Steve ran his first of nine London marathons in 2001, from a total of 21 marathons he has run internationally. After hitting the wall at the 22 mile mark, he vowed he would never run another marathon and was just happy to finish!

Have you stood on the sidelines, watching the London Marathon runners in awe, thinking ‘’I could do that?’’ Or do you just relish the idea of a real challenge with Winter ahead? Well, running the 2011 London marathon may not be as far beyond your reach as you might think! With charity places still available, it’s not too late to enter.

In just a little under 24 hours, the whole London Tube system will be grinding to a halt as Tube union workers walk off the job, protesting over the proposed redundancy of station staff. We’re not going to go into detail about the reasons and motivations of the union and TFL, nor debate the legality or morality of the strike. But we are going to list 5 ways & tips in which you can make your journey across London much less painful than it should be.

Softball is fast becoming the biggest small sport in the UK. With over 6 leagues and 48 teams in central London alone and tournaments almost every weekend, the sport is set to become one of the most popular and simultaneously least well known recreational summer sports.

Think ’Zandra Rhodes’ and ‘fashion show’ and you might, like me, reject all that ‘fashion’ nonsense, preferring your Primark to Prada any day. So I was pleasantly surprised to experience a taste of affordable fashion at the Pure London Festival, Kensington Olympia, in a new range of exquisite, quality handbags, designed by none other than iconic fashion designer Zandra Rhodes.

Are your belonging safe in your home? Moneysupermarket did an analysis of claim figures and came up with the top 20 postcodes in the UK that had the highest burglary rates, and London postcodes made up half of them!

As someone who didn’t grow up in London or even the UK, this whole obsession with house prices seem to be bordering on the schizophrenic, with the constant media frenzy about whether prices are going up or down, or stuck in sideways limbo. As someone renting at the moment and never having bought before, I have been considering purchasing a property of my own, and so still have both sides of the renting vs house-ownership argument in my head.

Squirrels seem to be the next big thing. Omnipresent in London’s parks, the endearing rodent is quickly expanding its territory, albeit in a somewhat involuntary fashion. For years it has been served by gourmet chefs, sold by specialised butchers and soon it might become a regular feature on the shelves of your local supermarket. But as a North London Budgens regularly sells out its supply of squirrel meat, squirrel stew is not the only thing to rave about…

When I last went on holiday to Belgium over the Easter break, I found myself struggling to find any useful iPhone apps for free. Most of the apps were not free, and when you are only in a place for a few days, its a waste of money to buy an iPhone app when it becomes redundant when you leave.

Its curtains swinging open for the summer months only, Mayfair’s vintage bar and kitchen Salon D’Été must vacate their premises on September 5th. It’s a true pop-up venue! Up and down in London like a jack-in-the-box.