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The world's grandest student house is for sale, with cinema, steam room, roof garden, and a starring role as Oscar Wilde's Bohemian hotspot
This £14 million Mayfair townhouse was immortalised by Oscar Wilde in his most famous play.
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The ultimate guide to London in the rain, from the best cosy pubs and restaurants to spas, saunas and cinemas, and what to wear
Here's how to make the most of the British capital — even when its at its worst. Illustrations by Tom Jennings.
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London is teeming with things that define our artistic history — here's how you can visit them
Our capital is full of interesting sights and objects, finds Charlotte Mullins in the latest instalment of her list of fifty treasure that encapsulate the visual history of the British Isles.
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The 'new Notting Hill': more wine, more cafés, and the same old gardens where Hugh Grant kissed Julia Roberts
The complicated interplay of urban trends, property prices, tax policy and new boutiques have made Notting Hill more popular than ever with first-time buyers. Here are a couple of places currently for sale in one of its prime spots.
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The nearest thing you'll get to a beach house in London: this four-bedroom Georgian home for sale that's right by the water's edge
This riverside home sits in Strand-on-the-Green, once a medieval fishing village, now a charming spot in one of London's most sought-after postcodes.
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East London's salmon smokehouse is full of secrets
From the shores of western Scotland to a smokehouse in London Fields, Max Bergius is bringing fine fish to the capital's best restaurants. So what's the secret?
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A lifelong Londoner on how to beat the throngs and make the most of the city this Christmas
Too few people know how to do Christmas right, says Will Hosie. Here are his tips and tricks for navigating the capital this festive season.
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When Chelsea was grazing and pasture, not gazing and posture, this house was a Georgian dairy. Now it's a townhouse on SW3's swishest street
Will Hosie takes a look at The Old Dairy, a beautiful old home in SW3 that's seen the entire area grow up around it.
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Sweet civilisation: What do you get when you ask architects to compete in a gingerbread competition?
The Gingerbread City is back in London’s Kings Cross. Lotte Brundle pays it a visit.
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Why don't more of us live in brightly coloured homes?
It's not often that you see a home sporting the colour palette that you'd get if you hired a four-year old as your interior designer. But why not? The Blue House in Bethnal Green asks this and many more questions.
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In search of London’s earliest pint
Early houses — pubs open in the early hours to feed and water the market trade — have been a cornerstone of London for centuries. Yet, as Will Hosie finds, they aren’t stuck in the past.
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Who buys flowers in the middle of the night? Boris Johnson, panicked brides, drunk people and London’s wealthiest inhabitants
Lotte Brundle visits the 24-hour central London florist where the flowers don’t sleep.
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Magna Carta Island for sale on the Thames, complete with the stone tablet on which Magna Carta itself is said to have been sealed
This beautiful house on a private island on the River Thames isn't just a charming home — it's one with an extraordinary tale to tell.
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The London house where Rolls-Royce's co-founder Charles Rolls tinkered with his very first car is for sale at £17 million
Charles Rolls, the engineer and co-founder of Rolls-Royce, got his hands dirty when using the stables of this fine London home as a makeshift garage. Annabel Dixon reports.
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The nine best sandwiches in London, tried, tested and digested
The sandwich is back and it's bigger and better than ever. David Ellis reveals where to find the best ones in London.
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Savile Row might be the beating heart of bespoke men's tailoring, but it was named after a woman
Savile Row is the home of the bespoke suit, but its history is a lot more colourful than you might expect.
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A painting owned by Edward Guinness is on display next to a near identical version at Kenwood House — but which one is the real Vermeer?
A mini exhibition at Kenwood House allows viewers to ‘to practise their own connoisseurship’.
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Eccentric, awe-inspiring and a home-from-home for literary giants: Why the London Library is an institution like no other
The London Library is celebrating 180 years in St James’s Square.
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A bum deal on a bog-standard property? The former public conveniences being sold off for a song
London has several affordable properties with enviable postcodes and great lighting... so long as you're happy spending more than a penny on a Victorian loo.
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A handy five minute guide to Frieze — and the things you really don’t want to miss
The London art fair returns this week.
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Tim Knox, director of the Royal Collection, charts a century of regal taste
Edward VII swept away the cobwebs of mid-Victorian style, Queen Mary had passion for all things small and the Queen Mother bought rather avant-garde art.
