Bloomsbury

Stucco-fronted townhouses, ornate Victorian mansions and flower-festooned mews line this affluent west London neighbourhood, giving off cinematic splendour at every turn. Kensington has long been reno

Fantasy author JRR Tolkien’s mythological Middle Earth takes inspiration from a number of places in Gloucestershire and the West Midlands. Tolkien frequently visited the Forest of Dean and its tempera

Your little black book of essential London services, specially curated each month by the editors of The London Magazine and including recommendations from some of prime London’s top property agents

The imagined gardens within the pages of our favourite books can seem as real as the flower beds outside our door. Here, author Sandra Lawrence explores three evocative literary landscapes

As a youngster with a limited amount of cash, I used to spend days out in the capital enjoying delights that were totally free. These included getting lost in the maze at Hampton Court Palace, window

Eccentric, awe-inspiring and a home-from-home for literary giants, the London Library is an institution like no other and anyone can join it. As it celebrates 180 years in St James’s Square, Emma Hughes steps inside