A couple of years ago, I booked a Top Secret Hotel through Lastminute.com, where you don’t know the actual hotel until you book our stay – but in return you get great hotel rates that you wouldn’t be able to find anywhere else.

The Leggera pizzas at Pizza Express have been a great success since they were introduced, and they’ve just been refreshed with new types! I’ve never had a Leggera pizza before, so I went to a blogger’s night they were holding to launch the new range.

While The London Insider is normally focused on the more social aspects of London, sometimes it’s worth highlighting some of the more serious events that happen here. A talk earlier this week by the Governor of the Bank of Japan, Masaaki Shirakawa, at the London School of Economics was very relevant to one of the most important issues affecting the UK right now – the credit crunch.

After a unseasonably warm December and a so far pretty decent January, any dreams of a snowy or icy winter in London is quickly fading away. However, for two days, the magic of ice sculptures will be at Canary Wharf, at the 3rd annual Ice Sculpting Festival in London.

I finally stopped procrastinating and went for a Secret Cinema event. I know its taken me a while, but when I first heard about it all those months ago, it looked as though it might be one of those fads that stayed for a couple of months, and then moved on.

Situated in the depths of Soho, Frith Street, Ronnie Scotts Jazz Club has been a firm fixture of London’s Jazz scene for fifty years. Boasting jazz legends such as Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone as part of its long list of past performers, this soft-lit, intimate venue is a must for jazz fans and a good night out for everyone else.