On a dark Islington backstreet is a bar with no name. A bar with a laboratory in the loft and cocktails the likes of which have never been tried before… Ben Norum, our resident drinks connoisseur, checks it out.

London is well known for its wealth of restaurants, but its less well known hoard of cookery schools can offer life-long skills as an alternative to eating out. In a quest for the best, we check out a unique tapas making and wine matching course at Clerkenwell’s Food at 52…

See Big Yellow Self Storage centres in a new light with the Fulham branch’s dedicated wine cellars and the brand new West London Wine School open for one-off tastings, full courses and accredited diplomas alike. Run by wine buff Jimmy Smith, there’s a course for any level of wine experience, and the unique setting itself is worth checking out, if not the highly informative and entertaining classes.

Gin is truly a London drink and the term London Dry Gin is well known around the world as a mark of quality, but given that most of what we know of as London Dry Gin has never even seen the capital, what, if anything, does it actually mean?

Underground restaurants are popping up throughout London, giving the traditional overground restaurants a run for their money. With more than just a meal to offer, these illicit supper clubs won’t appear in guidebooks, so here’s a lowdown of some of the best the city has to offer.