Old Doctor Butler’s Head review: Square Mile’s best boozer? Life&Style All of these new luxury hotels opening up are making us believe that “discretion” is the key to luxury, and if that is the case, surely The Old Doctor Butler’s Head is the most opulent venue in London. Tucked down a pedestrian alley in the heart of the Square Mile, you only know it when [...]
Inside the hotel in a former brewery next to the Barbican Life&Style One of the Square Mile sights you might have missed over the years is the former brewery a stone’s throw from the Barbican. The grand old building is now owned by the Montcalm Collection, the London hotel firm that specialises in period conversions. Their Mayfair property repurposes a row of Georgian townhouses, and their Finsbury [...]
Finalist focus: Why Aldgate City Bouldering is a top Toast tip Toast the City Discover why Aldgate City Bouldering is a Toast favourite, with fresh routes, social sessions and affordable climbs in the Square Mile.
Bingo in the Square Mile: Inside Dabbers Social October 20, 2026 Ahead of this year’s Toast the City Awards, celebrating the best of the Square Mile, we go inside Dabbers Social bingo Forget darts, karaoke and axe-throwing: bingo is the latest way the experience economy has shifted in the capital. New clubs dedicated to your gran’s favourite past time, now a huge hit with Gen Z, [...]
Will Hermanos Colombian Coffee Roasters win a Toast Award? October 20, 2026 Discover Hermanos Colombian Coffee Roasters, a Toast the City finalist serving superb Colombian coffee, snacks and warm service across London.
Toast the City: Why we love the Francis Barber Blue Plaque at Dr Johnson’s House October 20, 2026 Discover Dr Johnson’s House and Francis Barber’s new Blue Plaque, honouring Britain’s first Black teacher in the Square Mile—visit now.
Why the Whitechapel Gallery is a top contender for a Toast the City award October 20, 2026 Discover why Whitechapel Gallery’s 125-year legacy, landmark exhibitions and community role make it a leading Toast the City Awards contender.
Healey’s £1bn London office raid would be ‘attack on growth’ October 15, 2026 John Healey’s potential £1bn raid on London offices would be an “attack on growth” and deal a huge blow to the City, property firms have warned. The Chancellor is weighing up an increase to business rates for expensive office blocks and skyscrapers which would raise £1bn for the Treasury but disproportionately hit the capital’s business [...]
Cloth Cornhill review: A London icon returns – and it’s fabulous October 15, 2026 Standing in the teeny tiny, Netflix-Christmas-film-coded courtyard outside Cloth Cornhill, I feel sad. This opening drills the final nail in the coffin of the former Simpsons Tavern, the capital’s oldest chophouse, which was on this site since 1757. Everyone’s got a story about whose fault it is that that chophouse closed. Rumours range from the [...]
City chairman: Britain’s growth ambitions need a planning system that can keep up October 12, 2026 Protecting heritage does not always mean preventing change, writes Chris Hayward ahead of the publication of the City Plan 2040.