Category Archives: Photography
London Daily Photo: Whitechapel
London Daily Photo: East India Company Tea Master, Lalith Lenadora
Last night I attended an Evening of Tea Discovery at The East India Company shop on Conduit Street in Mayfair. The highlight of the event was a tasting session led by The East India Company’s Tea Master, Lalith Lenadora. Continue reading
London Daily Photo: World’s Largest Sherry Tasting
Monday found me nosing my way through Bond Street’s Westbury Hotel at the 2013 Great Sherry Tasting. With nearly 200 sherries from more than 30 producer, the event was claimed to be the world’s largest. Continue reading
London Daily Photo: Did You Celebrate Apple Day?
Did you know that yesterday was Apple Day? Honestly, I wouldn’t have realised it either if I hadn’t been for the folks behind English Apples and Pears kindly inviting me along to an English Apple tasting and cheese pairing at Marylebone’s fabulous La Fromagerie on Moxon Street. Continue reading
London Daily Photo: Fall Filter
London Daily Photo: Nancy Dell’olio and Francesco Mazzei at Welcome Italia
Nancy Dell’olio and L’Anima Chef Patron Francesco Mazzie posed for the paparazzi at the opening of Welcome Italia at the Royal Horticultural Halls. The UK’s biggest event dedicated to Italian food and beverage and tourism, Welcome Italia is open to the public and well worth a visit … if only for the free gelato! Continue reading
London Daily Photo: Cupcake Couture at Salon du Chocolat
The grand finale of Chocolate Week, Salon du Chocolat London launched last night and runs through the weekend at at National Hall, Olympia Exhibition Centre. Continue reading
London Daily Photo: Chagall Off the Wall
London Daily Photo: Matsuri
The fine folks from Kikkoman invited yours truly out earlier this week to upscale Japanese restaurant Matsuri St James’s for a soy sauce masterclass taught by Chef Simon Hulstone. Continue reading
London Daily Photo: The Time Thief at the 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair
London Daily Photo: The Time Thief at the 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair Continue reading
London Daily Photo: Sinister Screen
London Daily Photo: Hospital
London Daily Photo: Tite
London Daily Photo: 10:10
London Daily Photo: Noel
London Daily Photo: Bateman
London Daily Photo: Bateman’s Buildings
London Daily Photo: Great Marlborough
London Daily Photo: Carlisle
London Daily Photo: Wardour
London Daily Photo: Berwick
London Daily Photo: Carnaby
London Daily Photo: Keeper’s House at the Royal Academy
The Keeper’s House at the Royal Academy opens to Friends of the Academy and to the general public today. Continue reading
London Daily Photo: Chelsea Embankment
London Daily Photo: FAIR Rum at Skylon
I took a premium booze pit stop the other night at Skylon to meet bar manager Nebojsa Kutlesic and Matthieu Boulas, sales manager for FAIR Spirits and sample FAIR Rum, the UK’s first fair trade, premium rum. Made in Belize from molasses and then aged for five years in American oak barrels, FAIR is then shipped to Cognac in France where a master distiller “perfects” it. If you like rum, you might find this one to be perfect. I certainly enjoyed sipping it neat and in a couple of cocktails. Continue reading
London Daily Photo: World’s Largest Gin & Tonic Tasting
Last night Fever-Tree hosted Gin & Tonic Fever. Billed at the “world’s largest G&T tasting”, the event was held at Chelsea Physic Garden and featured well over 100 different gins from around the world to sample along with all of Fever-Trees tonic waters and mixers. Continue reading
London Daily Photo: Les Dioscures, Jean Cocteau
LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair opened this week at Berkeley Square and runs until Sunday 29 September. I took a sneak peek at the Press preview a couple of days ago and reckon it’s well worth a visit if antiques and contemporary or classical art are your thing. Continue reading
London Daily Photo: Lutz Bacher at ICA
Black Beauty, the first major solo exhibition in the UK by American artist Lutz Bacher, which opens today at the ICA. The show provides a unique opportunity to see Bacher’s new works made specifically for the ICA together with recent work for the first time in London. Continue reading










