Spitalfields Saturday Style Market to launch Saturday 15th June 2013

One of my favourite places to shop is Spitalfields Market in East London, it has lots of boutique shops and stalls selling clothes you won’t find anywhere else. It’s where all the cool kids go ha!...

Competition Time! Win a trip from London to Lyon, Lille or Paris with iDBUS

London is great but sometimes its nice to leave the big smog for different climes. The London Perspective in conjunction with IDBUS is offering you the chance to win one return ticket from London...

Date for your diary: Live By Lake at Kenwood House – 23rd Aug – 1 Sept 2013

After a one year break, Live by Lake is back and will be held once again in the stunning grounds of Kenwood House in Hampstead heath. Who says that festivals mean you have to get dirty? Concert...

Date For Your Diary: Sadler’s Sampled Festival – 22 June – Sunday 7 July 2013

Calling all you dance lovers! Sadler’s Wells is launching Sadler’s Sampled a brand new pop-up festival for London featuring dance, live music, art, films and workshops – from Saturday 22 June –...

Date for Your diary: Bloom Gin Pick-Your-Own Pop-up in Seven Dials 11th -13th June 2013

Bloom Gin will be hosting a ‘Pick Your Own Strawberries’ pop-up from Tuesday 11th June to Thursday 13th at 19 Earlham Street in Seven Dials. The pop-up will recreate the simple charm of the English...

Date for your diary – Taste of London Festival – Regents Park 2013

London’s Mega food festival is back! Taste of London will be taking place in Regents Park from the from the 20th to the 23rd of June. Visitors will have the opportunity to savour dishes from 40 of...

Lanky Girl Attends Zaha Hadid Design Gallery Launch Party

Zaha Hadid recently launched a new gallery showcasing her furniture and designs on Goswell Road in Islington. Her opening also coincided with Clerkenwell Design Week. I’ve always been a fan of Zaha...

Celebrity foodie Gizzi Erskine launches the City’s first Saturday food market at One New Change tomorrow

This summer will see One New Change taking the City back to its roots by launching weekly Saturday food markets in the heart of the City of London. The eclectic One New Change Saturday Market,...

6 Must See Destinations in London for Tourists

Guest Post by Jenna Lee Smith Summer is almost upon Londontown. The sun is shining, the flowers are blooming and the tourists are coming! Every year, hordes of people travel to London to experience...

Study In London

Guest Post Every year more and more people choose London to come and study and often they love the city so much that they choose to make it their permanent home. London is a cultural melting pot...

Chelsea In Bloom 2013: Lanky Girl Goes To Sloane Square

Chelsea in Bloom 2013 For those of you who missed going to the to the Chelsea Flower Show this year you can still catch Chelsea in Bloom, an event which sees the shops around Sloane Square...

Lanky Girl At the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2013 Part two

As promised in my previous post about my visit to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show here are the pictures of the rest of gardens I visited that evening. RHS Chelsea flower show 2013 M&G centenery garden...

Lanky Girl Visits the East Village Garden At The Chelsea Flower Show 2013

This week I have been visiting Chelsea a lot! First for the Holly Maslen Illustration workshop on Monday and secondly to visit the East Village Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower show on Wednesday....

Lanky Girl At The Gaucho International Polo 2013

HPA Gaucho International Polo 2013 On Tuesday evening I made my way down to the O2 in North Greenwich for the HPA Gaucho International Polo 2013. It was my first time attending a Polo event so I...

Foodie Festival Winners!

Drum roll! Sorry for the late announcement! The winners of Foodie Festival tickets are as Follows! CLARA LE NIKI SHAKALLIS KIRSTY MURRAY ANTHONY HENRY PAUL BLAIR I’LL BE EMAILING YOU ALL SHORTLY!...

Lanky Girl heads to an Illustration workshop at Charlotte Taylor’s Pop Up Shop shop, Sloane Square

Charlotte Taylor Pop up shop Charlotte Taylor is one of my favourite designers, her lovely vibrant silk print blouses, scarves and dresses have me going gaa gaa! Her designs take inspirations from...

Head Down To The Gaucho Polo at The O2 – 21st May 2013

Thought Polo was just for posh folk? Well think again. Polo is a fast becoming a popular sport with the masses. Next week Polo players from around the world will be flying in for the HPA Gaucho...

Great Gatsby Events In London this May

With the film opening in the UK on May 17th, Great Gatsby Mania has hit London. Great Gatsby inspired events are happening around London this month and is your chance to transport yourself back to...

Ways to Become a Savvy Shopper

Guest post by Jenna Lee Smith Knowing how to spend money wisely is an art that few people have mastered. But if you’re the CEO of your family’s budget, becoming a savvy shopper may be a priority....

Win Tickets To The Foodies Festival – Hampton Court Palace

London from Above: A View From The Shard

The Shard opening is old news, however on Bank holiday Monday I finally got to use the vouchers that I won courtesy of costa bingo to the view from the shard platform and as you can see from the...

Lanky Girl goes to Spin Ldn 2013 at Old The Truman Brewery, Brick Lane

Spin Ldn 2013 On Friday evening I went down to check out London’s first ever urban bicycle show, Spin Ldn. I thought I knew most brands of bicycle on sale in London but I was really in awe at the...

Things To Do this Bank Holiday Weekend In London – May 3rd – 5th 2013

Pinch, punch first few days of a new month! We have lots to look forward to this weekend apart from not having to go to work on Monday Woop! We’ve been very lucky with the weather this week and...

A fun night out at The Musical Bingo

I’ve been a very busy bunny of late, so sorry for the lack of posts. Recently I had the opportunity to experience a night out at the Musical Bingo at funky drinking venue The House of Wolf. For...

Afternoon Tea at The Sheraton Park Towers Hotel – Knightsbridge

Sheraton Park Towers Bar My younger sister recently celebrated her 21st birthday and to celebrate I spontaneously decided to take her for a spot of afternoon tea last Sunday. Since I left it to the...

It’s Gardening Week in London: 15-21 April 2013

Chelsea physic garden credit – Charlie Hopkinson Just as we thought the winter would never end… spring is finally at our door and so is National Gardening Week. From the 15th to the 21st of April...

Monochrome is trending

So even though the weather isn’t very spring-like at the moment I am determined to introduce some new bits to my wardrobe. Apparently this season it’s all about monochrome! Celebrities have jumped...

London Has Gone Cuckoo For Fried Chicken

Calling all you chicken heads! Following on from the successes of Tramshed, Chicken Shop and the Luck Chip’s Residency at The Grafton Arms are two more fried chicken Pop up restaurants in London....

Take a trip On The Regent Street Cocktail Safari This April

What’s your tipple? This month the Regent Street Cocktail Safari will be taking place at restaurants, cafés, bars and hotels along Regent Street, London W1. Shoppers will be able to enjoy multiple...

Langmeil Wine Supper at The Gilbert Scott

I’ve been wanting to visit Marcus Wareing’s newest restaurant the Gilbert Scott since it opened two years ago so I was very excited to receive an invitation to a 4 course wine supper by Langmeil...