Category Archives: London

Now, with the pubs reopening and Londoners thirsty for a bev, there’s no better time to cast an eye over the festivals hitting the capital this summer. And we’re not talking about music festivals here; no, we want to know all about the drinks festivals for 2021! Whether craft beers or delectable cocktails are your […]

As beer gardens reopened their doors this week for the first time since December, Brits have been forced to wrap up warm and brave the cold. While filling up on multiple pints of Guinness might be one way to keep your blood from freezing over, we’re sure everyone would appreciate the weather doing us a […]

On May 17, after several long months without dinosaurs, visitors will finally be able to set foot in the Natural History Museum once again. Let’s hope some spooky ‘Night at the Museum’ drama hasn’t gone down while we were away. The museum’s closure from March to August last year was the longest the museum had been […]

As lockdown is slowly easing, London is seeing more outdoor dining areas than ever before. This royal opportunity, however, is unlike any other: For the first time ever, Buckingham Palace is opening its garden to the public, allowing visitors to wander around and have a picnic on the grounds. In what is described as a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity”, you […]

We could probably have just led with the news that the Southbank Centre is reopening, but as always, we here at Secret London are thinking of our stomachs first… Anyway, the Southbank Centre Food Market is back on April 30, which means that after too long a wait, we can now spend a lazy weekend wandering […]

Our garden spaces have become perhaps more important to us than ever over the past year, with more time spent at home due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and our outdoor spaces offering us a much-needed dose of fresh air when venturing further afield was off the cards. With the arrival of springtime and the […]

Few places bring glamour and je ne sais quoi in the same measure as Blame Gloria, Covent Garden’s luscious retro cocktail den. That obsession with retro, however, has led Blame Gloria to the discos of the 70s, and it’s given her an idea. You see, disco isn’t dead to Gloria – far from it. In fact, disco is […]

After a long winter of lockdowns, countless London bars and restaurants are gearing up to reopen for outdoor dining on April 12. For The Light Bar, however, it’s been a really long time coming: the popular Shoreditch venue is preparing for a grand reopening after a seven year-long break, beginning with its brand new outdoor terrace, The Yard. Located on the […]

Not only has Leadenhall Market been used to represent Diagon Alley in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, but it was also one of the first places in London that women were allowed to work. It was also – fun fact – the first place you could ever buy cutlery! Though it’s been closed since December as […]

England’s roadmap out of lockdown has provided plenty of hope for a return to normality in the coming months, and the first significant step arrives on Monday, March 29 with the return of outdoor socialising. Though we’ve been permitted to meet up with one person from outside our household in a social setting since March 8, […]