London: Eating at the British Museum

Soup - The Court Café, British MuseumWhen you get off the train at Russell Square and follow the signs to the British Museum from the tube, two things occur: crowds and overwhelm.

London: Best Cheap Hotels

Macdonald Hotel, Argyle SquareIf you want to be a few minutes away from London’s best train station, – and satisfied with a clean room, somewhere to hang your clothes and a pretty view – then head to any of the cheap hotels which line Argyle Square, near Kings Cross St.

London: Dukes Bar

Alessandro Palazzi - Dukes BarNo need to belly up to the bar for the world’s original James Bond martini.

London: Shopping by Royal Appointment

Royal Warrants have been appointed since the time of Henry VIII, who asked one Thomas Hewytt to serve the court with swans and cranes – ‘and all kinds of wildfoule.’