The BBC Proms is back again this year, and while it’s not claiming to be the biggest, the most spectacular, or some other grand claim, it is still going to be a huge 92 different concerts over the course of 3 months. Plus, in the year of the Olympics, there is quite a British theme to the BBC Proms 2012.

If flashbacks of studying Romeo & Juliet or King Henry IV during your A Levels still gives you the shivers and make you break out into a cold sweat, you’ll probably groan if I tell you that the World Shakespeare Festival is happening right now in London and other sites in the UK.

Hélène Darroze is known for her Michelin fine French cooking, but she likes to extend her creative and wonderful cooking to other cuisines. At The Connaught Hotel, she has introduced a new American-inspired Saturday brunch menu, bringing such classics as mac & cheese, brownies, and hot dogs to her restaurant.

When you think of Lindt chocolate, you think of cute chocolate Easter bunnies, wrapped up in gold foil and fond memories of munching them as a child and getting a tummy-ache the next day. And then there’s Jun Tanaka – a master chef that I’ve been dying to try his food for ages, but never gotten round to eating at his Pearl restaurant in Holborn.

While London has an abundance of Michelin starred and fine dining restaurants, it doesn’t have Noma, a Copenhagen restaurant that is almost universally regarded as the world’s best, especially since El Bulli in Spain has now shut down. So it is with great excitement that René Redzepi, head chef of Noma, has unveiled “A Taste of Noma at Claridge’s”.

As the Olympics get closer, all kinds of sponsored and branded merchandised for the London 2012 Olympics are being announced. It was inevitable that Transport for London would catch the merchandising fever, and have announced special edition London 2012 Olympic Oyster Cards to commemorate the Olympic Games.

Popular opinion is that the afternoon tea at the Ritz Hotel is the best in London. And it might have been true in the past. But while The Ritz still has name power and tourists still clamouring to experience tea like the Queen does, the smart Londoners have moved on other afternoon tea places, and one of those is most definitely The Caramel Room at The Berkeley Hotel.

If you’re ever told that you have way too much stuff and are a borderline hoarder, then this is an exhibition to visit to erase any self-doubt in your mind, and to bring that “friend” along to prove them how wrong they are. For Song Dong’s Waste Not exhibition will open your eyes to a true hoarder.

Tucked away near Kennington Tube Sation is The Lobster Pot, which is a small & cosy French seafood restaurant. While the location is random, the food was anything but, and every seafood dish that came out was consistently top notch.

I hadn’t been to Kings Cross for a while, but on my last visit there last weekend to catch a train to Cambridge, I was awe-struck by the amazing open-air cocoon like plaza of the Western side of Kings Cross Station. Open on the 19th March 2012, this new departure plaza is a much needed upgrade from the existing cramped and crowded station.