Algarve offers so much more than just beaches June 9, 2026 The Algarve beyond the beaches, by Jack J Matthews The prospect of walking 300 km is intimidating. But even the longest, most challenging of journeys begins with a single step, and as long as one foot keeps following the other, you will have covered a good distance in no time. This, at least, was the [...]
Heinz sandwich ‘automat’ to flog sarnies in Soho for just 57p June 8, 2026 Heinz will next week launch a pop-up “sandwich automat” in Soho, where it will sell 800 sarnies for just 57p a pop – making it quite possibly the cheapest lunch in London. The two-day takeover of 15 Bateman Street is timed to coincide with the start of National Picnic Week, giving Londoners a snack to [...]
Raise your glasses to City Beerfest in Square Mile’s Yard of ale June 8, 2026 Returning for its 12th year, the hugely popular City Beerfest will be held in the City ofLondon’s historic Guildhall Yard on Thursday 2 July from 12.30pm to 9pm. City’s ever-popular Beerfest returns to Guildhall Yard to raise funds for TheLord Mayor’s Appeal Festival welcomes 13 brewers – between them, offering 55 beers – to the [...]
Inside City’s latest Irish pub: London’s poshest Guinness served here June 5, 2026 The Square Mile’s latest Irish pub, London’s poshest, serves steaks with a Guinness jus From the polished mahogany bartops to the Prince-Charles-pulling-a-pint photos, pubs tend to trade on their ubiquity. No one wants to think about design credentials when they go for a pint. Or do they? The Horsemen & Fitzgerald’s, a new City watering [...]
Electric Rolls-Royce Spectre Series II: More power, longer range June 4, 2026 Rolls-Royce has revealed an updated version of its electric Spectre, less than three years after the original car was launched. Last year, the Spectre retained its position as the British marque’s second best-selling vehicle globally. Enhancements for the Series II version are likely to further its appeal. An improvement in battery range is perhaps the [...]
Barbican: Collabs like SXSW are the future of creative industries June 4, 2026 This week SXSW returns to London for its second year. For decades, this festival has brought together music, tech, film and the arts, creating cultural moments and sparking new ideas. The Barbican is proud to be a part of it, hosting a number of world film premieres in the heart of the City. SXSW shares our belief that great things happen [...]
London Concours to celebrate rare Porsches and more next week June 3, 2026 The 2026 edition of London Concours takes place next week, with a host of rare and exotic cars bound for the heart of the capital. Hosted on the close-cropped lawns of the Honourable Artillery Company (HAC), London Concours is described as ‘a luxurious automotive garden party’, which takes place right in the centre of the [...]
War Horse gallops triumphantly back to the National Theatre June 3, 2026 War Horse | National Theatre (Olivier) | ★★★★☆ This month has seen the revival of two classic equine plays, one about a young lad who is in love with a horse in a good way (War Horse) and one about a young lad who is in love with a horse in a very, very bad [...]