Harry Styles will curate Meltdown music festival in London this summer February 16, 2026 Harry Styles has a busy London summer ahead of him. Having already put on sale a 12-night run at Wembley Stadium, the musician has announced that he’ll curate an entire music festival in the capital. The Meltdown festival takes place at the Southbank Centre between 11 – 21 June and celebrates a wide array of [...]
Enjoy Chinese New Year in London with these great bottles of wine February 16, 2026 Today marks the start of the Year of the Fire Horse and fifteen days of celebrations for the Chinese Lunar New Year. Red lanterns are hung and red, money-filled envelopes exchanged over dinners with friends and family. Never shy of a reason to celebrate, London’s hospitality scene is going all out. Restaurants including Hakkasan (a [...]
Shadowlands theatre review: Hugh Bonneville grips in grief drama February 16, 2026 Shadowlands theatre review and star rating: ★★★★ There are ample ways to soak up the Paddington movie franchise live in the capital right now. If you’re not going to listen to songs about “M-M-M-M-Marmalade” at Paddington the Musical, then why not invest in Hugh Bonneville, who returns to the London stage for the first time [...]
Valentine’s Day: Fancy a romantic bowl of chocolate spaghetti? February 13, 2026 What could be more romantic than a meal out in Soho, a bottle of red wine and a nice bowl of chocolate spaghetti? Well, I can think of a few things… The ‘spaghetti bucatini’ at 27 Old Compton Street is being sold not as a dessert but a main course: thick strands of pasta slathered [...]
Why London bakers obsess over this Michelin starred restaurant February 13, 2026 Alex Dilling at Hotel Cafe Royal has maintained his second Michelin star for his on-trend style of decorative cooking, says Adam Bloodworth It is dinnertime at Alex Dilling at Hotel Cafe Royal, although you wouldn’t think it from looking at the plates. The food, at quick glance, presents more like fine patisserie. Most dishes are [...]
The problem with The Real Housewives of London: Where’s the old money? February 13, 2026 The Real Housewives of London's major flaw? Nobody who's actually rich in London wants to do it, writes Anna Moloney.
For lonely Londoners: five rules for bringing community back February 13, 2026 If I had to choose just one pillar of wellbeing, one thing that underpins everything else, it would be community. Not supplements. Not routines. Not even sleep (although I love it dearly). Connection is the thing that holds us together. And it’s the thing that feels most fragile right now. We are more connected digitally [...]
Classic Volvo P1800ES is reborn as a five-cylinder turbo restomod February 13, 2026 Dutch company Autoforma has revealed a modified and modernised version of the classic Volvo P1800ES shooting brake. A new division of Niels van Roij Design, Autoforma has collaborated with fellow Netherlands-based firm Volvo Lotte to create the dramatic Norrsken restomod. Named after the Swedish word for the Aurora Borealis, the Norrsken is said to deliver [...]
Bertone Runabout: A retro roadster inspired by a 1969 concept car February 13, 2026 International motor shows, once the epicentre of new car launches, have struggled to recover from the financial blows dealt by Covid. However, the annual Retromobile show in Paris has defied this trend by looking to the past, with a focus on classic cars and restomods. For legendary Italian design studio Bertone, Retromobile provided a natural [...]
Real Housewives of London renewed for second season February 13, 2026 Paddington dwellers beware – Amanda Cronin is officially back, with season two of The Real Housewives of London now in production.